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Sept 2010

Early Days In Killyleagh

I was born in Irish Street, Killyleagh a long time ago (21st August 1958). It's a lovely village on the shores of Strangford Lough (pronounced Loch) in County Down, Northern Ireland. More recently my brother Pete (the brother with the money) visited Killyleagh and snapped some photos of the old place.

My dad was born in Killyleagh in 1930 and his name was John Patrick Joseph Hanna. He left Killyleagh in the early fifties to come to England. My grandad, George Hanna, lived most of his life in Killyleagh and died in 1975, although by then he had moved to Downpatrick to be looked after by his daughter Betty Sage. My dad's mother died when he was very young. Her family were called Lundy and they were from Shrigley near Killyleagh. My dad had an Uncle called John Lundy and I remember visiting him during the nineteen-sixties in Shrigley. My dad's brothers were Chris Hanna (deceased, lived in Dunmurray), "Nish" Hanna (lived in Downpatrick, now lives in West Yorks) and his sisters were Ann "Nan" Hanna (deceased), Betty Sage (lives in Downpatirck) and Margaret.

When I was a kid we sometimes went back to Killyleagh for holidays and I remember coal boats unloading in the harbour but that's all finished now as Killyleagh is a fishing and tourist village. I also remember going for ice creams in a cafe at the side of the harbour.

I was born in Irish Street, Killyleagh, Co. Down. in the house on the left.

The house is about 20 yards from Strangford Lough.

The old harbour is still there but nowadays it's mainly leisure craft and fishing boats that use it.

My dad, John Hanna, on the shores of Strangford Lough, opposite our old house in Irish Street, Killyleagh.

	Pictures of Irish Street, Killyleagh taken in 1989
	The harbour area prior to redevelopment.(1989)
	View from the shore taken from the bottom of Irish Street, Killyleagh. (1989)

Killyleagh is probably most famous for its castle. Killyleagh Castle's main entrance.

Killyleagh photographed around 1900.

Irish Street is the road leading up from the waterfront on the right of the picture.

I was born in the white coloured house on the corner. The large chimney on the left of the photo is the linen mill).

You can just see Killyleagh Castle behind the chimney.

Similar angle taken in 2003 by my brother Peter

(he got the higher elevation by standing on his wallet!)

For more of my brother Pete's photos of Killyleagh click here

Killyleagh castle

Killyleagh photographed in the 1960s.

Link to Killyleagh.org photo gallery

My family moved from Killyleagh to Sheffield when I was about twelve months old. I grew up in a quiet suburb called Gleadless which in those days was part of Derbyshire until the sixties when Sheffield took it over, much to the annoyance of some of the residents. Sheffield was very much a steel town in those days. Although some of the steel industry survives today, much has gone the way of the coal pits and has been replaced by modern B&Q and MacDonalds villages.

After I left school I went to work for the Post Office Telephones which later became British Telecom. I was an engineer which was a good job in those days. I have written about my experiences in "Buzby's Boys" which you can read by clicking here

Since leaving BT in 1987 I have had my own business supplying and installing telecommunications equipment. You can visit my company website by clicking here

My main hobby over the years has been motor sport. You can read about my memories and my view of the current state of Grand Prix racing by clicking here

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"A very interesting, nostalgic and professionl DVD about the history of Killyleagh. Highly recommended."

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Sept 2010

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