❖ "I'm coming back to Ireland in the morning." — Moira O'Neill There are poems that find a man wherever he's got to, and put the miles he's travelled in plain sight. Moira O'Neill's "Back …
Faces of the Somme, 1st July 1916
The Somme offensive in 1916 was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. With well over one million casualties and 300,000 fatalities, the five-month battle finally came to an …
The Moneymore Ghost
Moneymore is a village of some 1900 people, situated in County Londonderry. The plantation village was built by the Drapers' Company of London, who also had land in nearby Draperstown (hence the name …
Photo of McFadden Family Glarryford
An interesting follow-up to the last week's article about an infamous Glarryford collector of other folks' property. A reader writes: The photo being referred to, is this one, …
Glarryford Barefoot Thief Caught Red Handed
Glarryford is some seven miles north of Ballymena. It was known to me (when I was growing up, in the 1970s and early 80s) for two things - the famous Glarryford Young Farmers, and the great church …
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The Old Year Sinks in Time’s Ocean
In recent years (the tropical chapter), the week before Christmas each year, my next door neighbour, Carol, would play festive tunes. Classics from a bygone era, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean …