My Town

samn40 · Jan 29, 2013

These are some pictures from my nearest town...Portadown in Northern Ireland
Sam

Pic from the sky

Main street and St Marks Church of Ireland

The river Bann Bridge

New Health Centre

McConvilles Pub

One of the oldest pubs

Town Hall

First Portadown Presbyterian Church

Thomas Street Methodist Church

Armagh Rd Presbyterian church

Epworth Methodist church

St Patricks Roman Catholic Church

Hart Memorial Primary School

Killicomaine Junior High School (I went here a few times!)

Senior High School

Seagoe Hotel

The old Lockkeepers Cottage on the disused canal

My local church

Tractors in town on fair day

Fair day

Old steam train on fair day

Local second hand tractor dealers yard

Some more of his stock....just to keep this tractor related!
Sam

retired farmer · Jan 29, 2013

Neat pictures. Seeing as how I will never see the place in person, may I ask what is in, and what are some of the individual buildings in the pictures used for? Are they stores or office space or what? Why are all the tractors parked on the street? Thanks, I enjoy pictures.

Erik Ks farmer · Jan 29, 2013

Thanks for the pics, Sam. Ireland fascinates me, it is a beautiful nation from which my forefathers came. I hope to travel there one day. What little I know of my family is that the Carr's and the Moore's were from the south of Ireland, County Kerry to be exact. Michael Carr came to America sometime around 1900 and worked for the Katy RR, meeting Grace Moore in Sedalia, Mo. Michael told Grace he was 24 when they married and my great grandmother, Florence Mary was born in April, 1912. Grace and Michael welcomed their final child 20 years later, Eleanor. Michael passed away 4 years later and upon his autopsy Grace learned that her husband was not the man of 48 she believed him to be, but in fact a man judged by the corner to be 68 years of age. I like my grandfather bear this man's name as my middle, I understand that he was a quite a charismatic man.

Larry NEIL · Jan 29, 2013

In 2009, I met my Son (a corporate pilot) in Dublin where He was on a layover for a week. We had a blast and drove accross Ireland to see the Cliffs of Moore (sp?). Drank our share of fine Irish beer and whisky and generally had a great time.
Beautiful country, but around Dublin, the greenery is so thick it's like driving through a tunnel and the beautiful sights we expected turned into rare glimlses of the countryside!
Thanks for the pictures!!

larrystinescorner · Jan 29, 2013

very nice pictures! I have some Irish in me, dont know from what area,we might be related!

ShadetreeRet · Jan 29, 2013

Thanks for the photos, enjoyed them as always. I find it most interesting to see the architecture of the original buildings and then the newer buildings such as the schools and such.

FBH44 · Jan 30, 2013

Thank you, appreciate that a great deal.

John Fulton · Jan 30, 2013

Great pictures, Sam. Looks like a wonderful town to live in.
BTW, my ancestors immigrated from Londonderry, NI in 1716, to Londonderry, NH, then eventually to southwestern Virginia. I have it on my "bucket list" to do a pilgrimage back there some day. Interesting to see so many Presbyterian churchs in your town. I come from a long line of Presbyterian ministers, dating back to 1830.

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