Projects

Join the Limavady Workhouse Archive We would like you to share your stories, memories or photographs with us and become part of the Northern Ireland Community […]

The most renowned resident of Limavady Workhouse was Blind Jimmy McCurry, also known as ‘The Blind Fiddler from Myroe’. Born in 1830, Jimmy often played his […]

Newtownlimavady Workhouse opened on 15th March 1842 and admitted its first inmate on the same day. Workhouses were built all over Ireland in response to the […]

Join The Largy Archive We would like you to share your stories, memories or photographs with us and become part of the Northern Ireland Community Archive. […]

Ritter’s Generator This is the only surviving example in Northern Ireland of a hydro-electric power station. The station was built in 1896 by John Ritter, who […]

Leargaidh – ‘the side or the slope of the hill’ Now predominantly a farming community, Largy was a thriving centre for linen production. There was a […]

The Gelvin Townlands Project was carried out by members of Gelvin Community Association History Group, who set out to explore the heritage of the area, and the […]

Origins A reunion of former pupils of Gelvin (Galvin) school was held on a very wet day in July 1997 with around ninety former pupils in […]

Gelvin (from the original Irish Geall-Bhinn meaning bright mountain peak) was an electoral area in the district of Limavady set up by the Poor Law of […]

This site exists to catalogue the local history undertaken by the Gelvin Historical Society. We hope that by exploring our site, you will learn more about […]