Many Thanks to Ros for identifying "Craigacreey" > I'm sure it would be Cargacreevy in Annahilt parish not far from > Boardmills village. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nan Brennan <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> > Date: November 6, 2010 4:16:21 AM CDT > To: countyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, nir-down@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Interesting find at Craigacreery 1898 > Reply-To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > > News from Ulster > Irish World NY > April 16 1898 > > DOWN > > An interesting find was recently made in a garden > of William and John Hunter's premises, at Craigacreery Board > Mills. A girl, LIZZIE PETTICREW, was digging at the foot > of a tree when she unearthed a jug containing 109 rifle bullets > each weighing fully 1 1/2 ounces. From their appearance and > from the locality in which they were found, there is no > doubt that they were intended for duty in the historic period > of '98. > > I think this is near Ballynahinch. I couldn't find it in Ros's > site and I can't find seanruad Townland database. Is it gone forever? > What a terrible shame if it is. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message