Projects Archives - Maghera Heritage Centre

Civil Parish Of Maghera Field Name Recording Project

Projectsmaghera13th October 20160

CIVIL PARISH OF MAGHERA FIELD NAME RECORDING PROJECT This heritage and community initiative has evolved as part of our initiative Maghera Roots. As part of that project we have identified six farmers from the Maghera area, all of whom are willing to participate in sharing with us their stories of how they remember the farming…

Maghera Roots. Farming 1940-1969

Projectsmaghera16th September 20160

Maghera Roots The Heritage and Cultural Centre has begun a new and exciting project based on farming in Maghera and the surrounding districts during the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. This area has been predominantly agricultural for generations with a strong tradition of small family farms, which were generally less than thirty acres in size. The…