kSANtSKIU(3E & Ulb l KIL l Hlb l UKILAL bULIt I Y iecretsrfs report 202314 r year started off In September wlth a rn0 exdtlng IIIu8trated talk a hid vaRey In scAJth Y$1 )onegal. Chrlsty Glllesple was anxlous to k>cally publidse his illustrated book cn thi.s of a )lace. only accesslble by foot which attracted many famous folks to thill out Chnstys 18thef in lavrf was &. laughan. well known Dentist of this town. n October we w1 back In Ilme wtth Dr GI Kelso who13 an expert of the area tt new) town of Banbridge. Glynn pointed out that L¢Wbrlckland had be a most hywtsnt place in arwi Ime8 The evldence of dd Abbeys and of course the cr8fMK>g He showed vffy ancient m¥ys- ovember talk brought to file the Amerfc8n Amiy HQ based In Brownlow House from 1942 Davld M•lln vns xw speaker and he had vanous photographs arKI film of them arrivin9 in Northffn Ireland He had $4yThe ndefful footage of an old veteran who ietumed Jusl a few yeafs ago aThd was hwed by the I1 cthffKJ'l Tlstrnas lunth was held on 14 Decembw at Belmort Hotel and Ge wovthd a fe sry tertainmenL January tslk was provided by Mrs Joy Smlth who heads the ABC Famlty Hlsm Society. g)e and nembers look on a Pfojecl tylng to ellcjl the ho£y ol folks who had earty last caitiyy In tt Brack irea. Old plate photographs surfaeed in an dlapldaled c(Kmty houx they wlnted by spea"aksts. Ihs nformation used and a book was publlshed. )ur own Gernldine Foley dellghted us in February with her studles ifflo the CCffineCti of NL4Vry arrfj )emefafa. A local man James Blalr had obtained large tr8Cts ol plantations wrole h(yne freqUty Jescribing his WO there. His mother had retained these lettws. A ierrbbk 10 the skne Irade aThl tr Iches that were acqulred by slave owners. )Illhall estate outside Dromfft wfth its farnws ghost stry was the Mafch tslk ty Wakff. head of )romore High School Hlstory Depaemwffll. He amused us with VaricX ts$ of the famity who had reed here and of course the story of the ghosL )ur Chalrman Geoffrey th•1 for a dwnge we as mernkn in artefacts 8f¥J descfte rables WLYe placed ar the room and folks went around leaming V*1 was btiNJ showTh rtffn5 dats
ack to 1600's and 17Ws were on display as well as more modern iiems or May we have Jlrn cWaY t81king about local lilerary notsble peo WKI ow AGM 411 be held. adly we lost 2 of 1r Members during this past Seaso Mlss Ella Browne and Sean Mdlrty both kn Cxlob 023. They both had ClnIXrted much to c4x Sodety over the year5 •nd are s•Jty ff#ssed. Thanks as always ts eVerye who helped wlth lea etc. and the Wcy)de Mfs Pat Hanna as abty Isslsted by Geraldine our Vice Chalr It is a difficutt job coplng with afriving just wor10 the meetx d especially casual visitors. So much work goes on behind the loo Mr5 Rose Middleton has been Issisting with the Treasury post and we thanks her her work too. ieoffrey Davidson has done a wonderful Job as ow new Chaifman arbd keeps w Thtr"n9$ irrtvesik4 lorence A Chambers ay 2024