Aughnacleagh is a townland on the outskirts of Portglenone, in County Antrim. It is in the Barony of Toome Lower. The Irish name for Aughnacleagh is Achadh na Cleithe.Here is a wonderful old...
Poem – The Emigrant Ship – 1857, the sadness of leaving Ireland behind
The first mass migration of Irish people to the United States was caused by the famine. The failure in 1850 of Ireland's potato crop, wiped out by a devastating fungus, spurred a mass migration to...
Poem – Farewell to Craigmore, Hamilton Dickson Martin, Randalstown
Hamilton Dickson Martin, 1789-1855, was a teacher from Craigmore in Randalstown. In 1810, his 21st year, he left for the New World. But before leaving, he penned the following poem. There had...
Tamlaght O’Crilly Indoor Bowling and Table Tennis Awards Night
Some of my first major memories, are going to the bowls in Tamlaght with dad. This era would stretch from the mid 1970's to 1980 or so. One memory is of a beautiful, calm, moonlit night, going home...
Ok, this is very much a work-in-progress.Hoping to see past pupils send in their memories of their time at this wonderful little school on the Townhill Road in Portglenone. Master Mills, Miss...
The foot bridge at Innisrush was built around 1900 or shortly there after.Looking at old newspapers, the small bridge was first proposed at a Magherafelt Rural District Council meeting held at...
