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Garvagh
Garvagh ( or ''Garbhachadh'' meaning "rough field") is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the banks of the Agivey River, south of Coleraine on the A29 route. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,288. It is situated within Causeway Coast and Glens district. History Garvagh was important from very early times, and later rebuilt as a Plantation town, as its broad main street and neatly planned buildings evidence. It was founded in the early 17th century by George Canning from Warwickshire, agent for the Ironmonger's Company of London, it was later grown into a middling-size market town by the Cannings. A striking feature of the town is the stone clock tower with an attractive clock and castellations, which dominates the main route through the town and also serves as the district cenotaph. On 26 July 1813 the Battle of Garvagh took place. The town has been immortalised in the famous Protestant folk-song " The Battle of Garvagh". The Troubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Garvagh
Baron Garvagh, of Garvagh in the County Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1818 for George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh, George Canning. He had previously represented Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency), Sligo and Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency), Petersfield in Parliament and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. Canning was the first cousin of both Prime Minister George Canning and the diplomat Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe. The title is currently held by his great-great-great-grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2013. The family seat was Garvagh House, near Garvagh, County Londonderry. Barons Garvagh (1818–) * ''George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh'' (1778–1840) ** ''Charles Henry Spencer George Canning, 2nd Baron Garvagh'' (1826–1871) *** ''Charles John Spencer George Canning, 3rd Baron Garvagh'' (1852–1915) **** ''Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning, 4th Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Troubles In Garvagh
The Troubles in Garvagh affected Garvagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during the period of ethno-nationalist conflict known as The Troubles, which affected Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1998. The Troubles claimed the lives of five people in Garvagh. All were Protestant and all were murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). A corporal in the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), John Conley (43), killed by a car bomb on 23 July 1974. 'The Last Coleraine Militia', amateur history of E Coy 5 UDR An off-duty Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) constable, Norman Annett (56), was shot dead on 1 July 1989. The first c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garvagh Railway Station
Garvagh railway station was on the Derry Central Railway which ran from Magherafelt to Macfin Junction in Northern Ireland. It served the nearby town of Garvagh, about 1 km away. History The station was opened by the Derry Central Railway on 18 February 1880. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in September 1901. It comprised a station house, signal box and goods shed (extant) The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950 under the Ulster Transport Authority. It served Garvagh Garvagh ( or ''Garbhachadh'' meaning "rough field") is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the banks of the Agivey River, south of Coleraine on the A29 route. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,288. It is situ .... References Disused railway stations in County Londonderry Railway stations opened in 1880 Railway stations closed in 1950 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laurence Rentoul
John Laurence Rentoul (6 July 1845 – 15 April 1926), was a member of the Presbyterian clergy and a poet. Early life John Laurence Rentoul was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland, fourth son of the Reverend James Buchan Rentoul, D.D. and his wife Sarah, ''née'' Wilson.Stuart Macintyre,Rentoul, John Laurence (1846 - 1926), '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 11, MUP, 1988, pp 363-365. He was baptised on 10 August 1845 in his father’s church (now known as Main Street Presbyterian), Garvagh as the Baptismal register records. He was educated at Queen's College, Belfast, where he graduated B.A. in 1867 and M.A. in 1868, with first-class honours and the gold medal for English literature, history and economic science. He also did some post-graduate work at Leipzig, Germany 1878-79 en route to Australia. Career Rentoul was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church of England in 1872 and became incumbent of St George's Church, Southport, Lancashire. While at S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agivey River
The Agivey River is a medium to large river in County Londonderry. It starts at the confluence of the Ashlamaduff and Formill Rivers up in The Sperrin Mountains in Glenullin and flows through said area and flows onwards Eastward direction towards Garvagh.The river flows through Errigal Glen a massive gorge on the river with a 20-meter drop from the top to the river, Errigal Bridge at the start of the glen is said to be one the oldest bridges in Ireland. The river flows through Garvagh over the famous horseshoe weir onwards north towards aghadowey then turns east again. It passes Hunters mill and under the Bovagh Bridge. It flows through Bovagh house estate which is now a b&b. The river flows for the last few miles north passing Cullycapple Bridge and Brickhill Bridge passes the Brown Trout inn and joins with the Aghadowey River then flows eastwards for a final time under Glasgort Bridge then into the River Bann. It joins the River Bann near Ballymoney Ballymoney ( ga, Bail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick William FitzSimons
Frederick William FitzSimons (6 August 1870 Garvagh, Ireland – 25 March 1951 Grahamstown), was an Irish-born South African naturalist, noted as a herpetologist for his research on snakes and their venom, and on the commercial production of anti-venom. FitzSimons emigrated to South Africa in 1881 and was educated in Natal and then returned to Ireland to study medicine and surgery for three years. However, he returned to Pietermaritzburg in 1895 without qualifying. Curator of museums FitzSimons was appointed curator of the Pietermaritzburg Museum in 1897 from where he transferred to the Natal Government Museum. In 1906 he moved once more to the Port Elizabeth Museum as director. In 1918 he founded Africa's first snake-park there, which was also the world's second. Interests in archaeology Of great interest at the time, FitzSimons' 1913 examination of and report on hominid skull fragments originating from Boskop near Potchefstroom, led to a flurry of speculation: Subsequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Brown Dougherty
Sir James Brown Dougherty, (13 November 1844 – 3 January 1934) was an Irish clergyman, academic, civil servant and politician. Dougherty was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland, to Archibald Dougherty, Esq., M.R.C.S., a surgeon, and Martha Dougherty (née Brown) of Garvagh. He was educated at Queen's College, Belfast, and at Queen's University, Belfast (B.A. 1864 & M.A., 1865). In 1880, he married Mary Dougherty (née Donaldson) (d.1887), of The Park, Nottingham, with whom he had a son, John Gerald Dougherty (b. 1883). In 1888, he married Elizabeth Dougherty (née Todd), of Oaklands, Rathgar, County Dublin. Ordained a Presbyterian minister, he was Professor of Logic and English at then-Presbyterian Magee College, Londonderry from 1879 to 1895. He served as Assistant Commissioner on the Educational Endowments Commission of Ireland (1885–92) and was Commissioner of Education from 1890 to 1895. He became Professor of Logic and English at Magee College in Londonderry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of Garvagh
"The Battle of Garvagh" is a traditional Northern Irish song of the nineteenth century. It refers to the events of 26 July 1813 in Garvagh, a settlement in County Londonderry about nine miles south of Coleraine. A clash between Catholic Ribbonmen and Protestant Orangemen occurred the day before the July fair was to be held in the town. The Ribbonmen, estimated to number up to two hundred strong but armed only with farm implements, planned to attack and destroy a bar frequented by the Orangemen. However the locals who were heavily armed had been warned and were waiting for the Ribbonmen, driving them off killing one and wounding several.Whelehan p.55-56 Written from a Loyalist viewpoint, the song celebrates the victory of the Protestants and their subsequent acquittal by a jury A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Troubles
The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " irregular war" or " low-level war". The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England and mainland Europe. The conflict was primarily political and nationalistic, fuelled by historical events. It also had an ethnic or sectarian dimension but despite use of the terms 'Protestant' and 'Catholic' to refer to the two sides, it was not a religious conflict. A key issue was the status of Northern Ireland. Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Londonderry
County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. Before the partition of Ireland, it was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1613 onward and then of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800. Adjoining the north-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and today has a population of about 247,132. Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts; Derry and Strabane, Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid-Ulster. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in All-Ireland sporting and cultura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry Central Railway
The Derry Central Railway was an Irish gauge () railway in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. History The line was authorised by the Derry Central Railway Act, 1877, and constructed from Macfin Junction (between Coleraine and Ballymoney) to Magherafelt, serving Maghera, Upperlands, Kilrea, Garvagh and Aghadowey. Although nominally independent, the line was funded by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. It opened in 1880, was long, but was never a financial success. In September 1901 it was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee for the sum of £85,000. In 1936 there were two trains a day from Belfast to Coleraine via this line and one other train from Magherafelt to Coleraine, consisting of 2 coaches and a 2-4-0 compound engine. The track had flat bottomed rails, followed the contour of the land and the only large structure was a lattice girder bridge over the River Bann The River Bann (from ga, An Bhanna, meaning "the goddess"; Ulster-Scots: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Nicholl
William Sharman Crawford Nicholl (1851–1937), known as Billie Nicholl was a New Zealand prospector and gold mine developer. He was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort .... References 1851 births 1937 deaths New Zealand gold prospectors People from County Londonderry Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923) New Zealand miners {{NewZealand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
