The demolition, in the late 1950s, of the bridge at Kilrea Railway Station caused much regret in the local community. One unknown person from the area wrote the following poem, which was published in...
Kilrea, 1950s fire station - firemen - personnel - Davy Kerr, Jimmy McGrath, Eugene McCamphill, Tommy Holmes, Hugh Shields, Jim Brownlow, Charlie McAtamney, Harry Brownlow, Jack Pinkerton, Bobby...
The Tamlaght O'Crilly parish was largely settled in the plantation era by English settlers. But later, the breaking up of the border clans, resulted in many Scots settlers moving to the...
The Clady River By Harry Armstrong I have been to Derry City, that proudly strides the Foyle I have walked over Dublin's Liffey, on my way to see the Dail At Drogheda I’ve crossed the Boyne,...
Here is a lovely old photograph of Main Street in Portglenone, most likely taken in the late 1950s. It shows Sammy Simmons confectionary store, D.H. Chesney's petrol pump, Robert Aicken's...
Henry Lynn poem from 1937 The Banks of the Clady Around the banks of Clady, a lovely place to dwell, With banks and braes and bonny glens, it's hard to bid farewell. I remember when...
