Tramp the Dirt Down Hard, Ahoghill Church Yard Scandal
UPDATE – Thank you for your recent messages and photos. As mentioned on the Contact page, I…
Churches
Church related posts in and around the Bann area of County Derry and County Antrim. Graveyards, headstones, gravestones and transcriptions, also feature.
Oregon, 1910, Wilkinson’s Celebrate Golden Wedding
I love looking through old newspapers and books, and finding articles and images that are long since…
September 1914, Outbreak War, Fleeing Paris for Bellaghy
Quick update. Apologies, I am three weeks behind in emails and responding to comments. Thank you all…
Request – Ahoghill Old Church Yard
I had a lovely message, a few months back, from a reader of this website, regarding her…
Obituary Reverend James Smyth – Drimbolg 1827 to 1869
The Reverend James Smyth, Minister of Drimbolg between 1827 and 1869, was much-loved in the local community. …
Edward Taylor of Cullybackey
Ken Wells, from Maryland, in the USA, would love to get more information on the Taylor part…
Dancing in Ireland in the 1950s
My father, Richard Mulholland, died some years ago. In recent years, two of his siblings have also…
1865 – Thomas Davidson Remembers his Time in Cullybackey
Early last year, Trudger came upon a very early reference to Cullybackey in an old book, The…
1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter
It’s always nice to get correspondence. I was contacted several months ago by Iben Olsen, a stamp…
TV Series Line of Duty filming in Cullybackey
A local source tells me that this week (i.e. week beginning 12th October 2020), there was filming…
Reverend Noel Agnew passes away
I was very sorry to learn this morning of the death of the Reverend Noel Agnew. He…
Cullybackey Old Methodist Gravestones
A Brief History of Cullybackey Methodist Church Cullybackey Old Methodist Church has a complex history. The church…
