tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15186571290240639112024-03-05T06:51:42.921+00:00An Extract of ReflectionThe meanderings of a muddled mindan extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.comBlogger564125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-17056474694238144822021-07-07T21:22:00.002+01:002021-07-07T21:22:55.295+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Moira VillageThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Moira VillageThere is a story locked up in every homeFOR this, the last of this series of articles, I have chosen to write not of one house, but of all those houses that together make up the charming Georgian village of Moira.Moira is a roadside village, an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-20717570143395425662021-07-07T21:22:00.001+01:002021-07-07T21:22:43.999+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Orangefield HouseThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Orangefield HouseThe demesne has gone and mansion is lostBELFAST, like all great cities, has crept ever outward, urbanising the surrounding pastureland, using stream and river for its own purpose, until now one must seek for those landmarks that were an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-86021734551583476922021-06-14T17:33:00.004+01:002021-06-14T17:39:18.253+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Brownlow House, LurganThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Brownlow House, LurganFrom skill and taste came pleasing harmonyLURGAN has grown very much since Captain Pynnar made his survey of property in Co. Armagh in 1618, and noted that William Brownlow had made “a very fair town consisting of 42 houses, all of an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-66806471342081098622021-06-14T17:26:00.000+01:002021-06-14T17:37:10.003+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Corry's CrescentThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Corry's CrescentConceived on lines of Georgian graciousnessWALKING along University Road, with public and private transport perpetually roaring past and crowds of workers, shoppers and University students hurrying on their way, it seems scarcely possible an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-37257709001260039382021-05-18T18:30:00.002+01:002021-05-18T18:30:15.742+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – The Old Museum, BelfastThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
The Old Museum, BelfastA glance back to the time when Belfast’s museum was founded.ONE of the objects of the Belfast Reading Society, established in 1788, was the formation of “collections of nature and art."The Reading Society, now known as the Linenhall an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-65919898476468049832021-05-18T18:30:00.001+01:002021-05-18T18:30:08.818+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Saintfield House, Co. DownThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Saintfield House, Co. DownBaffled pikemen and the painted beautySOMETIME between 1749 and 1790, prior to big marriage. Francis Price had a house built in the heart of his rolling Saintfield parkland. The trees that he and his successors planted are old an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-71304226844226518722021-05-18T18:29:00.000+01:002021-05-18T18:29:56.125+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Hockley Lodge, ArmaghThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Hockley Lodge, ArmaghDower House that retains its old-world charmTHE roads of Co. Armagh interlace the flourishing countryside as ribbons interlace a Victorian petticoat. Alongside some of these winding roads run the high, strong walls of those twenty-two an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-30789654313646192742021-04-06T23:16:00.002+01:002021-04-06T23:16:16.644+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Killyleagh CastleThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Killyleagh CastleThe storms of centuries have left it unshaken.BEYOND the little harbour and the straggling factories of Killyleagh's narrow main street, one is surprised to find the curtain wall of a great grey castle dominating the town‘s tiny square.To an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-7198903517176265362021-04-06T23:13:00.000+01:002021-04-06T23:13:19.535+01:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Bank of Ireland, ArmaghThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Bank of Ireland, ArmaghSite of St. Patrick's first church, legend saysARMAGH has so many beautiful examples of Georgian architecture, both in the city itself and in the surrounding countryside, that it is difficult to select the most an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-65205146518875282412021-03-21T20:00:00.001+00:002021-03-21T20:00:32.109+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Belfast CastleThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Belfast CastleAutumn tints lend atmosphere to hillside mansionFrom far below on the Antrim Road, Belfast Castle seems suspended halfway between the emerald gloom of the demesne's banked fir trees and the craggy top of Cave Hill, capped on a gold October an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-37960072850274510882021-03-21T20:00:00.000+00:002021-03-21T20:00:21.078+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Hillsborough CourthouseThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Hillsborough CourthouseArchitectural grace in a Plantation town.THE Courthouse at Hillsborough is a fine example of rural Irish Renaissance architecture, one of the many excellent public buildings that abound in the towns of Ulster. The building stands in an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-1434436913151513682021-02-24T20:13:00.002+00:002021-02-24T20:36:29.830+00:00 The Story of the Ghost of John GregAnd how it gave a Belfast church its pulpitJOHN GREG, who lived at Ballysillan in 1783, was a great land-grabber in his day. Any tenantry residing around Belfast had their lands taken from them — virtually over their heads.So pernicious was he in this respect that agrarian trouble became very prevalent and was somewhat difficult to curb by the authorities. It is said that his spirit was unable toan extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-30468265826470343172021-02-17T20:22:00.000+00:002021-02-17T20:22:27.785+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Kilwaughter CastleThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Kilwaughter CastleThere’s history in these crumbling wallsJOURNEYING inland from the tempestuous beauty of the Antrim coast, beyond the isolated farms, and tiny cottages which lie so snugly sheltered in the curve of the hills, you find Kilwaughter an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-8914879377991080722021-02-17T20:12:00.000+00:002021-02-17T20:12:47.686+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Florida ManorThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Florida ManorLife – that is different – returns to Down houseRev. John Dubourdieu, Rector of Anahilt, writing his survey of the County of Down in the year 1802, says:– “Besides the several spacious habitations of the principal proprietors of this county, an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-39467032256870797222021-01-28T20:29:00.001+00:002021-01-28T20:29:15.754+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Clandeboye HouseThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Clandeboye HouseDown mansion has link with Nelson and TrafalgarTHE autumn winds blow softly around Clandeboye, and the great trees in the demesne are still heavily green. Only on the house itself do the glowing reds of the embracing creeper reveal in theiran extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-14590346690154613162021-01-28T20:28:00.000+00:002021-01-28T20:28:39.896+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Clifton House (Belfast Charitable Institute)The following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Clifton House (Belfast Charitable Institute)Where Belfast’s hospitals had their beginningPASSING through the scrolled gates of Clifton House, one leaves behind the roar of traffic and town and enters a quiet backwater of life. Tall green hedges form a an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-47672298454895594342021-01-19T19:13:00.003+00:002021-01-19T19:55:40.960+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Carrickfergus CastleThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Carrickfergus CastleThe Captains and the Kings have goneIN those days whose history is blurred to vision, when London was merely a Celtic settlement in a clearing of the primeval forest, there was habitation around the place we know as an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-43149957986681764632021-01-19T19:12:00.001+00:002021-01-19T19:19:56.033+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Stormont CastleThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Stormont CastleEstate that was built up field by fieldJOHN Cleland's monogram can still be seen on the shields held by the snarling gryphons that guard the doors of Stormont Castle. The Castle is excellently preserved, since the lofty reception rooms are an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-89774873267537780612020-12-21T20:20:00.001+00:002020-12-21T20:20:07.558+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Castle WardThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Castle WardThe owner who fell in a duelNOW, on every fine day, the farmers are busy garnering as much of the harvest as they can save after this wet summer. Driving towards Strangford on one of these blue and gold days of early autumn, I saw a line of an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-54443636624653190802020-12-21T20:19:00.000+00:002020-12-21T20:19:55.258+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Caledon House, Co. TyroneThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Caledon House, Co. TyroneUlster’s richest ‘Nabob’ purchased this estateIn 1772, three years before the Americans began their War of Independence, there returned from India the richest “nabob” that Ulster has known, James Alexander. James, son of an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-69468771380460386622020-12-14T19:56:00.000+00:002020-12-14T19:56:53.108+00:00Belfast’s First Fair 333 Years Ago This Week (in 1937 that was)Belfast’s First Fair Was HeldBelfast's first fair was held in the first week of August 1604, 333 years ago. It was not very much of a Fair Day. Belfast was only the germ of what it is to-day. There was a castle, a church, a few wooden houses clustered round the confluence of the Faraet and the Logan, and nothing else but countryside around.* * * * *an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-36514021551405714202020-11-22T20:06:00.001+00:002020-12-21T20:21:06.945+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Springhill, MoneymoreThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Springhill, Moneymore – The House of 'Good Will'IN the township of Ballindrum (the township of the hill's ridge) about five miles from Lough Neagh, is Springhill. The long low house, charming in its white simplicity, its symmetry surely prophesying the an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-12688005558196173462020-11-22T20:02:00.001+00:002020-12-21T20:21:45.790+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – MountstewartThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
MountstewartCongress of Vienna chairs are in the dining roomALREADY there is about the countryside the first vague whisper of autumn. Along the shores of Strangford Lough the banked foliage that borders the grounds of Mountstewart has taken on a flush ofan extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-64402873758255835702020-11-08T23:52:00.001+00:002020-11-09T18:01:59.764+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – The Old Inn, CrawfordsburnThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
The Old Inn, CrawfordsburnThis Ulster house once sold smuggler's wine.THE ripening wheat is gilding the fields along the highway that leads through Crawfordsburn from Holywood Priory to the ruins of Bangor’s ancient Abbey. How many and how different the an extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518657129024063911.post-87696558766048880942020-11-08T23:51:00.004+00:002020-11-09T18:06:18.064+00:00Storied Homes of Ulster – Lissan HouseThe following is part of a series of articles which appeared in the
Belfast Telegraph in 1953 under the pen name 'Fina'.
Lissan House, County LondonderryIN the quiet fields of Co. Londonderry the oats are ripening fast; the chaffinch, weary with his mating and the summer-long feeding of his fledglings, has no song.Not a leaf stirs in the heavy foliage of the ancient trees inan extract of reflectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17151752338927111337noreply@blogger.com0