Discover the history of Moira, County Down
Major George Rawdon, (1604-1684) came to the area in 1631 to manage the Estate of Viscount Conway at Killultagh. He built the Garrison for soldiers at Aghalee. We call the place Soldierstown. The garrison was close to the site Read More …
The north wind blew up Main Street in Moira. It was a cold Wednesday in March 1834. Trading was drawing to a close and most people were ready for home. Tethered horses whinnied softly as they waited impatiently to be Read More …
Extracts from a forthcoming History of Moira: We are fortunate to have several word pictures of the Castle grounds. One writer in 1774 is described as writing “with luxurious fancy upon the vegetable wealth, the horticultural beauty, the botanical attractions Read More …
An extract from the forthcoming book on the History of Moira: Waringfield House and Pretty Mary’s Fort As one travelled out of the village in the direction of Magheralin, there stood Waringfield House, another notable Georgian building. It was the Read More …
In 1651, Major de Burgh built a brick house at Moira. But soon after, George Rawdon became the new owner of the house and estate. His son Arthur Rawdon, (1662-1695) was born and grew up here. When he inherited the Read More …
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 …