The Armagh Crest incorporates
Arms azure, on a bend, embattled between in chief,
Primatial Cross and in base, a harp
Crest : an ancient Irish Crown gold
Motto : In concilio Consilium – In Council, we plan
Armagh City Crest
History
15th August in the ‘Point
The following journalist for the ‘Telegraph’ – writing about the height of the tourist season in Warrenpoint in 1864 – was clearly inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity!
Bagenals redeemed!
Gabe Sheridan sent us more details of family history which we consider worth reproducing. Perhaps the new historical information of greatest interest is that some Bagenal descendants opted for the democratic Republicanism of the United Irishmen of the last decade of the eighteenth century! Indeed at least one was put to death for his stance.
Bagenal lineage up to date!
The original Nicholas Bagenal was rabidly anti-Catholic (he lived through the [Protestant] Reformation and it was politically correct, and indeed personally advantageous to take such a stand) ….
Fire Station History
This year 2007 is the one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of fire fighting in Newry. In the year 1877 a group of Newry businessmen ….
Forkhill COI Parish Church
With the huge fall in Church attendance not just in
O’Hanlon: conflict with Church
After so long in positions of power, the O’Hanlons (and indeed with them, the O’Neills and Magennisses) were wont to forget the allegiance (spiritual at least) they owed to the Church and were frequently in conflict with it.
O’Hanlon raids The Pale
Already the English influence was confined mainly to a strip of territory centred on
O’Hanlons : Boru to Bruce
The O’Hanlons were still the most influential family in the county one thousand years ago, when the last High King of Ireland, Brian Boru paid a memorable visit to them in