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LEST WE FORGET

When the “Ballymena Observer” reported on 3rd July 1914 the assassination on 28th June of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie while on a state visit to Sarajevo, no-one could have imagined how such an atrocity would lead within a few weeks to the outbreak of World War One. This conflict was one of […]

Monthly Meeting

The Cullybackey & District Historical Society are very pleased to announce that their meetings will re-commence in September. The society meets in the Royal British Legion Hall, Main Street, Cullybackey at 8pm on the third Thursday of the month from September to May. An air purifing system has been installed in the Royal British Legion […]

Society Meetings

As most of you will know, we at the Cullybackey and District Historical Society hold our monthly meetings in the village British Legion Hall. However, we are solely and entirely responsible for our own programme and events. We are tenants of the Royal British Legion – they are in no way connected with the day […]

THE FIRST SWALLOW

THE FIRST SWALLOW An’ so ye’re got back wi’ yer coat sleek as any, Its tail like our evenin’ dress split doon the en’; Yer een like twa dimond stars twinklin’ sae bonnie, Aye mak’ ye at hame tho’ ye flit noo an’ then. Ye’ll mind hoo last year ‘neath the bennermost rafter, The clabber […]

THE ORGAN IN CRAIGS PARISH CHURCH

THE ORGAN IN CRAIGS PARISH CHURCH BY ROBERT MCQUILLAN, MA, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM When the organ was installed in Craigs Parish Church in 1879, it must have been the subject of much interest and discussion in the district. At that time the only churches in the area which possessed a pipe organ were the Moravian […]

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