Aldfreck

Coordinates: 54°47′24″N 5°45′00″W / 54.789863°N 5.749928°W / 54.789863; -5.749928
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Aldfreck
Aldfreck is located in Northern Ireland
Aldfreck
Aldfreck
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54°47′24″N 5°45′00″W / 54.789863°N 5.749928°W / 54.789863; -5.749928

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

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

Popular culture[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Parishes of Ulster". Ulster Ancestry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Place Names NI - Search Results". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ "A View From Home: The Battle of Aldfreck". Culture Northern Ireland. 7 June 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ Aldfreck Mining Disaster poem, bbc.co.uk; accessed 2 May 2015.