Five months ago, in early November 2020, I decided to look more at the British government's excellent 1876 publication: Owners of land of One Acre and Upward, Ireland Return.  This publication...

The Reverend James Smyth, Minister of Drimbolg between 1827 and 1869, was much-loved in the local community.  This website has previously covered his time in charge at Drimbolg, and referenced the...

During the lock-down last year, I started to read a lot more about the three exceptionally talented Given brothers from Cullybackey - Patrick, Samuel and Thomas.  I'd been aware of the younger...

Apologies for the delay in responding to recent emails and those who have been in touch via the website's contact form.  It's been 8 days or so here, without laptop access to the internet. Windows...

The Irish are well known for always talking about the weather. This is hardly that surprising given that we have as many as five different competing weather systems, that can give us four seasons in...

Just a quick mention, before getting started.  To keep everyone abreast of the latest developments at One Irish Rover, plus links to lots more comments, I have added a new page to the top menu, to...