John Hunter of Barnhill · Bogstown.com Letterkenny · Bendigo · Home again John Hunter of Barnhill 1836–1916 A Donegal farmer’s son who crossed the world to the Australian goldfields, struck it rich, and came home to build a great house near Lett... Read more
This is an extraordinary find. Entry 111 on this register: Entry 111: What this means: James Laird, the eldest son of the “poor James” of William’s December 1885 will, “ill and long away from home”, was at the Derry... Read more
It all began in November 1948 when my father encouraged me to seek full time employment when I announced I was leaving school at 15. In those days jobs were easier to find than they are now and so it was only a matter of a few days later that he... Read more
In 1860 Mr. William Hunter immigrated from Letterkenny to the Bendigo Gold Fields, he became a prominent Bendigo mining investor with interests in numerous mining companies and shares in many others across the district. Alongside managing these... Read more
The Neely’s of Londonderry had a garage and coach house at 71 Foyle Road for their horse drawn carriages. They probably lived over it. They later moved the business to Magazine Street and the family to College Terrace , off Rock Road. Read more
Dr Desmond McCourt (OBE) – Memorial Tribute by E. Estyn Evans Desmond McCourt (Des, or Dizzy as I always called him) was one of the most interesting of the hundreds of students who passed through the Department of Geography at The Queen... Read more
Andrew Kerr and Elisa Mary (nee Laird) resided at 113, Palmer-street Woolloomooloo in 1858 at the same time one street over Robert Laird and his wife lived at Crown Street. There is a clear connection of both Andrew Kerr and his wife Elisa Mar... Read more
Elagh is a townland to the North-West of Londonderry city in the parish of Templemore, Northern Ireland. Read more
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