Carrickfergus

The funfair in Carrickfergus

Patrons were very fortunate they did not suffer any life-threatening conditions

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons is pictured with members of Merrimack College Rock Band as he hosted them on a visit to Carrickfergus. (Pic: Freelance)

College marching bands break the ice in Carrick

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir pictured chatting to a staff member at Carrick Greengrocers.

Minister Muir launches the first Northern Ireland Food Strategy Framework

The Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Club held its annual dinner and prize giving at the Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena, at the start of October 2007. Cups and trophies were presented for the summer shows and sales. The club announced results of its first ever flock competition. It is the first flock competition to be held either in Northern Ireland or on the mainland. This competition was sponsored by Carrick Cottage and judged by Colin Coulter. Mary Delargy presents the Balmoral Show, Limavady Show and show points to Eamon and Phil McCormick. Picture: Farming Life archives/Kevin McAuley

Bygone Days: Old Montgomery’s poor cow and the noted ‘Carnmoney witch’ trial

Thomas Hay with Zoe Simms at the launch of the Kilroot Ploughing Society 100th Anniversary match at the Andrew Jackson cottage in Carrickfergus in late August 2007. They are looking over the new plaque for centenary match. Picture: Farming Life archives/Kevin McAuley

Bygone Days: Fine soiree held to mark society’s annual cattle show (1850)

Pictured in Ballycastle following the Coastal Run organised by Causeway Coast Mini Club. (Pic: Kevin McAuley/McAuley Multimedia)

24 brilliant photographs from Causeway Coast Mini Club's annual Coastal Run

We were wondering if any of our readers might be able to identify those in the photographs.

Retro: 23 more old photographs from the Kilroot PS 100th anniversary match

We were wondering if any of our readers might be able to identify those in the photographs.

Retro: Old photographs from the launch of the Kilroot PS 100th anniversary match

Helen Badger and Gamble on Cruise. (Pic supplied)

Helen Shines for Strule Valley Riding Club at showjumping championships

Armoy mart

Fat hoggets selling to £213 for 30kgs at Armoy Mart

Armoy mart

Another excellent show of sheep at Armoy Mart, fat ewes selling to £238

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Excellent show of sheep at Armoy

Harvesting is done by hand and Helen often is joined by friends and neighbours to help out.

Innovation is often as much about how you sell a product

Allen McAnally (centre), Chairman of Ballynure Vintage Tractor Ploughing Society, receives the new cup from Martin Mehaffey and Brendan Degnan. (Pic: Ballynure Vintage Tractor Ploughing Society)

New cup presented to ploughing society in memory of Frankie Davidson

Pictured L-R: Emma Fitzgerald, Lisa Abell-Farrelly from AWARE NI and Daniel Baxter

Mental health a priority at Trouw

Scarlett Rossborough. Pic: PSNI

PSNI have appointed two dedicated family liaison officers
Police have released a picture of 8-year-old Scarlett Rossborough who was tragically killed in a car accident in Carrickfergus.
Ruth Rodgers

Wilsons of Rathkenny are offering Honda lawn and garden spring savings of up to £500.

Honda lawn and garden spring savings at Wilsons of Rathkenny

Livestock Markets

Texel ewes selling to per head £149, lambs to £125 at Massereene

Prices from Massereene

Latest prices from Massereene

Livestock Markets

Lambs selling to a top of £118 at Massereene

Lambs selling to a top price of £118 at Massereene

Mark Brown, business acquisition manager, Danske Bank and Robert Patton, managing director, Old Mill Saddlery

Local equestrian retailer announces £1.6m investment in new warehouse

Lambs selling to £112 per head at Massereene

Ewes selling to £149 at Massereene

Light lambs selling to 492 pence per kilo at Massereene

Prime lambs selling to £118.50 per head at Massereene

Environment Minister Edwin Poots and Education Minister Michelle McIlveen pictured with pupils from Eden Primary School in Carrickfergus, one of 442 Primary Schools in Northern Ireland to participate in the School Milk Subsidy Scheme.

Ministers highlight benefits of School Milk Subsidy Scheme during visit to Count...
Eden Primary School in Carrickfergus, one of 442 Primary Schools in Northern Ireland to participate in the School Milk Subsidy Scheme, welcomed Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and Education Minister Michelle McIlveen recently.
Joanne Knox

Lambs sell to a top of £143 per head at Massereene

Spring lambs sell to £143 at Massereene

Kathy Irvine, Nathin Gault and Stephanie French. Image: Kevin McAuley

13 pictures to remind you of a night at a hunt ball in 2007

Holly with some of the pet lambs

Former journalist who found love with NI vet pens book about her farming adventu...

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Fuel Prices: Cheapest and most expensive areas to fill up this week, plus latest...

John Traynor

Man who died in County Antrim workplace incident named locally

Man dies following tragic workplace incident on County Antrim road

Prime lambs selling to a top of £115 at Massereene

Carrickfergus council's guests of honour at the event to mark the castle's 800th birthday celebrations. The Marquess and Marchioness of Donegall marched to the castle with mayors from all over Northern Ireland, councillors, organisations and bands. Picture: News Letter archives

Sunday closing bid by DUP defeated (September 1981)

Cast ewes selling to £150 for Texels at Massereene

Heavy lots selling from £100 to £111 per head at Massereene Mart

King William arrives at Carrickfergus Castle in June 1969. Picture: News Letter archives

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: King William lands at Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus re-enacted one of history's great occasions in 2002 when the town celebrated the 312th anniversary of the landing of King William III.

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: King William lands at Carrickfergus amid Orange pageantry

Left to right: Philip Thompson, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Director of Operations, Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Councillor Peter Johnston and DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA.

Recycling investment reaches £5m

North Street Presbyterian Church in Carrickfergus. Picture: Darren Murphy

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: From the News Letter of April 1856

More than 50 teachers had launched the campaign to save the schools threatened with the axe. Teachers from Dunlamber Boys' and Somerdale Boys' Secondary Schools protesting outside the Belfast Education and Library Board office in February 1982. In a statement issued to the News Letter the teachers stated: “There is not a single educational reason to justify the decision to close either of these schools. It will effectively destroy an exercise of parental choice of schools in north Belfast. It will handicap an progress towards a properly planned rationalisation of resources in north Belfast for the next twenty years.” The staff at Somerdale school had blocked the Crumlin Road for 30 minutes during their lunchtime before joining their Dunlambert colleagues in a delegation to the board headquarters in Academy Street. Picture: News Letter archives

IN PICTURES: More old photographs from the News Letter photograph archives (1982...

Heavy lots selling from £130 to £136 per head at Massereene Mart

Heavy lots selling to £134 at Massereene Mart

Heavy hoggets selling to up to £132 at Massereene Mart

Police are urging caution on roads due to wintry conditions.

Multiple reports of vehicles getting stuck on Carrick’s Woodburn Road

CAFRE Enniskillen Campus Level 2 Apprenticeship in the Equine Industry student Kerry Creighton, Carrickfergus, riding Bruce as part of her BHS Stage 2 examination

Equine apprenticeship success at CAFRE

Gordon Penrose receives an MBE in the New Year Honours list.

Carrickfergus businessman honoured for lifetime’s work in roofing industry

Buoyant trade for lambs at Massereene

Kilroot in Co Antrim

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Man drowns in fatal ice accident at Kilroot

Cast ewes continue to sell at record rates at Massereene Mart

Cast ewes selling to £136 at Massereene Mart

Cast ewes selling to £123 at Massereene Mart

Cast ewes selling to up £128 at Massereene Mart