Category: People & Places

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...

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...

An interesting follow-up to the last week's article about an infamous Glarryford collector of other folks' property. A reader writes: [su_quote]Dear Trudger, do you know the identity of the...

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...

In the autumn of 1934, reports started appearing in the local Irish media of sightings of a ghost ship off the East coast of Ulster. The Belfast media picked up the story, and their headlines...

I trust that you are all keeping well and staying safe in these difficult times. Apologies to those who I have not had a chance to respond to in email.  I am a little behind. This year, when...