The Parish of Kells

People and Places

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The Lineage of Gordon, Viscount Kenmure. By Sir Edmund Burke:
Extracted from Burke's Peerages, dated 1866, traces the Gordons of Kenmure from 1290 until the viscountship fell dormant in 1847. - View Page

Mary's Dream By John Lowe:
John Lowe, a native of Kells Parish, composed this poem. Both English and Scottish dialect forms are given. - View Page

John Kennedy of Knocknalling By Samuel Smiles:
Although a very successful cotton mill owner, this biographical note concentrates more on the man and his background. - View Page

New Galloway By Fullerton (Publishers):
Extracted from the Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, Volume 1. Published by Fullerton, Glasgow in 1842. - View Page

Kenmure Castle By Fullerton (Publishers):
Extracted from the Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, Volume 2. Published by Fullerton, Glasgow in 1842 - View Page

Rev. William Gillespie, Minister of Kells 1806 - 1825 By Robert Chambers:
Biographical note taken from Chamber's Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 1835. - View Page

Thomas McCrae of Dukeston, Kells and Guelph, Ontario By George Maclean Rose (Editor):
This article is taken from "A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the time" published in 1886 - View Page

The Kennedy's of Kells and Ontario County, New York. By not given:
Taken from A History of Ontario County, New York, and its People, 1911, James Kennedy was born at Kells and emigrated to USA - View Page

The Four Glenkens Ministers – by Isabella Trotter. By Isabella Trotter:
Isabella Trotter was the daughter of Dr Robert Trotter of the Glenkens. In this essay she tells of a visit to New Galloway where she heard the four Glenkens ministers preach at an open air service. - View Page