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Re: McBrides of Coreen
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 19 April 22 16:52 BST (UK) »

Welcome to RootsChat, Smicker  :)

Here's a map of where the townland of Correen is, with the village of Broughshane to the south.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4262335#map=13/54.9120/-6.1925

...and the school on a historical map (1905-1957)

Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: McBrides of Coreen
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 19 April 22 19:26 BST (UK) »
During World War two, I was evacuated as a baby, from Belfast to a farm in the Coreen Hills, owned by a Willie McBride and his wife Florrie.
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According to GRONI Online https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/, this was their marriage.

William McBride to Florence Morrison on the 29th March 1933 - Ballymena Registration District


Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo