It's been a few weeks since I last posted. Life sometimes interrupts things.  As John Lennon put it, life is what happens while we are busy making other plans. I hope that you are all keeping...

UPDATE - getting very slowly caught up with old emails.   Doing lots of photoshop and research work most evenings.  Works in progress on Warwick, Gilmore, Kearney, O'Reilly, Bamford, Thompson,...

UPDATE - Apologies, I am several weeks behind in emails (nothing new there, says you).  I tend to abandon email for periods of time.  Sorry, must do better. [caption id="attachment_22211"...

These cold wintry days of mid January, with endless grey skies, made me think of my memories of being cold. I reflected back on my father and his use of the word, founder. Anyway, to set the...

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...

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...