Frances Charles Adelbert Henry Needham was the 15th Viscount Newry and Mourne and the 4th Earl of Kilmorey. He played a big role in the fishing industy in Kilkeel and worked hard to improve conditions for the fishermen.
In the early 1900s farmers began making more use out their land by extracting sand and gravel for their own use and to sell to the public. This was hard, laborious work, with most being done manually. In the late 40s machinery was first used. Loading shovels were becoming more common and the manual loading […]
