A Moment in Time My parents, Richard Mulholland and Eleanor Quinn, got married in the summer of 1961. After the wedding at First Moneymore, the wedding party drove the 34 miles northwards for the …
Poem – Young Caroline Adair
It was a delight to recently discover a very old book of local poetry by Henry McAnally. The book is called 'Effusions After Toil - a collection of poems and lyrics' McAnally was reared locally, …
Who is Herbie Stewart?
I came across an old photo in mum's archive. She had written below it, Herbie Stewart. The picture looks like it was taken in the late 1950s, or maybe early 1960s. But most likely, given …
1912 Christmas Day Shooting Tragedy in South Derry
CHRISTMAS DAY SHOOTING TRAGEDY IN EDEN ROBERT LAMONT DEAD, WILLIAM MULHOLLAND CHARGED On Christmas Day 1912, in Eden, near Portglenone, a struggle took place as to which member of a party would …
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The Beggar Man of Coleraine
❖ Home from Australia at eighty-five, and to all the world a beggar. Nobody had thought to look beneath the bed. A Beggar Comes Home Hugh Kennedy came back to Coleraine from Australia about …
Portglenone Primary School Photograph 1976
Portglenone Primary School, on the Townhill Road, is where I spent the first years of my education. This would have been between the late 1960s and June 1976. It was very handy, because mum was a …
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