About Us
Information about our Local History Society.

Activities
Our annual programme of events.

History
Local History about Poyntzpass and District.

Publications
Our magazine "Before I forget.."

Photographs
Local Scenes, Postcards nd video clips

Messages
Our Notice Board for news and messages. If you wish to post a message here please contact us.

Links
Poyntzpass links, and other Local Historical Societies websites.

Welcome

Welcome to the Poyntzpass and District Local History Society Web Site. On this site you will find information about our society and some historical information about Poyntzpass and the surrounding District.
This site will be continually expanded and improved and we hope to include a newsletter in the near future.
It is our hope that this site will bring the history of the area to as wide a selection of people as possible, so if you like this site please bookmark it and make sure to tell your friends.

You can email us. history@poyntzpass.co.uk. Please note: We do try to answer our e-mails, but usually the load is too great. We also have families, pets, and day jobs. All we can do is try. Unfortunately Poyntzpass and District Local History Society does not carry out personal family history searches.

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NEWS

Publications March 2012

Poyntzpass and District Local History Society has launched the th edition of its journal 'Before I forget'.
The 100-page journal offers a range of articles covering a wide span of activities in the area and beyond.
These include local sporting heroes, famous citizens of Tandragee, a tale of fraght landlord-tentant relations in Jerretspass in the 1880s. the dramatic events to St. Patrick's Day 1869, the diary of a voyage to Australia and the rise and fall of the Inness family of Dromantine. There is also a history of local pubs, an account of medical provision locally in the days before the NHS, a selection of local dialect words from the collection of Seamus Murphy and the days when many of the essentials were delivered to the door are recalled in the John Campbell's article entitled 'Any sign of the bread man?'
More info here

Publications
There are still some copies of Volumes 8 and 10 available costing £5 and they can also be ordered by email
Lesser Spotted Ulster Tue 24 Nov 2009 View Here
Joe Mahon travels to Pontypass and Jerrettspass as he continues to explore the often overlooked nooks and crannies of the Ulster countryside, and exchanges banter with the locals.
Photos
Video Clips of Poyntzpass & District
BBC Launch a new website "LANDSCAPES UNLOCKED", it includes Poyntzpass
Links
Portadown
photographs and features from past and present
History
Charles Davis Lucas VC.
By Griffith Wylie
History
The "Lighter" side of Newry Canal
History
The Newry and Armagh Railway and Lissummon Tunnel
Photographs
Postcards from Poynztpass.
Links
A Blue Plaque for Charles Davis Lucas VC
 
Links
New website Belfast Forum