Sheep On a Shoestring Part 39. Blackstaff River Upper Ards

The Blackstaff River today is just a large drain in summer but cut the Ards Peninsula in two back in the 1600's giving us upper and lower Ards a haven for smugglers . The book Daft Eddie or the smugglers of the Strangford Lough was set around Ballyeasboro !

[@paulthompson8467]

Really enjoyed the talk on local history our forefathers liked plenty of work when you look at the amount of drains there are in Ni

[@esthermcmaster1411]

A tributary of the Blackstaff starts at Tullycross and joins at Maurice Hughes farm and then to the Lough. If u dig downat Island a breen u will get sea shells

[@TheLowcountryboys]

Esther what were you doing digging at Islandabreen! .. nothing to do with smuggling I hope !

[@esthermcmaster1411]

My father always told me about shells and Lawrence Arthurs can tell u about the shells.

[@whitetroutchannel]

bad boys still netting trout there thou mainly wrecked by our eastern european friends