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3 unusual facts about Armoy


Armoy, County Antrim

The church’s striking spire, with a Viking ship weathervane on top, has been described as ’a miniature replica of the Eiffel Tower’.

He emigrated to the United States in 1871 and settled in Austin, Texas working as a journalist, before editing newspapers in New York and Atlanta.

Olcán

Olcán (fl. 5th century) is the name of an early Irish saint of the Dál Riata, disciple of St Patrick and founder of Armoy (Irish:Oirthear Maí) in northeast Antrim, Northern Ireland.


NCC Class S1

During the harsh winter of 1947, No.41 famously became stuck in a snow drift between Capecastle and Armoy while working the afternoon up train to Ballymena on 12 March.


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