History and heritage of Bangor Northern Ireland. Stories from the past of Bangor (North Down) on Northern Ireland’s Gold Coast.
The origins of Halloween date way back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in) from around 2,000 years ago in Ireland and the U.K. (here’s the Wikipedia). But these days Halloween in Northern Ireland is more like the generic American Halloween, adopted through TV and movies more than likely, as things were a fair …
We put together the Jenny Watts Treasure Hunt back in 2015 to encourage local kids and young folk to explore the history of Bangor and to encourage them to get out and to be physically active. The hunt took place in Bangor Town Centre and consisted of a number of stages which included 2 sets of …
The name ‘North Down Museum’ is a little misleading for visitors to Bangor, given it’s named after the local borough council, just to keep the regional neighbours happy. But most people still call it the Bangor Museum, as it is obviously located in Bangor, or the ‘Bangor Heritage Centre’, which was an earlier and better name for …
The recordings and artefacts of Bangor’s earlier beginnings date back to circa 500BC, during the late Bronze Age, where significant treasures found in the three Ballycroghan Swords. Otherwise, there really is not much noteworthy during this period history of Bangor, or at least there are few major events worth talking about through the coming 1,000 …
In 2015, to commemorate the designated Year of Columbanus, myself and Anne set off in the footsteps of the greatest Bangorian of all times. A journey to commemorate the 1400th anniversary of his death in Bobbio (Italy) and his importance which is recognised by the Council of Europe in the creation of the Columban Way which traces …
