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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: vivter on Tuesday 28 June 05 15:03 BST (UK)
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Is it Possible to find out the names of Miners who worked the Iron ore Mines in Antrim. TKS.
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www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/antrim.htm broken link
Papers of the Antrim Iron ore Company are mentioned at the above site.
Reference is D2977/41
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Thank you Christopher. I have noted your information and will try the PRONI.
Terry.
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Hiya Terry,
I've been looking at this thread and it occured to me that the Glens of Antrim Historical Society (http://www.antrimhistory.net)
may be able to assist .. one of their members may have something on the Antrim Iron Ore Co.
Chris
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Terry,
I too am very interested in where my ancestors worked in the Antrim mines...did you find any names? Looking for Montgomery's?
Laurence
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Alan McCutcheon will have covered these mines in his research book , the Industrial history of Northern ireland. he had a very large collection of Photographs he kept with him when he worked as the Curator of the Ulster Museum, Stranmillis road, Belfast..
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Checked PRONI...there is one surviving Pay Register for Parkmore Mine (1905) in the Glenravel area for a mine called "H Road". I have taken down all the register names (no addresses are given or other details). I was looking for Montgomerys (3 generations of miners both in Glenravel/Broughshane and Straid) but unfortunately found none. Another mine with the great name of "Midgy Corner" is mentioned in passing :D
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Hi all,i wonder if the surname Loughridge appears on the lists? tnx
Whilst mentioning this, i wonder if anyone has any info on land ownership around parkmore and the now glenarife forest park. My info is that ancestors were either landowners or tenant farmers in the parkmore area and supplemented their farming income by working in the mines.
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The Valuation Revision Books will allow you to trace a property from the printed version of Griffith's Valuation until c1930-
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm
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There's a list of miners who worked at Glenravel/Parkmore area in my book on the history of the mines "The Mountains of Iron". If you have any queries on these mines you can ask me.
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I am interested in a miner who lived in Broughshane, Co Antrim around 1890 and I guess worked in a mine nearby. Does anyone know where the mine was?
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I am interested in a miner who lived in Broughshane, Co Antrim around 1890 and I guess worked in a mine nearby. Does anyone know where the mine was?
Townlands of Broughshane Upper & Broughshane Lower quite close to Ballymena-
https://www.townlands.ie/antrim/antrim-lower/racavan/broughshane/broughshane-lower/
Broughshane village slightly further away-
https://www.townlands.ie/antrim/antrim-lower/racavan/broughshane/broughshane-upper/
If you google 'mining in Ballymena area' lots of information comes up. Here's a sample-
https://www.ballymenaguardian.co.uk/news/2021/02/04/gallery/iron-ore-mines-and-ghost-railway-stations-just-part-of-the-dungonnell-trail-13248/
https://nigreenways.com/tag/iron-ore-mine/
https://ccght.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Quarries-Mines.pdf
https://www.mindat.org/loc-187746.html
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Thanks for the helpful information.
I have been looking online but mainly found information on mines in the Glenravel/Red Bay area.
I have however just checked Felix McKillop's book "Valley of the Braid" and it has a section on mining at Ballylig and Clonetrace (very close to Broughshane), which is what I was looking for.
This is interesting and largely forgotten in this area. When the mines scaled back or closed some of the miners moved to Scotland to work in the coal mines.
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This may help,
Go to 1901 Census records, click on Co Antrim, then click on More search Options , then type Miner into the occupation box. Hit search.
It will bring up a list of 372 listed miners and the first guy is a David Montgomery, Broughshane
Just scroll through the pages
👍🏼 Good luck
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Go to 1901 Census records, click on Co Antrim, then click on More search Options , then type Miner into the occupation box. Hit search.
It will bring up a list of 372 listed miners and the first guy is a David Montgomery, Broughshane
Here's the link-
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01rle/
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Thanks for the very useful information.
I have used the census many times but had not tried searching on occupation. The list of miners in Co Antrim is interesting. I knew of iron ore mining in the Ballymena/Broughshane area and coal mining at Ballycastle, but was surprised to find coal miners in Belfast and even a few gold miners.
It was also surprised to see coal miners from Scotland and England in Belfast.
By 1901 iron ore mining in Co Antrim had declined and the family of miners who I am looking at had all moved to Scotland.
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I found the reason for the miners, from Scotland and England, living in Belfast - they were soldiers living in a barracks.