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MHS Statement on Milltown Bridge
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There has been some comment recently on social media with respect…

Launch of George Shiels' book 'Maghera: Chapter & verse'
On Saturday the 4th of June 2016, Cllr. George Shiels launched…

A Message from the Vice Chairman of Maghera Historical Society on the opening of the Heritage & Cultural Centre
A message from the Vice Chairman, Maghera Historical Society…

Joseph McCoy's interview on Q Radio
On the 25th February 2015, Joseph McCoy, the Maghera Historical…

Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt
An 1835 Free letter sent to the 46th Regiment of Foot who…

A MAN LEAPS FROM A TRAIN
Belfast Newsletter 10th March 1890
A MAN LEAPS FROM A TRAIN.
MAGHERA,…

Strange lights over Maghera
“On Sunday, November 16, 1707, after a frosty morning and a…

Maghera man wins Victoria Cross!
Robert Hawthorne VC (1822 – 2nd February 1879) won the Victoria…

Maghera Explosion
Long before Maghera experienced destruction in the IRA bombings…

Poor inquiry: Her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the condition of the poorer classes in Ireland
At the beginning of the 1830s, Parliament realised there were…