Here's a very old local poem from near the beginning of the 20th century. The author, who lives in Belfast, and his friend, R.C. Mackbee, go on an early summer walk in the Portglenone area. ...

Earlier this week, I was doing some research for a future Cullybackey post, when I stumbled upon this beautiful song by Canadian lady Anne Walker.It's not often a new voice immediately hits a...

When it comes to tracing old family names in a region, it's always nice to find a new unexpected source of information.A few months ago, while perusing old newspapers, I discovered this...

I was searching through old newspapers recently, trying to discover the earliest local murder (i.e. local meaning in the Portglenone, Kilrea, Maghera area) that was referenced in the media. On...

Here is a photograph of my mother, Eleanor Quinn, in a corn field in the late 1950s.  This was taken on the family farm at Carrydarragh, just outside Moneymore.Eleanor Quinn on the family farm...

Back in 1740, a census was conducted in Ireland of Protestant Householders. This list of data was compiled by the collectors of the Hearth Tax. Unfortunately the original records were destroyed in...