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Names of the Gibraltarian camps near Ballymena |
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NAMES OF THE GIBRALTARIAN CAMPS NEAR BALLYMENA
They were:
Camp 5 TANNYBRAKE not far from Moorfields
Camp 6 MOORFIELDS
Camp 7 CASTLEGORE
Camp 8 DUNAIRD
Camp 9 DRUMMACK
Camp 10 AUGHACULLY
Camp 11 BREKAH (Breckagh)BRIDGE
Camp 12 CORBY BRIDGE, RATHKENNY
Four camps - Dunaird (8), Drummack (9), Aughacully (10) and Brekah (Breckagh)(11) were set up just outside Broughshane. In these camps two thousand men, women and children lived in Nissan huts.
I contacted thelocal museum to discover that plaques had been erected in 1998, by Ballymena Borough Council, at the site of each camp. Armed with my camera I set out for Broughshane and with some difficulty found and photographed the sites.
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