Category: Poems

During the lock-down last year, I started to read a lot more about the three exceptionally talented Given brothers from Cullybackey - Patrick, Samuel and Thomas.  I'd been aware of the younger...

Apologies for the delay in responding to recent emails and those who have been in touch via the website's contact form.  It's been 8 days or so here, without laptop access to the internet. Windows...

The Irish are well known for always talking about the weather. This is hardly that surprising given that we have as many as five different competing weather systems, that can give us four seasons in...

Just a quick mention, before getting started.  To keep everyone abreast of the latest developments at One Irish Rover, plus links to lots more comments, I have added a new page to the top menu, to...

I am still enjoying Henry McAnally's book of poems from the early 1880s, "Effusions After Toil." Henry was reared near Portglenone. He left in 1859, to find work in Scotland, ending up as he...

In the late 1800s, the life of the farmer was very difficult.  Farm landlords could demand any price they wanted and could throw tenants out on a whim. Locals worked long hours on the land and were...