General Chesney was British general and explorer; the Father of the Suez Canal. He was son of Captain Alexander Chesney who lived in Annalong after emigrating to America and partaking in the American War of Independance.
The vast majority of the people in Mourne would have lived in small rural cottages or houses situated along the main street in the town. Hanna’s Close is a good way to get feel for what life was like living in small rural cottages. This cluster of cottages were built in the 1600s by the […]
