An account of a large dun, or raised rampart, (The Dorsey), now much deteriorated, some parts of which have been dated to 140 BC or earlier, some to the same timescale as Navan Fort (Eamhain Macha). Many archeological investigations have been documented. The Dorsey may have been "a fortified frontier post...of the Kingdom whose capital was Emain Macha", blocking an important historic route or pass into southern Armagh, and built at a time when Ulaidh's power was the strongest. Later threats to Ulaidh from the south may have caused the Dorsey to be incorporated into a larger defensive system known as the "Black Pig's Dyke" which stretches west from that point.

The early 1800s was a time of unrest with a number of secret societies such as Carders and Threshers active in the countryside. They threatened and assaulted protestants. Magistrates and yeomen were also targets. Substantial military deployment struggled to supress the distubances. There is a detailed account of one tragic incident at Camly fair in November 1915 and of its consequences of death and execution.

An account of a series of murders and other atrocities associated with agrarian unrest caused by high rents, evictions, tithes etc, within 10 miles of Crossmaglen in the period 1835-1855.

"Lonely, neglected and roofless stands the big house, its bare walls rise stately against the winter sky". The opening sentance of an affectionate account of house and the man who built it, Francis Forde, who came to South Armagh in the early part of the 19th Century and left his mark on it.

Continuing folk recollections, of the practice of hiring out to farmers for set periods and of the varied treatment received from the employers concerned.

Account of the now defunct, but formerly important, rural industry; growing, harvesting and processing flax, and of the associated rural rituals and pastimes.

Lament for the decline of the Irish language with a list of some of the gaelic terms still used in everyday life in Creggan Parish. Most people, whether "gasons' (boys) or 'gershas' (girls) enjoy some 'craic' (pleasant conversation) or some 'ciof' (sport or fun). A 'ciotog' (a left handed person), a 'gulpan' (a greedy person) or a 'halyon' (a big rough person) could be 'moidered' (bewildered) by all this, if from abroad!

A brief note of the (sometimes troubled) history of The Rangers from their initial genesis as the 'Red Hands' in 1887 to the present day.