DREEN

Near Cullybackey, Co. Antrim

CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR - 21st. President (1818-1885)
Born 1829, Arthur studied law and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1845. He did not pursue nomination in 1884 and died in November that year.

DERGINA

Near Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone

ULYSSES S. GRANT - 18th. President

BONEYBEFORE

Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
 

ANDREW JACKSON - 7th. president

DERGALT

Near Strabane, Co. Tyrone

WOODROW WILSON - 28th. President

CONAGHER

Dervock, Ballymena

WILLIAM McKINLEY - 25th. President
The ancestral home of William McKinney, born in Niles, Ohio in 1843. McKinley was elected in 1896 and assassinated by a terrorist whilst in office in 1901.

BALLYLOUGH

Kilraughts, Ballymoney

Dr. JOHN YOUNG
Emigrated to America and became a distinguished barrister in Indianapolis. He helped Lincoln in the presidential campaign of 1860. Young was appointed to the Diplomatic Corps and returned to Ireland in 1861 as Consul to the Port of Belfast. until 1866. He died in Indiana.

CULCRUM

Cloughmills

SAMUEL ROBINSON
Emigrated to Philadelphia and founded the American Stores Company and invented the shopping trolley. He donated funds for the erection and endowment of the Robinson Memorial Hospital (opened 1932) for the people of the district where he was born and in memory of his parents.

DRUMAGLEE

Frosses Road, Cloughmills

SAMUEL McCLURE
Born in 1858 and emigrated to America to found the first American newspaper syndicate and McClure's magazine (1893-1933). Regarded as the man who discovered Kipling.

Ulster American Folk Park

2 Mellon Road
Castletown
Omagh
Co Tyrone
BT78 5QU
Tel: (028) 8224 3292

An outdoor museum of emigration telling the story of the people who left here in the 18th. & 19th. centuries. The site is made up of over 29 exhibit buildings and a full scale replica of an early emigrant sailing ship, The Brig Union.

Costumed interpreters tell stories of the emigrant families and give demonstrations of traditional crafts. The 38 bed residential centre has a full events calendar with over 20 educational programmes.