The mystery mansion
Don’t you love trying to solve a mystery? Yesterday I was excited to see inside a home in Moira with almost 300 years of history. Thanks to Lynne from Ralph’s, I was able to visit the house that was the Read More …
Tag: Anne Lutton
The Houses of Moira
Waringfield House As one travelled out of the village in the direction of Magheralin, there stood Waringfield House, another notable Georgian building. It was the residence of the Waring family who in 1876 owned more than two thousand acres at Read More …
100 years from now
A question from Mr Mac. One hundred years from now, when someone is writing the history of Moira, will they have anything to say about you? Will you be remembered for something you have done, something worthwhile in life, something Read More …
The Four Trees
Moira was always an attractive location. Those lime trees Anne Lutton described down both sides of the Main Street were removed in the early part of twentieth century. Chestnut trees that once lined part of the driveway to the Parish Read More …
Famous people from Moira
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 …