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This video entitled ‘Toast to Absent Friends’ is presented by Declan Ford and featuring Strabane History Society’s Michael Kennedy. It tells the story of Joe Sheridan, inventor of the Irish Coffee, who was born in Castlederg in 1909.
October 28, 2016 Hidden Gems, News 4
By Michael Kennedy, Strabane History Society Did you know that there is a crater on the surface of the moon named after a Strabane lady from the Derry Road? On 14th April 1868, a baby girl was born into the…
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September 18, 2016 Hidden Gems 4
Article Author: Michael G. Kennedy “There are strange things done by the ……” so continues the words of Robert Service in a well-known poem. These words could apply to the story of the Urney Bell, once a hidden gem, now…
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May 2, 2016 Hidden Gems, News 10
Article Author: Michael Kennedy When John MacNaghten shot Mary Anne Knox in the coach at Cloghcor near Strabane on 10th November 1761, accidently or otherwise, he was hunted down by Captain Caldwell and his men as a brigand and a scoundrel….
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Strabane History Society has been researching local newspapers of 1914/1915; Strabane Weekly News and Strabane Chronicle. We have recorded entries found in these newspapers of those who were involved in WW1 for the period from approximately August 1914 to December…
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