I have resided overseas for an extensive period of time, yet I remain engaged in the sporting events and current affairs transpiring in Ireland. Yesterday, in the rugby world cup quarter-final...

The Somme offensive in 1916 was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. With well over one million casualties and 300,000 fatalities, the five-month battle finally came to an...

Moneymore is a village of some 1900 people, situated in County Londonderry. The plantation village was built by the Drapers' Company of London, who also had land in nearby Draperstown (hence the name...

An interesting follow-up to the last week's article about an infamous Glarryford collector of other folks' property. A reader writes: [su_quote]Dear Trudger, do you know the identity of the...

Glarryford is some seven miles north of Ballymena.  It was known to me (when I was growing up, in the 1970s and early 80s) for two things - the famous Glarryford Young Farmers, and the great church...

In recent years (the tropical chapter), the week before Christmas each year, my next door neighbour, Carol, would play festive tunes. Classics from a bygone era, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean...