Ballymoney Free Press Explained

The Ballymoney Free Press was a newspaper published from 1863 until November 1, 1934, when it was incorporated with the Coleraine Chronicle.^[1] In its early years it was edited by Samuel C. McElroy, an auctioneer who was also a key member of the Route Tenants' Defence Association.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BALLYMONEY FREE PRESS AND NORTHERN COUNTIES ADVERTISER . 2012-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131205235454/http://www.nli.ie/newsplan/PaperDetail.asp?IndexNo=%2077 . 2013-12-05 . dead .
2. Samuel Clark, James S. Donnelly, Jr, (editors), Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780-1914,, (2003), page 206