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LECALE REVIEW 2012 No. 10


CONTENTS

Society Annual Outing 2012.....  Visit to Mr Raymond Walls' Automobilia Collection at Ballygowan on 18 June Baron Downpatrick.....Philip Blair A history of a title created in 1934 Downe on the Home Front, 1914-1918.....Philip Orr Snapshot of the economic and social life of the district extracted from the August pages of a local newspaper in each of the war years Thomas James Nixon, Soldier of the Great War.....Desmond Gray The story of a local boy who fought at the Somme A Wisp Custom.....Berkley Farr An old custom sadly now forgotten Ordnance Survey Memoirs.....Pamela Cooper Bright and Rathmullan Parishes Knowing our Place.....Brian Turner Lecale & Downe Townland Map The Townlands of Kilclief.....Eamon McMullan A poem Opposition to Home Rule in East Down 1912-1914.....Michéal Mac Ardghail An account of the anti-Home Rule movement. Samuel Swinbourne Waterhouse and the Tara Brooch.....Lenore Rea How the Tara Brooch was found and left to the Nation The Nun's Gate.....Philip Blair A history of that part of Downpatrick now disappeared The Editor and the Antiquarian (JJM Kenney and JW Hanna).....William Stranney The story of a bitter rivalry Square McCartney.....Gerry Dowd The story of a local swimming legend A Titanic Tale.....Berkley Farr A local lad who perished on the tragic liner. Yes, I remember Bradshaw.....Frederick Pyne The Irish connection of the great compiler of the eponymous Guide How did St Patrick bring Buchall Isu (Staff of Jesus) to Ireland?.....Sarah Irskine A scholarly review of the evidence A Notable Inhabitant, John Auckinleck of Strangford c. 1737-1800.....Colm Rooney A genealogy Book Notices.....Colm Rooney Review of three books of local historical interest and several historical periodicals. Review of the year, 2011-2012.....Wendy Osborne Some of the main activities of the Society over the past year. Notes on contributors Short notes on each of the contributors to the 2012 Lecale Review Lecale & Downe Historical Society and Lecale Review..... Information about the origins and purpose of the Society and about membership costs and benefits. Membership List..... A list of all of the Society members at the end of the membership year. Back to 2011   Next

Updated: 25 November 2014

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