Dear Sharon, I have forwarded your enquiry to a Michael J Harley who is an expert on sundials, and has a special interest in sundials in Northern Ireland. He lives in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. You can find some of his work on the internet by searching for his name and the word 'sundial'. He was able to help me 5 years ago when I was writing an article about a sundial for the Lecale Review, a local history journal which covers Lecale (east Co. Down (includes Ardglass/Ringfad). The sundial I wrote about was made in 1796 by a William Straney for a William Henry of Ballyhosset. Ballyhosset is only a couple of miles from Ardglass. Billy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Oddie Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:18 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Ringfad - 1841 Sundial >I have been trying to complete a page on Ardglass, but things keep getting >in my way. In the meantime, here is a page that I have posted about a >sundial engraved with the name of Lieutenant John Martin, Esq. Ringfad. I >don't have a clue who he is (except that he is likely one of my "MARTINs")- >but would be naturally happy to learn more. The page can be viewed at: >http://www.thesilverbowl.com/maps/Ardglass/Sundial-Ringfad.html > Enjoy, > Sharon Oddie Brown > Roberts Creek, BC, Canada > History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ > Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl > --------------------------------- > 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will > answer your question! > --------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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