Fortfield 1912

       ....was an area on Upper Dunmurry Lane at the far end going away from Dunmurry. The following signed the Ulster Covenant giving their addresses as Fortfield. [Others from that area may have been listed as just 'Dunmurry'.]

Hayes, Nellie ***
Hayes, Mary **
Taylor, Alice *
McCartney, Annie +
McGrath, Maggie +
Reid, Lizzie
Reid, William James
Dickson, Martha
Dickson, Lizzie
Dickson, William George
Crockard, Jeannie
Fair, Maggie
Fair, Minnie
Gilliland, Maggie
Gilliland, Sarah
Gilliland, Nellie
Adams, John
Neill, Annie
Moore, Sarah C.

*** My grandmother Nellie [Ellen] Hayes, b1897 – married Francis Cassells
** My great grandmother Mary Hayes [nee Campbell, b 1866]
*Alice Taylor [nee Dixon – married John Taylor] a family friend or rel?
+ McCartney and McGrath are family names

Fortfield 1910

In the Dunmurry section of the Street Directory there are only a few with Fortfield after their names...


Miss Bell, Fortfield
Mrs. Neill, Fortfield
Fred. Palmer, Fortfield
A. Watson, Fortfield

names similar to Ulster Covenant in Dunmurry but not listed as Fortfield

McGrath, David, Railway Street
McGrath, John, Maryville Terrace
McGrath, Joseph, Railway Street
Dickson, W. J., builder
Fair, John, farmer, Stewartstown Road
Fair, Richard
Gilland, Fred., Suffolk
Adams, R., farmer and dairyman, Ballycolin
Neill, Eliza, Mosside
Neill, James, Mosside
Neill, Reginald, Collin Grove
Neill, Samuel, market gardener
Neill, Thomas, Ballyskeagh
Neill, T., Lodge Hill Cottage
Neill, William, Shower Row
Moore, Harry, Ballydrain
Moore, W., draper and newsagent