Maghera was some seven miles from our farm. Fallagloon townland is on the western side of Maghera.  It starts about a mile from the village, and is known as being the longest townland in Ireland....

Here's a beautiful poem that I stumbled upon recently in an old Christmas Day 1866 edition of the Cork Constitution.  It's from the pen of the famous Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander, who, as the...

UPDATE - Apologies.  Still a little behind in my emails. When time permits, I am working currently on several very interesting articles.  Among them are areas and names, such as McKeown, Irwin,...

UPDATE - Thank you for your recent messages and photos.  As mentioned on the Contact page, I do not do private research (just do not have the time).  But occasionally I do take on some projects...

Before I begin.  I came across a fascinating article a few nights ago, about Dreenan School (Dreenan is the townland that borders Eden).  The school house, which was situated about a mile from our...

I love looking through old newspapers and books, and finding articles and images that are long since in the public domain (i.e. out of copyright and usable). The long-forgotten stories can then be...