Category: People & Places

Every once in a while, usually after a glass of red wine, I have a look at mum and dad's old photos.   They met in the late 1950s, in a hall over in Garvagh.  Although dad was ten years older,...

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...

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,...

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. [caption id="attachment_22211"...

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...

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...