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GREYSTONES ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL      VOLUME 8

           the search for gold which briefly transformed part of the county
           in the 1790s. With James Scannell’s The Accident that Time
           Forgot, we move northwards, to a little-remembered maritime
           tragedy, the sinking of the Princess Victoria with the loss of 128
           lives, on its passage from Stranraer to Larne in January 1953.

               Last, but by no means least, it is a particular pleasure to pay
           affectionate tribute in this collection to two of our longest-serving
           members,  Beatrice  Gunning  and  Canon  Bob  Jennings.  Both
           Beatrice  and  Bob  have  contributed  immeasurably  to  the
           community  in  which  they  live  over  many  years,  and  are
           themselves a much-valued part of its history. Beatrice, who at
           ninety years old still lives in the house in which she was born, is
           a central figure of Greystones life, with a record of involvement
           in  local  initiatives  ranging  from  the  Greystones  and  District
           Credit Union and the Greystones Civic Association to the Active
           Retirement Association, and of course our own Society. Canon
           Bob Jennings has had a varied and fascinating career, which
           includes service as a British Army chaplain during the Korean
           War, before returning to Ireland where he served as rector of
           Newcastle, Newtownmountkennedy and Calary for twenty-two
           years. He is also a distinguished scholar, with a number of local
           history publications to his credit, and has been a supporter of
           the  Greystones  Archaeological  &  Historical  Society  since  its
           foundation in 1988.

               Thanks  are  due  to  all  our  contributors  for  their  interest,
           expertise and professionalism, and most especially to our editor
           Frank  Deignan,  without  whose  unfailing  patience  and
           commitment over several months this volume could not have
           come to fruition. Finally, I must acknowledge the part played in
           the  success  of  this  and  all  the  Society’s  initiatives  by  an
           exceptionally  hard-working  committee  and  a  dedicated
           membership. That, together with the range and variety of the


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