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Between 1787 and 1831 William Spratt kept a journal of events in Saintfield that seemed important to him.

He called the journal “The Annals of Saintfield”.  In 1923 fifty copies of The Annals were privately printed.

A copy has just been added to this website

Annals of Saintfield PDF

By kind permission of the family of the late Aiken McClelland, his “History of Saintfield and District” has been added to the site.

Of all the people born in Saintfield Francis Hutcheson has probably had most impact on the world we live in today.  His philosophical writings contributed to the 18th century enlightenment in Scotland, England, then the newly formed United States of America and France, as well as Ireland.

He is commemorated in Saintfield by a blue plaque on the gable of the Guildhall (visible from the finger post in the Square on the Main Street) and by an information panel in the Memorial Garden.

A biography of Francis Hutcheson by Philip Orr had been added to this site.

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