On Saturday, March 19, a Carrickfergus family was honoured with the erection of a memorial in the town, honouring their remarkable service record during WWII.Because seven members of the McAtamney […]
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A new exhibition exploring crime and punishment opens at Carrickfergus Museum this week. The exhibition looks at the experiences of ordinary people living in the mid and east Antrim areas […]
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VICTOR MCCracken, from the North Road, was born in Belfast nearly 70 years ago, his parents brought him to live in Carrickfergus when he was one day old. Victor was […]
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William III (Dutch: Willem III; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702) was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange (Dutch: Willem III van Oranje) over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, […]
Read MoreWilliam Ruddick was a former News Letter reporter who was orphaned at the age of five when his father who was a deck engineer on the Titanic, lost his life […]
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Frederick Louis MacNeice CBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of “thirties poets” that included W. H. […]
Read MoreDaniel Cambridge VC (27 March 1820 – 4 June 1882) born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award […]
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The Andrew Jackson Cottage highlights Carrickfergus’ strong American and Ulster-Scots connections as well as telling the story of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the USA, whose parents emigrated to America from Carrickfergus […]
Read MorePaul Rodgers was born in 1834, the seventh of the ten children of Paul Rodgers and Sarah (Logan) of Slievetrue, Antrim. In 1852 he was apprenticed for six years to […]
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