Category: Ballymoney History

The Winch

The Winch, originally located on the headlands overlooking the North beach, was used by fishermen...

Since our inception in 2006, where we raised €1,000.00 for Bothar, Tara Vale Swimmers have now...

The Great Famine was no stranger to Ballymoney and North County Wexford. The people of Ballymoney...

The origin of the name is not known, it is assumed that a family of that name lived there at one...

Ballymoney Guest Houses were at their peak in the 1950’s and 60’s and into 70’s but were there...

The name Prospect owes its origins to Sir Edward Fisher, who first called it Fishertown, then,...

The rocks on the shoreline of Ballymoney were formed, essentially over two periods, separated by...

Over the years and decades and back through the 19th and 20th centuries there have been many...

Believe it or not, we had no water scheme in Ballymoney until 1966 (that’s only a few short years...

The Isallt schooner shipwrecked on Ballymoney north beach, 7th December 1947. She was built in...

Our second most recent shipwreck in Ballymoney was the Isallt. It was shipwrecked on 7th December...

Courtown Harbour was built by James, Fourth Earl of Courtown (born on 22nd March 1794, died 20 th...