I came across an old poem (see below) entitled To the Old Year, written on December 27th, 1884, by Susie Troland, a Coleraine lady. She was inspired by the year just ended, namely 1884. In …
Christmas Day at the Front
UPDATE - I would like to wish all the readers of One Irish Rover, a wonderful Christmas. It's been a mad two years on this planet. But love, kindness, goodness, tolerance, always wins out in the …
Request – The Wedding Party
I recently received a message. A reader of this website wonders if anyone recognises a poem that his father used to recite, called The Wedding Party. I had a look through my resources and came up …
Portrush needs improving!
Earlier this year, I cleaned up an old photograph that I had encountered on the internet, of one of the beach areas at Portrush. This area was known as the ladies bathing place. The image was …
Bradley – Uncle Kills Nephew in Disputed Meadow
❖ "I'd think no more of shooting him than I do of a whiff of tobacco smoke out of my mouth." — Patrick Bradley, speaking to Constable Chambers Maghera lay some seven miles from the farm I …
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