Family Archives — One Irish Rover - Northern Ireland, bringing history to life

Carrig-Na-Cule Hotel Portstewart

A Moment in Time My parents, Richard Mulholland and Eleanor Quinn, got married in the summer of 1961. After the wedding at First Moneymore, the wedding party drove the 34 miles northwards for the...

1912 Christmas Day Shooting Tragedy in South Derry

CHRISTMAS DAY SHOOTING TRAGEDY IN EDEN ROBERT LAMONT DEAD, WILLIAM MULHOLLAND CHARGED On Christmas Day 1912, in Eden, near Portglenone, a struggle took place as to which member of a party would...

Portglenone Primary School Photograph 1976

Portglenone Primary School 1975-1976 Portglenone Primary School, on the Townhill Road, is where I spent the first years of my education. This would have been between the late 1960s and June...

Magherafelt Technical Hockey Team

Magherafelt Technical Hockey Team My mother was captain, I believe, of the Magherafelt Technical hockey team. She was someone that always looked to the future and didn't often look back. Thus,...

Eden Band LOL 2028 – 1950s Photo Colourised

original scan In one of her albums, my mother kept a large (something like 8 inch by 11 inch) beautiful black and white photograph of Eden band. The image was taken in the 1950s, in front of...

Colourised Thompson Mulholland 1927 Wedding Photograph

On Wednesday 6th July 1927, my paternal grandparents, Thompson Mulholland (Tommy) from Eden and Isabella Armstrong from Moyagoney were married. The one photo taken of the wedding party was...

About One Irish Rover

One Irish Rover focuses on the history and the people of the area in Northern Ireland where I grew up. Notably, the Portglenone, Kilrea, Maghera, Bellaghy, Innisrush and Tamlaght areas, in Counties Derry and Antrim.

My mother took many photos and saved loads of old newspaper cuttings. Many of these appear on this website.

I am also delighted to receive old photos, and stories. Feel free to drop me a line, via the Contact link (in the MENU above). Thanks for all your contributions.

Trudger on 1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter: “yes, the West and Russia did a carve-up of Europe, when the war was over. the allies have much to…”

maarten on 1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter: “Yes , consenting to the forced migration of the poles after the war by the allies was “not their finest…”

Trudger on 1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter: “Thanks for the kind words, Iben. Thank YOU for writing to me last year. Sorry it took so long for…”

Iben Olsen on 1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter: “Absolutely fantastic work and story…and all from an envelope. More than I could expect and it gave the envelope new…”

Trudger on 1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter: “Interesting. I was unaware of the Millisle Farm. Thanks for alerting me to it. I was focussed on the preacher/church…”

An on 1946 – Portglenone Rectory’s Undelivered Polish War Letter: “Very interesting! Maybe the preacher was in touch with Jewish refugees from Lemberg and wanted to contact their families. Have…”

Barry Mulholland on Henry McAnally Poem – The Banks of the Bann: “Of course, most of the siblings in later years had to leave their home and country because the families were…”

Trudger on Churchtown – Tamlaght O’Crilly, Reverend Mulholland: “Hi Jack. Maria’s son?”

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