Coleraine

as well.

I'm part owner, co-founder of a warehouse facility as well, the Foundry Vault in Coleraine.

We have a nice facility up there.

You might get a chance to see it this time, but maybe the next time you're over, we can show you it.

I started with the basics.

What's a man originally from Coleraine in Northern Ireland doing in Chicago as executive director of the Global Dairy Platform?

We left Northern Ireland nearly 70 years and moved to New Zealand and actually came to dairy relatively late.

You know, I was CEO of a consulting firm working across New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

There are many facts that have a bearing upon history which should be preserved by those who learn them.

for what is history but a generalization of several minor narratives turned into one main line of record there is much in the lives of even the most commonplace which is useful under this aspect and if care be taken in obtaining the facts correctly when these several records are grouped together we have the means of honestly representing a past condition of events and so profiting by their teaching there is no particular lesson to be learned in the career of mr johnston useful and honourable as it was but there is much in the opinion of the writer worth perpetuating he has accordingly thrown together the short narrative which follows from papers placed in his hands which he believes contain only what is well founded and true he trusts that it may obtain attention and be held of value by those who may read it it may be a slight but it is certainly a positive contribution to history as setting forth the early settlement of the town of sault ste marie and being the forerunner of its present characteristic as a depot of indian trade it was only a few years ago that it was the ultima thule of civilization the red river settlement established by lord selkirk in was far removed from the sioux indeed at that date it was supplied as a rule from the north by way of york on hudson bay and the nelson river the old canoe route by the commenced aquia to the height of land and by the lakes shabandawan and kishabwee and crossing the watershed by the waters which led to rainy lake and the lake of the woods this route was known but was not used as the ordinary means of communication with fort garry now winnipeg for canada the sault ste marie was until the last few years the end of civilization and we proceed to give the life of one of its principal founders mr john johnston was born in the north of ireland of a family of high respectability He held in his own right the estate of Craig near Coleraine, not far from the Giant's Causeway.

His father, a civil engineer, planned and executed the waterworks at Belfast.

His mother was the sister of Lady Mary Sauron, wife of Bishop Sauron, Bishop of Dromore, her brother being at the time Attorney General of Ireland.

It's one of my favorite journeys, even in the heavy rain of that day.

The train snakes across the northeast, stopping at Ballymena, Cullybackey, and then to Ballymoney and Coleraine.

It hugs the north coast, erupting through the two tunnels at Castle Rock where it runs parallel with the beach.

There's a quick wee stop at Ballerina and then skirting across along the River Foyle, it comes to a halt in the waterside, Derry City.

Well, look, yeah, I, I have to say, um, we all have our own opinion on different kickoff times based on, let's be honest, selfish reasons.

Um, for example, 7:45 in Coleraine next Friday night, um, I think it's highly unlikely that I'll be there.

Um, you know, 3:00 is the traditional kickoff time on a Saturday.

I have to say the sort of 6:00 I think does work.

I'm sure the managers, the coaches, and the playing staff are enjoying their run and really, you know, giving us, as fans, our medicine, 'cause we do give our team a tight.

And but, uh, you know, what the manager said, what you've said there, can we maintain it? Who knows.

But what I will say is I watched the Coleraine-Ballymena game, and, you know, that was Ballymena's probably second-best performance of the season behind obviously putting us to the sword the first day.

You know, and a couple of kicks of the ball, we could've been top of the league.

The Prince thus won over to what may be fairly called the national cause, had just then attained his majority, and his martial accomplishments reflected honor on his fosterer, McDermott of Moylurg, while they filled with confidence the hearts of his own clansmen.

After his secession from de Bourgh at Coleraine, he had spent a whole year in suppressing the formidable rival who had risen to dispute his title.

Several combats ensued between their respective adherents, but at length Roderick, the pretender, was defeated and slain, and Felham turned all his energies to co-operate with Bruce, by driving the foreigner out of his own province.

Having secured the assistance of all the chief tribes of the West, and established the ancient supremacy of his house over Breffni, He first attacked the town of Balilahan, in Mayo, the seat of the family of Dexeter, slew Slevin Dexeter, the lord de Kogan, and other knights and barons, and plundered the town.

I cannot recommend it enough.

Even like an hour and a half away from Belfast or so, you've got like the Northwest Coast, you've got like the Giant's Causeway, you've got Coleraine, Portrush, Port Stewart, you've got Bushmills Whiskey.

um yeah really beautiful part of the world and even like sort of like um on the south east of northern ireland you've kind of got like the strangford lock you've got the coast roads you've got the more mountains then you've even got like um You've got like the Strangford Ferry as well.

So you go into Porter Ferry and go to Castle Ward, which is like a national trust site.