Strabane History Publications – A Select Bibliography
Strabane History Publications 1991 – 2003
Most of these publications are still available by contacting the
Strabane History Society or Ad Lib Bookshop, Leepers Brae, Strabane.
MOURNE REVIEW (1st Society Journal 1991)
AUTHOR ARTICLE Michael G. Kennedy Strabane through the lens David Canning Half-hanged MacNaghten John Dooher Coffins for the poor – 1816/17 Famine Jimmy Quigley Youthful days – lasting memories Hugh Breslin Ballads & Jobbing Printers E. Lovell Cecil Frances Alexander Kate McAllister Strabane – A visit to the local collection W. J. Carlin Disaster of the Strabane Narrow Gauge John Mills Turlough Luineach O’Neill Ken McGilloway George Sigerson M.D.
CONCORDIA (2nd Society Journal 1993)
AUTHOR ARTICLE Jimmy Quigley The Hiring Fair Ciara Canning The Hiring Fair Michael G. Kennedy A History of Education in Strabane Declan Doherty The late Jim Bradley – a tribute Jim Bradley Myles Na Gopleen John Dooher Life & Work in Donagheady in the 1820s W.J. Carlin & John Dooher Crossing the Mourne in ancient times Terry McBride Ardstraw Poet of long ago
THE CHURCH of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 1995(Centenary Booklet)
AUTHOR ARTICLE Michael Harron
Christianity & Catholicism in Strabane before 1895 John Dooher Building the Church of St. John in Strabane Michael G. Kennedy The Building of the Church 1890 – 1895 Michael G. Kennedy 1895 was a very good year Michael Harron The parish records & town surveys 1895 Compiled The Omagh Almanac 1895 John Dooher Local leaders in Strabane in the 1890s Rev. James Clerkin Parish Priests and Curates of the Immaculate Conception Rev. Oliver Crilly Memories Michael G. Kennedy The Consecration of the Immaculate Conception 1895 Michael G. Kennedy Well, I didn’t know that
CONCORDIA (3rd Society Journal 1995)
| AUTHOR | ARTICLE |
| Rev. Canon W. Fawcett | A History of the Diocese of Derry |
| John McGinley | The Races at Carrickless |
| Hugh Breslin | Half-timers |
| John Mills | Canada’s Cotton King – A Strabane Emigrant Prospers |
| John Dooher | Commit thy work to God – The Sinclairs of Holyhill |
| Charles Montague | Courtrai Park |
| John Mills | Guy Carleton – soldier & statesman |
| Malachy McGarrigle | Buildings of Strabane past and presesnt |
| John Dooher | A tribute to a Seanchai |
| Michael G. Kennedy | The Strabane Canal |
| John Dooher | Dunamanagh – The disputed origins |
| Seamus Ui Domhnaill | The Court is in session |
STRABANE HIRING FAIRS - Memoirs, Views & Attitudes 1996
| AUTHOR | ARTICLE |
| W. H. Crawford | Fairs & Markets in Ulster: the origins |
| W. H. Crawford | Strabane Corporation: Fairs and Market Rights |
| Ann O’Dowd | Market for Youth – the Hiring Fair |
| Jonathan Bell | Farm Servants in Ulster |
| Roy Hamilton ed. | Memories of Strabane Hiring Fairs in the 1920s |
| Lochlinn McGlynn | Market for Youth |
| Jimmy Quigley | The Hiring Fair |
| Patrick Gallagher | Paddy ‘the Cope’ Gallagher remembers |
| Patrick McGill | The Cavalry of North Tyrone |
| Paul Kerr | A change of heart |
| Sinead Cassidy | Hired – an imaginary experience |
| Sinead Ayres | Government & the Hiring Fairs |
| Anonymous | The Rocks of Bawn |
| John Dooher | The Strabane Hiring Fair – a critical review |
CONCORDIA (4th Society Journal 1997)
| AUTHOR | ARTICLE |
| Michael Cox | Education in Strabane 100 years ago |
| William Roulston | The Archaeological Fabric of an Ulster Barony |
| Anne Marie Neeson | The Poor Law in practice |
| Rebecca (McDaid) Longhorn | John McCrossan, the Evish Bard |
| John Dooher | A Strabane Famine in the 1740s |
| Roise Mairead Rua Coll | The Hiring Fair in Strabane |
| Alice Milligan | The Hiring Fair in Strabane |
| Marian Gunning | The Development of Sion Mills |
| W. J. Carlin | Death on the Line |
| Thomas Patton | Carthorse to Champion |
| The National Trust | End of an Era at Gray’s |
CONCORDIA (5th Society Journal 2002/2003)
| AUTHOR | ARTICLE |
| Michael Kennedy | Gandhi, Strabane’s Legless Man |
| William J. Roulston | Glimpses of Life in Strabane in the early 18th century |
| Michael G. Kennedy & Pat Gillespie | Smuggling on the Tyrone-Donegal Border |
| Michael Harron | Early Cycling Clubs in Strabane and District |
| Michael Cox | A 19th Century Strabane Farmer’s Will |
| W.J.Carlin | The Origins of Strabane District Council |
| Michael G. Kennedy | Sporting Highlights in Strabane District – Part 1 |
| Michael Harron | James Kennedy – A Strabane Inventor |
| Michael Harron | An Emigrant’s Praise of Strabane in the 1890s |
| Michael G. Kennedy | Strabane Emigrant as US Consul –Thomas Barkley 1728 – 93 |
| Michael G. Kennedy | The Urney Bell in Melmount Parish |
| John Dooher | Schools in Strabane and District in 1825 |
Other local and related publications
M1ichael G Kennedy
Strabane Throughthe Millenium: An Illustrated Chronology 1179–2002 (2001)
W. J. Carlin et al.
Railway Days in Strabane (WEA People’s History, 1993)
W. J. Carlin et al.
The Strabane Workhouse in Workhouses of the North West ed. Jack Johnston (WEA People’s History 1996)
John Dooher
Strabane & the North West in the Decade of Rebellion Ulster Local Studies Vol. 19 No. 1 (1997)
John Dooher
Famine & Fever in North-West Ulster 1817-18 Due North Vol. 1 No. 1 (1999)
John Dooher
Holyhill in Townlands in Ulster ed. W.H Crawford & R.H Foy (1998)
David Killen
Through all the Days : a Presbyterian heritage (1995)
William J. Roulston
Landlordism and Unionism in Tyrone 1868 – 1910 Tyrone: history and society ed. Ed. H. Jefferies & C. Dillon
William J Roulston
The Parishes of Leckpatrick and Dunnalong - Their Place in History (2000)
Michael Cox
Overlooking The River Mourne
Ed. Faye Lynsyl Logue
Strabane and West Ulster in the 1800s Strabane Morning Post 1812 - 1837
School Days in St. Colman's
Memoirs and Reflections of a Strabane School 1958 - 2005
100 years of Golf at Strabane 1909 - 2009
Recollections and memories