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The Ballymoney Free Press was a newspaper published from 1863 until November 1, 1934, when it was incorporated with the Coleraine Chronicle . [1] In its early years it was edited by Samuel C. McElroy, an auctioneer who was also a key member of the Route Tenants' Defence Association. [2]

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References

  1. "BALLYMONEY FREE PRESS AND NORTHERN COUNTIES ADVERTISER". Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  2. Samuel Clark, James S. Donnelly, Jr, (editors), Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780-1914, ISBN   0299093743, (2003), page 206