Aldfreck

Aldfreck
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Aldfreck is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1][2]

The Battle of Aldfreck was fought in November 1597.[3]

Popular culture

David Hume wrote a poem about the "Aldfreck Mining Disaster".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parishes of Ulster". Ulster Ancestry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=17038
  3. ↑ http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1634/a-view-from-home-the-battle-of-aldfreck
  4. ↑ Aldfreck Mining Disaster poem, bbc.co.uk; accessed 2 May 2015.

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