Dedication
Dedicated to both the remembered and forgotten, who once inhabited the homes and farmsteads, walked the "loanins" and toiled the fields in the village and townlands of Glenavy and district, making their last earthly journey along the "loanin" to their chosen place of rest.
GlenavyHistory.com
Welcome to GlenavyHistory.com, a unique website designed to provide an insight into the rich history of the village and surrounding district of Glenavy, situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Ongoing development in the area continues to sweep away former homesteads, farms, buildings and green pastures confining those places to memory.
Ringfort
You are cordially invited to take a browse through the village, townlands and district and explore the past.
GlenavyHistory.com aims to capture those days of yesteryear, and piece together the jigsaw of past generations using a variety of sources to include newspapers, photographs, postcards, local ballads, poems and memories. Here you will find tales of ancient times, ring forts, folklore, folk charmers and water diviners.
Over time GlenavyHistory.com will develop into a book without cover, chapter or ending and will expand as more material is added to the site.
Please do make contact if you have any material or memories you would like to share with others about Glenavy and the surrounding district.
Please do call back again.
"The Digger"
DVD - The Building of Crew Orange Hall
This is a unique piece of Glenavy history and has been taken from cine film and put onto DVD. The DVD shows the building of the Crew Hall (LOL124), the laying of the foundation stone (18th October, 1958), the opening of the hall and the associated sale of works (30th March 1959). There are many people who appear in this DVD who are no longer with us. The quality is variable, but played on a home computer and slowed down, many faces can be identified. There is no original sound, although a music soundtrack has been added. Thanks to the Lewis family of Lisburn for preserving these memories and permitting us to share them.
Copies of the DVD can be obtained from
Captured Images
Unit 12 - 14 Rosevale Industrial Estate
171 Moira Road
Lisburn
BT281RW.
Telephone 08455202040
Website: www.captureourwedding.com
The Lewis family or lodge are not making anything from the sale of this DVD. Copies can be obtained for £10 each.
New Book launch at Killultagh Historical Society
"Gordon of Stoneyford Violin Maker" by Michael Costello
Dedicated to the descendants of violin maker Hugh Gordon, some of whom still reside in the Stoneyford and surrounding areas.
Price £7 each.
Copies can be obtained by contacting
Michael Costello on 07518631378.
£2 from each book sold
will be donated to the
Haiti Disaster Fund.
The Digger's has written an article about this book launch which tells us more about the author and the book. Read more »
Glenavy River Comes to Life
Explore the website of the Glenavy Conservation & District Angling Club to learn about their plans for the conservation and development of the Glenavy river.
