Test your knowledge of Carrickfergus history!
Test Your Knowledge of Carrickfergus History!
Are you a history buff? Put your knowledge of Carrickfergus to the test with this engaging quiz! From local landmarks to historical events, discover how much you really know about this historic town.
Challenge yourself with questions that include:
- The significance of Barn Mill during WWII
- Local factories and their historical impact
- Notable historical figures like Andrew Jackson
1. Barn Mill can be seen in this aerial view of Carrickfergus from the 1960s. The Barn Mill site in Carrickfergus started out as a linen bleachyard in the 1760s, before becoming a spinning mill in the 19th century. During WWII they manufactured parachutes, becoming the world’s largest parachute factory employing approx. 1,200 workers. But what else did they manufacture during the war?
Parachute dummies
Red Cross bandages
Military uniforms
Bedding for Pow camps
2. In this aerial view of Carrickfergus, a factory can be seen in the top left of the photo. This factory was the first to produce man-made fibres in Northern Ireland, and once employed as many as 2000 people, before finally closing its doors in 1981. Which factory is it?
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3. The earliest headstone from this graveyard dates from 1743, belonging to a lady who lived to be 99! On the site stands a building, inaccurately known as the ‘Bishop’s House’. Where is this?
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4. Here is Carrickfergus High Street, around 1900. The original ‘big lamp’ was a gas lamp and drinking fountain erected in 1881. It was removed in the 1950s and replaced with the lamp we see in Market Place today – but what prompted its removal?
Health and safety concerns over the drinking water
It was vandalised
It was hit by a lorry
A gas explosion
5. Many thousands emigrated from Ulster to America in the 1700s and 1800s, seeking a new life. The Andrew Jackson Cottage at Boneybefore, Carrickfergus tells the story of the US President whose parents emigrated from here to North Carolina in 1765. Andrew Jackson had a colourful career and was the last President to do what?
Pay off the national debt
Hold slaves
Win a foreign conflict
Survive an assassination attempt
6. Carrickfergus Gasworks can be seen in this photo. The gasworks opened in 1855 and supplied the town with gas made from coal until 1967. It then distributed gas piped from Belfast until its closure in 1987. Today it is the only gasworks museum in Ireland. Where is it located?
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7. Telegraphic communication was first established between Whitehead and Scotland (Knock bay) in 1879. To caution ships against anchoring over the telegraphic cables, ‘leading marks’, as seen in this image were erected. Where in Whitehead is this?
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8. Do you recognise this street? A primary school once stood along here, but where in Carrickfergus is this?
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9. Paul Rodger’s shipyard in Carrickfergus provided valuable employment for decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, employing 150 people in its heyday. The most well-known ship produced here was Result, a schooner made in 1893 that was used as a decoy ship during WWI. What was the fate of this vessel?
It was sunk by a German U boat
It is now the Pirate Ship at Marine Gardens
It is on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
It was sold for scrap
10. This traditional sweet shop in Carrickfergus has been rebuilt as the corner shop at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. But what was it known as and where was it located?
Bell’s shop, High Street
Mckeown’s shop, Irish Quarter West
Patterson’s shop West street
Cranston’s shop, Green street
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