Moira Baptist Church
Old
images of Moira, Co. Down.
Only known image of Moira Castle
Map of Moira 1777 showing the castle and what looks like a lake
near Station Road and the parish church
Drawn Thread work, Moira - by the photographer W.A. Green about
1910.
With
so much linen being produced in the area, many companies employed
agents to subcontract women to do fine needlework. This provided
many households with a useful second source of income. The finished
products, with intricate and laboriously worked detail, found
their way into the top households in Europe.
Hackling
A
hand loom weaver at work in his home from the early 20th C.
By this time most weaving was done in factories but in the Moira
area hand loom weaving continued up until the mid 1950s.
Hanging
gorse and ferns on the door on May eve, believing it would keep
fairies away. Photo Moira 1918
A
drawing by my brother - WGA
Fine Line Art
Moira
Street
Lagan
Canal
Lime kilns
Berwick
Hall Moira ,
a thatched yeoman's house of 1700.
Moira Station
the oldest original operating station building in Ireland
A
steam train rumbles over the Lagan canal and onto the
level crossing at Moira. Photo by B Goodfellow.
This is a b/w copy of a recent photo from
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Web site.
