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Ardglass Timeline |
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Dunsford Timeline |
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3000 - 2500 BC |
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Burial of a warrior/leader on the conical hill at the 'Ward' of Ardglass where Isabella's Tower is situated. |
1210 AD |
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Jordan de Saukville (a Norman Knight ) is joined by King John at his castle ( probably around the area of Isabella's Tower ). Jordan de Saukville was in the year 1217 confirmed in his possession of Ardglass by King Henry III |
1400 |
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Around this time the village is owned by Sir Janico D'Artas. The 'New Works' or 'Newark' is built where the Ardglass Golf Club is situated today, the lower part still remains. This was believed to be built by a group of merchants from London and is believed to be the oldest trading street in Ireland. |
1480 - 1510 |
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This is around the time the Ardglass castles were built. Theses were effectively Tower Houses used by their merchant owners to guard their goods which were traded to places like Chester and Bristol via Drogheda. The castles surviving from that period are Jordans, Cowd, Margaret's, Horn and the 'New Works'. Kings Castle is only recently built around 1828. |
1601 |
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Simon Jordan holds Jordans Castle against the forces of Hugh O'Neill for 3 years until he was relieved by Lord Deputy Mountjoy on the 17th of June. |
1790 |
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Lord Charles Fitzgerald redevelopes a section of the 'New Works' for his home, which is now the Ardglass Golf Club. After a series of unfortunate events, Lord Charles sells his property to William Ogilvie. |
1791 |
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During the construction of Ardglass Castle, the smaller castle called Horn was incorporated into the main building
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1810 |
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William Ogilvie buys Ardglass, whose set upon the task of rebuilding the village. |
1813 |
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Ogilvie and Sir John Rennie secure Act of Parliament to provide Ardglass with a new pier and lighthouse |
1816 |
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John Hughes is born, he discovers one of the biggest gold nuggets in the American Gold Rush. |
1828 |
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The first stone of Ardglass Catholic Church is laid in May. |
| 1831 | Thomas Hunter is born and becomes the founder of the Hunter Colleges of New York, one of the largest educational establisments in America. | |
1892 |
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Ardglass Railway Staion opens. |
1896 |
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Ardglass Golf Club formed |
1911 |
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