Every now and again — usually a glass of red into the evening, when the sensible jobs have been abandoned for the night — I take out mum and dad's old photographs. They met in the late 1950s, at a …
Maghera Fair Day
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 well …
Thomas Given – A Song for February
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, Father …
The Armstrong Letter from America
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. I know some subscribers like to hear …
Poem – To the Old Year
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 …
Christmas Day at the Front
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 …