The rear of Tommy's Cottage at Hanna's Close
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The rear of Tommy's Cottage at Hanna's Close
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 19 Mar 2011
The Hannas were a Scottish Lowland clan who escaped poverty and religious persecution in 17th-century Scotland by migrating to the Protestant plantations in Ulster. Here they got a lease on a small area of land above the Kilkeel River and built eight houses close together to form what is known as a clachan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clachan To guard against attack by the native Irish the doors and main windows pointed inwards towards the centre of the clachan, while the windows towards the road were tiny and designed only to observe movement along the lane. The eight families of the Close lived no better than their Irish neighbours. Even at the end of the 19th century large families were common. Like most clachans in Ireland Hanna's Close is no longer inhabited and the cottages have been upgraded to provide holiday accommodation. Although some of the Hannas migrated to Canada, the surname is still common in the Kilkeel area. One of the migrants from Aughnahoory was CSM Robert Hanna VC of the 29th Canadian Infantry. http://mournecountrycottages.com/location.htm
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