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🍫 Join Us for an Evening of Sweet History! 🍫 We’re excited to host William Haire for an upcoming talk on the illustrated history of the Gallagher family, the visionaries behind our Urney’s iconic chocolate factory. Dive into the captivating…
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April 18, 2020 Gallery, News 0
Owing to the coronavirus Strabane History Society has suspended all meetings until further notice.
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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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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