On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Anne Shier Klintworth <[email protected]> wrote: > This time we are staying at a place in Carnlough on the water for two > weeks.That is where we stayed in July last year. We stayed at the > Leighinmohr Hotel in Ballymena other times. One place to eat that we liked > a lot was Harry's in Cushendall. I also like the restaurant at the > Leighinmohr. We ate there pretty much every night when we were there a few > years ago. Mostly because we were out researching all day and were back > late and too tired to find someplace else. And they let us eat in the bar > instead of the restaurant and the food was great. >> Anne, Carnlough is where most of my Hunter/Mulvenna/McVicker family lived. Anne, if you would be so kind as to email me ( [email protected]) and let me know where you stayed ( and where to find a map of the town :) ) it would help emensely in planning my own trip. Of course I've been planning it for ages but never know where to start. Thanks so much, Barbara

I keep wondering about my family's origins whenever I read about Ballymena - which has been often lately on this list. I don't know where in Ireland our family was from, but my Dad often said that he heard his grandparents talk about Ballymena. Unfortunately, I've never been able to find anything about them. So, one more time, just for luck... Francis "Frank" Johnston, b. 1805 Robert "Red Robin" Johnston, b. 1808 Archibald "Archie" Johnston, b. 1815 They left for Upper Canada ca. 1825. I have put together the following possible scenario from various bits and pieces of oral family history. Their father (given name unknown) was born in Scotland and was Presbyterian. He went to Ireland, married, and raised a family. His wife (name unknown) died. He set out with all but one of his children, a married daughter, for UPPER CANADA. On the crossing he died along with one or more of his children. Frank, Red Robin and Archie survived and ended up farming near Pendleton in what is now Prescott Co., Ontario, CANADA. Y-DNA testing has proven the relationship of Frank and Red Robin. We are waiting for the results from a male descendant of Archie. If anyone should come across these wayward names in or around Ballymena (or elsewhere) I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Holmes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Ballymena made the newspaper in Pittsburgh, PA > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Anne Shier Klintworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This time we are staying at a place in Carnlough on the water for two >> weeks.That is where we stayed in July last year. We stayed at the >> Leighinmohr Hotel in Ballymena other times. One place to eat that we >> liked >> a lot was Harry's in Cushendall. I also like the restaurant at the >> Leighinmohr. We ate there pretty much every night when we were there a >> few >> years ago. Mostly because we were out researching all day and were back >> late and too tired to find someplace else. And they let us eat in the >> bar >> instead of the restaurant and the food was great. >> > > > Anne, > > Carnlough is where most of my Hunter/Mulvenna/McVicker family lived. > Anne, > if you would be so kind as to email me ( [email protected]) and let me > know > where you stayed ( and where to find a map of the town :) ) it would help > emensely in planning my own trip. Of course I've been planning it for > ages > but never know where to start. > > Thanks so much, > > Barbara > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message