Darkley to Keady (via lakes) 6.9 Miles

Part 3 of our walk around Keady is 6.9 miles. It starts at the bus shelter on the north edge of Darkley Village. Irish Grid Ref. H 86125 31300 (see at Google Street View).

Our route goes through Darkley Village past Darkley Mill & Chimney, off-road past Darkley Lake, follows narrow roads past Darkley Lake, Tullynawood Lake, Gentle Owens Lake, Clay Ringfort & Souterrain and Clea Lake, Then along Clay Road, past Cargaclogher Ancient Enclosure and descend to Keady. We take a short loop, past Keady Monument and Old Mill to finish at the Tommy Makem Arts & Community Centre. This is a hilly walk and, on the lane / track past Darkley Lake, it can be rough underfoot and wet. 

To download a GPX map of this route visit link at MapMyWalk, plus for a Google Map of the whole route visit Interactive Google Map.

Below is a detailed description of the walk and places passed along the way. If you wish to just download the Route Instructions as a Word Doc, without all the write-up, then just click on the button below. (NOTE: This downloads as a Google Doc. To change format to a Word Doc - Click "File" on top left of doc, click "Download" and choose "Microsoft Word (.docx)").

From the bus shelter, go up to the junction and turn left into Main Street, Darkley.

Darkley is a high village, at almost 700 ft above sea-level. There are great views, from the start of the walk, over the surrounding countryside and Armaghbrague, the high ridge which runs north to south through this part of the county. You can also see the transmission mast at Carrigatuke Viewpoint, the highest point on the ridge. The name, Armaghbrague, is anglicised, but is deriver from Irish, "Ard Mhacha Bréige", and translates as "False Armagh".

It was on the slopes of Armaghbrague, facing Darkley, where St. Patrick attempted to build his first church. However, every night a bull would come and destroy what Patrick had built. Patrick got fed up with this and one night stayed. Some stories say, the bull was Patrick's own, others say it was the devil. Legend says Patrick cursed the bull and it leapt 5 miles away. When it landed its hoof cast a imprint on a stone near what is now St. Patrick's Church at Ballymacnab, the stone (the Bull's Track) is still there. The bull then leapt a further five miles, landed near Navan Fort, and created another track mark in a stone. The bull never caused Patrick any more trouble. However, by now Patrick decided to up tools and move to Armagh to build his church there. You can listen to this story at a podcast by Friends of Sliabh Fuait on SoundCloud.

According to Placenames.ni,

"Armaghbrague is the location of St.Patrick's first church in Armagh, now the site of an 18th century church & graveyard. Prior to the Christian era, Armaghbrague was the site of a pagan temple, named Ard Macha (Glancy 1956, 78). According to Glancy, St. Patrick would normally have erected a church in the vicinity of this pagan temple, but chose to build his cathedral church in Drumsaileach due to its proximity to Eamhain Macha, the 600 year seat of the kings of Ulster. Drumsaileach then became known as Ardsaileach (in accordance with the tendency of the period to prefix the name of a religious edifice with ard-). St. Patrick then apparently altered Ardsaileach to Ard Macha to secure, for his own foundation, the prestige previously attributed to the pagan temple. The name of the site of the pagan temple then became Ard Macha Breughaighe ‘the height of the false Macha."

Today, where St. Patrick intended to build his first church, is the site of Holy Trinity Church of Ireland. It was built in 1829 and, but for the trees next to it, should be visible from here (see map).

At the high point of Armaghbrague, Carrigatuke Viewpoint, there is a stone formation which is known as St. Patrick's Chair (aka Cú Chulainn's Chair) and I'm sure there's a few stories about it. There's also a song named, "Chair at the Top of the Breague", and you can listen to it at YouTube.

Anyway, let's get back to Darkley. According to the Darkley page at Wikipedia,

"Darkley (from Irish: Dearclaigh, meaning 'place of caves/hollows') is a small village and townland near Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 224 people (80 households) in the 2011 Census ...

Darkley is first mentioned on the Maps of the Escheated Counties (1609) which were drawn up at the beginning of the Plantation of Ulster..."

Another podcast by Friends of Sliabh Fuait tells some of the history of Darkley Mill Village. You can listen to it at SoundCloud.

0.18 miles. With Darkley Mill Chimney to your LHS, turn right onto lane / track (see photo). Note: This can be rough underfoot and wet.

Below the chimney is a bench and an information board which tells some history of Darkley Mill and Village. If you wish to read about this, then I covered it towards the end of Part 2 of the walk.

On your way along the lane, look back to get a good view of the tall mill chimney.

Before leaving Darkley Village, I'll direct you to a video by Paul Hughes, entitled "Darkley from the air". This has some great aerial footage of the village and surrounding countryside.

0.3 miles. Turn sharp left to follow track along tree-line.

0.38 miles. Follow track as it turns left and past Darkley Lake to LHS.

Below are some images of the walk along the lane to and past Darkley Lake, then out onto Tullynawood Road. It can be wet and uneven underfoot along here. So please wear strong and waterproof footwear.

Darkley Lake is man-made. It was dammed at its southern end probably some time in the 1800s. The c1830 OS Map shows a dam and sluice, but the lake is not recorded on OS Maps until c1905. The water was used to supply power for the local mills, and up until the final closure of Darkley Mill - see National Museums NI.

As far as I can gather, Darkley Lake is now owned by Armagh Angling Club. They also hold the rights for fishing at Tullynawood and Aughnagurgan Lakes.

You can watch a short video below by Martin McCann, entitled "Darkley full view by drone". It shows aerial footage of all three lakes mentioned above, Darkley Forest, the surrounding countryside, plus two lakes, in the distance, we'll pass later in this part of our walk.

0.62 miles. Turn left along road (Tullynawood Road).

Along this narrow road Darkley Lake is down to your LHS.

At 1.24 miles, Tullynawood Lake can be seen to the front left.

1.38 miles. Turn left onto narrow road and follow for 270 yards to small car park next to Tullynawood Lake (the view from the car park, over the lake and the surrounding countryside is beautiful).

Friends of Sliabh Fuait have a Driving Tour around the local area with podcasts of each stop on SoundCloud. If you follow the link to "8 Tullynawood Lough" it mentions a now destroyed grave of the Children of Lir on the lake shore. Did the Children of Lir die on this lake shore and were they buried here? 

Exit car park, turn left and retrace your steps back along narrow road, to junction. We were also at this junction at 1.38 miles. I really hope the views made this slight diversion worthwhile. 

1.71 miles. Turn left along Tullynawood Road.

1.78 miles. Immediately past old farmhouse (Lake View), turn right into Cargaclogher Road.

As you climb up this narrow road, look back for some great views over Tullynawood Lake.

1.96 miles. Turn left onto narrow road.

2.22 miles. Stay straight on past narrow road to LHS.

2.61 miles. Stay straight on past narrow road to RHS.

The road climbs and between 2.1 and 2.6 miles we cross three townland borders, going from Tullyglush to Cargaclogher, to Crossdened, to Clay. This is the highest part of the walk, reaching an altitude of almost 800 feet, and the area up here can be very bleak in winter. However, enjoy it whilst you can as you'll be back in a big city soon enough.

The road descends sharply to a T-junction at 2.8 miles. Turn right, now along Clay Road.

As you come down the hill to the junction, directly ahead is a hill. It is named Black Hill and is next to Carna Transport at Tievenamara townland. This is apparently the site of an ancient battle, possibly involving Cú Chulainn. The name Tievenamara translates as "Hillside of the Dead" (see Placenamesni). However, I have yet to find anymore on this. You can see a photo of Black Hill from a different angle at Geograph.   

Please take great care walking along Clay Road as it is busier than the previous road you have been walking on, and there is no pavement.

Soon to your left, you'll see Gentle Owen's Lake. I did try and research where the name came from, but didn't find anything of substance, so I put a post on Facebook and got lots of answers. Some of these were old stories about local people and they made interesting reading. I know the lake appears on the 1830-s OS map as Gentle Owen's, so the two most credible answers are below:. 

"...the lake got it's name from the river, which is abhainn in Irish, pronounced eoin/owen. Gentle is séimh (shave) so the lake probably got it's name from the gentle river that runs into it - Séimh Abhainn - Gentle Eoins/Owens."

"It is believed by some that Gentle Owen comes from the Irish ‘cineal’ meaning kin, kind, or gentle and Eoghain’ being the O’Neill chieftain who’s clan once ruled much of Ulster. The name is also given to Kinelowen Street which can also be translated as Gentle Owen or Clan of Owen "

I can't definitely say which of the above is correct, but at Wikipedia you can read about "The Cenél nEógain or Kinel-Owen ("Kindred of Owen")", who extended their lands by moving into this part of Armagh in the 15th century.

Keady is famous for its fishing lakes and has been for a long time. Gentle Owens Lake sits in a valley surrounded by drumlins and was once well stocked with trout. However, on the latest report, I can find, Gentle Owens "has been abandoned for a long time" and now only has Roach and Perch. You can read this 2006 report at Ring of Gullion. Access to the lake is not easy as permission from local landowners is needed.

3.51 miles. By large double-fronted house, turn left onto narrow road.

After 125 yards the road turns right, then after another 150 yards veers left and then right. There are views to the left, over Gentle Owens Lake and on the right is an ancient ring-fort and souterrain. Please take care as this road is winding with many blind corners.

The ring-fort is marked as "Fort" on OS maps. A local historian tells me it was named Dún Bhrádaigh (Bradagh’s Fort) and the lake was once named Bradagh's Lake. However, the only connection I can find to this name is a Bradagh Bog, next to Carna Transport, on the western side of the lake.

In the Journal of Keady & District Historical Society (Dec '92), Tommy O'Reilly refers to this fort as Rice's Fort.

The road builder seems to have been sympathetic by bending the road around the southern side of the fort, but by looking at Google Earth, you can see the road encroaches on the ring-fort, and is just inside it. You can read more about the fort and souterrain at Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record.

A short clip of the the ring-fort and Gentle Owen's Lake can be seen below, on the aerial video by Paul Hughes, named "Landmarks round Keady Co. Armagh in 4K".

The photos below show different views of Gentle Owens Lake from this narrow road, plus one taken by looking over a metal gate into the centre of the ancient ring-fort.

3.79 miles. At T-junction, turn right. Now on Castleblayney Road (one of many roads in this area of the same name)

Just another 80 yards, along this road, is the high point of Carryoghill (760 feet). There are some great views from this road. The photos below were taken at the T-junction. If you look carefully you can see Carnagh Forest, Straghans Lough (another of the Keady Lakes) and much more.

4.05 miles. Follow road as it turns right and past lane to LHS.

4.21 miles. Follow road as it turns left and past lane to RHS.

4.39 miles. Follow road as it turns left and past lane to RHS.

4.48 miles. At bottom of hill, and with works in front, turn right onto narrow road.

Soon Clea Lake will come into view in front and to your left. You should have some good views of the lake along this hilly and winding road.

I have taken a few photos of Clea Lake from along this road, but the first aerial video below, by John Carroll, is also taken from this side of Clea Lake and does it more justice. The second video is also by John Carroll and shows all the lakes we pass on this walk, the Carnagh Forest Lakes, a few the other Keady Lakes plus the surrounding countryside.

5.02 miles. At T-junction, turn left. Now on Clay Road.

Note: Clay Road is usually busier than the narrow roads we have used up to now and there is no pavement, so please take great care.

Soon Clea Lake will be visible again to your LHS.

5.88 miles. Stay straight on past Cargaclogher Road to your RHS.

75 yards past the junction, in the field to the left is a raised part of ground. This is the remains of an ancient ring-fort or enclosure. The hedgerow is high, but a few yards further on you can look over a metal gate and back to see the elevated platform which formed the ground of this ancient structure. You can also read the record at Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record.

The photos below is the best I could get of this ancient enclosure, as I was unable to open the gate. I don't think the gate has been opened in years. This looks much clearer on the ground, but hopefully the photos will give you an idea, as this raised ground has been preserved for an awful long time.

At 6.45 miles, into this walk, Clay Road starts to level off, and turns right, just before it enters Keady. To the left is a driveway with a gate and white walls. This leads to a house at New Holland. According to Samuel Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)"..

"There are some very large mills for spinning flax at New Holland and Darkley, in which 780 persons (principally young females) are constantly employed; .. New Holland, of Lieut. McKean, R.N.".

6.56 miles. At T-junction (soon after entering Keady) turn left along Victoria Street, staying on LHS pavement.

Some of the street names in this area remember the local connection to the Children of Lir. Shortly before the junction is Lir Fold, opposite the junction is Lir Gardens and the former name of Victoria Street was Lir Street. You can listen to the story of the Children of Lir at YouTube.

The old "Village Pound" sat next the corner of Clay Road and Victoria Street for many decades. It disappeared c1909 with the building of the Keady to Castleblayney Railway. A bridge (Pound Bridge) was built to carry Victoria Street over the railway. However, due to the Partition of Ireland the line was only in use for 13 years and closed on 2 April 1923. The Pound Bridge was removed in the 1960s to facility road improvements. It was originally going to be dynamited and everywhere was sandbagged to protect the houses but eventually it was decided to knock it with a crane and wrecking ball. Signs of the old railway still survive If you look behind the memorial, on the opposite side of Victoria Street, you can still see the old railway cutting and in the distance is the tall Granemore Road Bridge, built over the line c1909.

The memorial, at the entrance to the old railway cutting was unveiled in 2006 and is dedicated to Michael McVerry and Peadar McElvanna. You can read more about this at this link, plus see photo at Geograph.

As you walk along Victoria Street, look close and you'll see a plaque next to the door of the second house on the left. This was the home of traditional singer Sarah Makem. She was born in Keady in 1900 and lived here all of her life. Like most local women of her time, her mother worked in the linen industry and her father was a plumber and tinsmith.

Sarah married fiddler Peter Makem in 1919. She left school early to work long hours, as a weaver, in a Darkley Mill, but would always enjoy getting home after work to sing with her family and neighbours. There are many stories of how mill workers were so happy to get back to Keady, after work, and would recharge their batteries by singing and dancing in the streets.

She was mother to five children, three girls (Mona, Peggy and Nancy), and two boys. The boys, Tommy and Jack perused a life in music. Tommy Makem would go on to be a world famous Irish musician. Her grandchildren, Tom Sweeney, Jimmy Sweeney, Shane Makem, Conor Makem and Rory Makem also went on to make a career in music.

According to The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem website.

“Her mother was "one of the Singing Greenes of Keady, a family famous for its music for generations" (to quote collector Sean O'Boyle), and it was from her mother that Sarah learned most of her songs. Her house was full of music and song, which continued when she married Peter Makem.”

“Beyond the odd local social event, she never performed in public and yet her reputation preceded her. She came to world attention in 1950 when folk music collectors came to record her for the BBC. One song from that recording session eventually was used as the title song of the 1950s folk music radio program, As I Roved Out, on which she was a regularly featured performer. In 1968 she recorded her only complete album, Ulster Ballad Singer for Topic Records. From that point on she played host to a generation of aspiring traditional singers and folk music scholars who came to visit Keady to learn from her.”

Sarah Makem’s gift was to remember songs, many of which she learned from her mother whilst doing household chores, and some brought back by her children from school. She is said to have held the words of over 500 traditional songs in her head. These included ones from Ireland, Scotland and England. One notable person who came to learn from her was famous American folk singer, Pete Seeger. Read more about Sarah Makem at Wikipedia.

Friends of Sliabh Fuait have a podcast on their Driving Tour entitled "Makem's House". It's about Sarah Makem and her son Tommy. You can listen to it at SoundCloud.

At YouTube you can watch a short documentary from 1977 entitled, "Sarah Makem, Irish traditional singer 1900-83" (if you lived in Keady at the time, you might see yourself). Below is a link to Tommy and Sarah Makem, singing one of her most famous songs "The Cobbler". Music and dancing were very important to mill workers, and both mother and son were renowned musicians and had connections to Darkley Mill. So, I thought it worthwhile including here. For more about Sarah Makem's videos and songs see YouTube.

6.72 miles. Continue along LHS pavement as it turns left into Bridge Street.

On the corner is Rice's Supermarket and car park. Up until the early 1980s this was the site of Keady Mart, a busy livestock mart with an auction ring and auctioneer who spoke so quick only the experienced bidders had a clue what he was saying. Just across from it was The Square and, for many decades, on mart and fair days this area was bustling (you'll see a video of this at the end of this page). 

As you pass the petrol station, look right and up to Fair Green House, on the corner and next to The Cooper pub. There is a plaque next to the ground floor left window. It remembers John Redmond, Irish Parliamentary Leader, who made a speech from the top corner window to a huge crowd below in 1918. You can read the plaque at Geograph.

6.76 miles. Straight on across Davis Street. Then turn right to cross Market Street to Keady Monument.

The photo below shows Keady tailors in Back Entry off Davis Street (Drury Lane). It reads:

"Around the end of the last century (19th) and for about the first quarter of the present century tailoring was having a boom time in Keady. It is recorded that there were at one time 120 tailors in and around Keady.

The owners of these firms... were their own "commercial travellers" … But the Great Depression of the Thirties laid its death hand on this thriving business too, and the Partition of Ireland and the prohibition of many Northern Ireland products to the (at the time) Irish Free State practically put the finish to Keady as a thriving town. With the setting up of the Border and the loss to Keady of quite a bit of its hinterland in part of County Monaghan, the monthly fairs became less important and less well attended. This was a severe blow to the business community for on Fair Days there was always that bit of extra money floating around which was good for the shops."...

Keady Monument is a memorial to William Kirk (1795 to 1870). Kirk was only one of many who help grow the linen industry in the area, he was influential and was popular. He was a politician and .philanthropist who campaigned for religious equality. He provided housing, healthcare and schools for his workers and their families.

Kirk died at his home on 20 Dec 1870, after a long illness. The William Kirk Memorial was paid for by the local community and built in 1871. According to Ring of Gullion, "By the time the cortège had reached Second Presbyterian Church in Keady, the end of the procession was still leaving the gates of Annvale House, a mile or so away".

Cross over the 2nd part of Market Street and go straight on along Kinelowen Street.

After just 35 yards, turn right to cross over Kinelowen Street, via the pelican crossing, to Keady Mill. 

There are some information boards here for you to read next to the old mill. You can also read what they say below..

There are a few information boards in the area in front of the mill providing details on the its history and the history of Keady. The back of the "Welcome to Keady" information board shows a map of Keady with photos and position of the eight history plaques erected around the town about people and events from the past. They are of: Rev. William Steele Dixon, Keady Old Mill; Famine, Market Street (no-longer there); Archbishop Richard Robinson, St Matthew's Church; Sarah Makem, Victoria Street; John Redmond, Fair Green House; Parish Stocks, Kinelowen Street (no-longer there); The Anchor Bar, St Patrick's Street corner; Fr. Cornelius Short, wall of graveyard, St Patrick's Street.

Of the two of the plaques which are no-longer on display. The famine plaque which was on McKnight's shoe shop in Market Street. The shop was demolished to widen the entrance to Madden Row. The other, which was removed for painting and never put back, was of the "old stocks", from the Market Square, and was on the front left of Noel Boylan Hardware Store at 35 Kinelowen Street.

According to a leaflet entitled "Keady Historical Notes":

"The Keady & District Stocks stood in the Market Square opposite the old market house, the new one was built in 1870. They were destroyed in a riot in the 1770s when a local political leader was confined to them and the crowd liberated him, destroyed the stocks in the process, they were never rebuilt."

The information board reads: 

"The name Keady is of Gaelic origin meaning “the flat-topped hill” and aptly describes the cross-roads settlement which grew up as a distinct area in the time of the O’Neills. A wild wooded area was used for hunting by the Ulster kings who lived at nearby Emain Macha. In those times it was called Túath Rí, “the area of the kings” and Keady was established as resting place and grew as a place where fairs and festivals were occurred. The funeral procession of Brian Boru was documented to have come through Keady after the battle of Clontarf 1114. The foundations of the town were laid in this era especially with the coming of Owen MacHugh O’Neill in 1545.

At this time the Tyronne O’Neills entered the Fews through Middletown and Madden and left distinctive inheritance in Keady – two sons, Cairbre and Aobh. The townland south west of the village, Rathcarbery is translated as the “Fort of Cairbre”. Keady’s main street, Kinelowen means the “seed of owen” and the most popular local surname Hughes is a derivative of Aobh the anglicised name being Hugh. So, the O’Neill clan were already well established in and around Keady by 1674.

Keady came to be noticed as a centre with possibilities and in the mid and latter part of the nineteenth century when men who were interested in the development of the linen industry visited the area. When they saw the lakes in the hills above the town, they realised the immense power lying there. Spinning and beetling mills sprang up all over the area, at Newholland, Dundrum and Annvale to name but a few. William Kirk was the most notable industrialist in the area and established the Annvale Linen Works, as well as Darkley Mill Village. The monument which now stands at Keady cross-roads was built as a memorial to him in 1871.

By 1804 the town consisted of Church Street, Main Street and Madden Row with a lane, now Davis Street leading up to the Presbyterian church which was built in 1776. Houses built from stone and metal with thatched roofs gravitated to the main roads leading into town. These houses consisted of small shops, blacksmiths and places in which various crafts were practised in order to cater for the needs of the locality.

In 1818 there were nine fairs annually and three markets each week. Monday and Thursday for grain and Friday for butter and eggs. By the middle of the eighteenth-century fairs were held on the second Friday of each month and there was also a market each Friday for the sale of brogues, tin-ware and linen yarn.

By 1870 the town had extended to include Davis Street and St Patrick’s Street and in the same year a market house was built at the junction of the main thoroughfares. It was constructed of brick on a free stone base and had a clock and a spire. In this market house linen and pork pigs were marketed, the administration of the town was done and it was also used as a concert hall, courthouse and library, until was destroyed by a bomb in 1971 thus depriving the town of its most stately building and a place which served many important functions.

Around the end of the nineteenth century and for about the first quarter of the twentieth century, tailoring was having a boom time in Keady. It was recorded that there was at one time 120 tailors in and around Keady, based on this centre of linen and fabric manufacturers.

After World War One and the great depression the demand for linen eased as linen could be replaced by other cheaper fabrics. The linen boom was over. Factories closed down and Keady was finished as a great linen centre.

But Keady and district remains a thriving area and the rich culture and musical heritage marks the area out as a place apart."

The front of the “Welcome to Keady” information board has a couple of maps, one showing the surrounding areas and Keady’s position relative to Armagh, the second is a larger scale map of Keady. It reads:

“Keady

Now a centre for community based activities, the Old Mill at Keady was once made up of three mill buildings driven by an 18 – 20ft waterfall. The valuation book of 1835/36 notes that the owner at the time was Councillor Samuel Kidd.

In 1862, the mill was converted to spin flax under the management of James McKean. The waterwheel then measured 28ft in diameter and 6ft wide and a chimney was added north of the mill, measuring 90ft high. At this time, a 15 horse power steam engine helped to power the 2000 spindles, heckling and moving frames.

Under the management of the Keady Linen Company, the mill was converted to flax weaving in 1891.

Although a small extension was added in 1906, by the 1926 work ceased and the mill became vacant.

Its most recent function was as an egg factory until 1989 when Keady and District Community Initiatives acquired the mill and converted it into its modern day state.

Today the mill serves as an effective community base foe the people of Keady.”

From the photos above you can probably work out the latter part of the above statement is out of date. Keady Mill closed and was boarded up many years ago. Hopefully, some day in the not-too-distant future it will be put back to good use again.

Turn right, along the walled footpath, then soon left into Bridge Street and past Keady Library.

As you pass the old mill you can read the plaque to Rev. William Steele Dixon - it's on the right side of the mill wall.

The open paved area, next to the footpath, was the site of Keady Town Hall (aka. Market House). It was built in 1870, was a colourful brick building with a circular clock-tower topped by a conical spire. As you have seen above, it was used for many purposes, but was destroyed by a bomb in 1971 and had to be demolished. You can see an old photo and read more at Archiseek.

Below is a short video by Vincey O'Connor entitled "Keady Town". It many old photos of people and places around the town, plus a great colour photo of the Old Town Hall. 

Immediately past library, turn left along pavement, and zig-zag past the metal bollards to finish in "The Square" at the Tommy Makem Arts and Community Centre.

Yet another podcast by Friends of Sliabh Fuait, named "Keady Square" gives more information about the John Redmond speech from Fair Green House, of Rev. William Steele Dixon and the history of Keady Square (aka. Cow Fair, and Parliament Square). You can listen to this at No.11 of their Driving Tour on SoundCloud.

If you started late or walked slowly, enjoyed the views, the history and took in all the recommended optional diversions, then it maybe starting to get dark as you arrive back where you started at the Tommy Makem Arts and Community Centre (TMAC) in The Square in Keady.

Before you finish, I'll leave you with another old video by Vincey O'Connor, entitled "Keady in The 30s No 1" (he does have many). This time of his some of his family and of where you are now, The Square in Keady. I hope you enjoy, and I really hope you enjoyed your journey around the beautiful countryside around Keady. 

I may have finished for now, but I'm not fully finished with this website. There is still so much I wish to add. I intend to add a "Keady Music, Culture, Stories, etc." section, make a few videos of old photos from books and more. Plus, proof read the whole site. However, I've been working on this for a long time and thought it was time to share.