Earlier this year, I cleaned up an old photograph that I had encountered on the internet, of one of the beach areas at Portrush. This area was known as the ladies bathing place. The image was …
Bradley – Uncle Kills Nephew in Disputed Meadow
❖ "I'd think no more of shooting him than I do of a whiff of tobacco smoke out of my mouth." — Patrick Bradley, speaking to Constable Chambers Maghera lay some seven miles from the farm I …
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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 do not do private research (just do not have the time). But occasionally I do take on some projects that …
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BBC – Irish Music, Wild Duck Inn, Ann O’Brien, Willis Patton
Before I begin. I came across a fascinating article a few nights ago, about Dreenan School (Dreenan is the townland that borders Eden). The school house, which was situated about a mile from our …
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Oregon, 1910, Wilkinson’s Celebrate Golden Wedding
I love looking through old newspapers and books, and finding articles and images that are long since in the public domain (i.e. out of copyright and usable). The long-forgotten stories can then be …
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Sad Fatality Near Maghera
On looking through old newspapers recently, I encountered a fatal accident that occurred in Eden, during June 1885. It involved two friends, George Hill Wilson (who lived in the townland of …