shankillparishchurch

Bird's Eye View, Lurgan, Co. Armagh

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• 20 older comments, and then…
• B-59 said:

  Taken from the spire of Shankill Parish Church, heading north

• B-59 said:

  "Early in 1888 a decision was taken to build a power loom factory on a site in Victoria Street, with capacity for 500 looms. The original chimney shaft at the factory was 150 feet high, the tallest in Lurgan." www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2PNVY_linen-heritage-lurgan...

• B-59 said:

  On the right is St Peter's Catholic Church, North St., built in 1832 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurgan

• Niall McAuley said:

  I see Lurgan Model Primary School just above the gasometers.

• O Mac said:

  J Herbert "Established 1883" (written on gable middle foreground). Joseph Herbert is to be found in the 1901 Census but he and his family are gone by 1911. Would suggest we're looking at Pre 1911