Discover the history of Moira, County Down
Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) John Lavery was born in Belfast but he and his brother and sister became orphans when John was just three. He and his brother were adopted by his uncle Edward Lavery, a farmer from “Back of Read More …
Moira is very old. It has been know by many names in the past – including Moirath, Moyragh and Moyra. I want to tell you about several old things in Moira – no, not about me! The Raths There are many Read More …
Inisloughlin Fort Note: Historically the name of the fort has had at least five different spellings After the Battle of Moira, the next major record of life in the Moira area comes from the late 16th and early 17th Read More …
The Plantation of Ulster was a policy of the English Government in the late 16th and early 17th Century. After Hugh O’Neill and others fled from Ireland in 1607, King James granted all the lands in this area to several Read More …
an extract from The History of Moira yet to be published As we move forward around 500 years, we discover more barbarous activity. Hoards came to fight in 637 AD and battled for six days. Hundreds of them never went Read More …