North Irish Roots: Vol 27 No 2

As a new member of the North of Ireland Family History Society, I joined in October at Back to Our Past in Dublin, I recently received my first mailed issue of the Society semi-annual journal. The format is similar to Anglo-Celtic Roots except printed on metric size paper. Being semi-annual rather than quarterly it contains not quite twice as many pages but with smaller font probably as much content. It's full colour.
With exceptions the articles are shorter than typical in ACR. I was surprised at the variety, starting with finding a mention of my home town, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, on the first line of the first article about the brig Trusty. NIFHS has many associate members from outside Ireland.Other places mentioned in the Trusty article are Archangel, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Crookhaven, Hayti, Leith, Liverpool, London,  Saint John,  Richibucto, and Valparaiso.
Another article Greyabbey Roll of Honour has a list of 68 men from that parish who served in the First World War. It includes the following with a Canada connection.

Surname	Forenames	Navy or Army	Service	Remarks
Craig	Joseph	Army	Canadian Force	Killed in Action
George	Robert	Army	Canadian Force
Macdonald	John	Army	Canadian Force
Murphy	Alfred	Army	Canadian Force
Hill	Arthur	Army	Canadian Force
Hamilton	Alfred	Army	Canadian Army Medical Corp.
Taggart	Samuel	Army	Canadian Army Medical Corp.
Fisher	William	Army	Canadian Force
Hamilton	Samuel	Army	Canadian Force	Killed in Action

The longest article, The Story of George and Eliza McClelland describes their origins in Monaghan, departure in 1864 from Britain, landing in New York and time in Fall River, Massachusetts. They went at a time when steam was supplanting sail, but they chose the latter. Conditions were a lot better than those of the coffin ships just a few years earlier.