Before I begin. I think everything is now fully functioning again, after the switch to the new website server. Emails appear to have been caught up with. I hope that I have not missed responding to …
Julius Casement, Great Rejoicings in Portglenone, 1863
On Thursday, the 26th February, 1863, thousands of people from the Portglenone area welcomed their recently married Justice of the Peace, Julius Casement, back to Portglenone House. The couple were …
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Tony Crockett, Who are Those Guys?
There is a wonderful old black and white photo in mum's archives, of an assembly of people. Unfortunately there was nothing written below or on the backside of the photo. So the question is, who …
Land Owners in Ireland 1870’s
Five months ago, in early November 2020, I decided to look more at the British government's excellent 1876 publication: Owners of land of One Acre and Upward, Ireland Return. This publication …
Obituary Reverend James Smyth – Drimbolg 1827 to 1869
The Reverend James Smyth, Minister of Drimbolg between 1827 and 1869, was much-loved in the local community. This website has previously covered his time in charge at Drimbolg, and referenced the …
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Patrick Given – Somebody Thinking of You
✦ Ah, speech may be fettered, but thought is free. And so it will fly to you. Patrick Given Through the long lock-down of last year, when the world had gone quiet and there was little to …
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