75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day – VE Day
V E Day began with Mr Churchill's broadcast officially announcing the end of the war in Europe.
Londoners took to the streets in celebrations which...
R.M.S. Titanic’s Last Moments
The R.M.S. Titanic
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The R.M.S. Titanic – Carrickfergus
The Titanic construction
Background
Vital Statistics
Travelling Arrangements
The Titanic’s Catering
The Voyage
Disaster Strikes
The Board of Trade’s Official Return
The Discovery Of The...
MacDonald’s Choice
Captain Lattimore was born in Carrickfergus and later lived in Larne....
“Song Carrickfergus”
is an Irish folk song, named after the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The origins...
William III of England (King Billy)
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...
William Ruddick
William Ruddick was a former News Letter reporter who was orphaned at the age of five when his father who was a...
Louis MacNeice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXl3ZkCzvdI
Frederick Louis MacNeice CBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and...
Daniel Cambridge
Daniel Cambridge VC (27 March 1820 – 4 June 1882) born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, was...
Andrew Jackson Centre
Welcome to the Andrew Jackson Centre in Boneybefore.
Boneybefore was a small village outside...
Paul Rodgers – Ship Builder
Paul Rodgers was born in 1834, the seventh of the ten children of Paul Rodgers and Sarah (Logan) of Slievetrue, Antrim. In...
