Photographs from Martha Craig plaque unveiling

 Photographs from the Martha Craig plaque unveiling

 

 

Photos – left to right

  1. Gordon McDowell, great, great nephew of Martha Craig unveils the blue plaque.
  2. Gordon McDowell with the extended families of the explorer.
  3. l.r. Dr. Peter Collins, UHC, Chris Spurr, Chairman-Ulster History Circle, Dr. David Hume, MBE who nominated Martha Craig for the blue plaque and Gordon McDowell, Martha’s great, great nephew.
  4. l.r. David Hume, Nevin Taggart, Gordon McDowell, Sandra McDowell, proprietor of the Dairy, Gleno, and Chris Spurr.
  5. l.r. Cynthia Paulding from New York, Leslie McKeague, Co. Cavan, UHC, Peter Collins, Chris Spurr, David Hume, Gordon McDowell, and Tim Clifford of Abbeydene House.
  6. Matthew Warwick, Ulster-Scots Community Network, reads in Ulster-Scots dialect, the poem which he penned for the occasion.
  7. Dr. David Hume MBE – committee member of the Ulster History Circle, speaks to the small gathering of guests.
  8. Gordon McDowell, great, great  nephew of Martha Craig recalls his memories (as a small boy) of Martha Craig  living in Gleno.