Category: Poems

Poem from 1937, by Henry Lynn, about his local river, called The Banks of the Clady.

Downhill Strand, more commonly referred to as Benone Strand, is a stunning seven mile long beach on the North coast of Ireland.  The iconic Mussenden Temple stands majestically above it.  I have...

Crimean War Poem - rare poetry from the front - sent home by a soldier from Belfast in Ireland.

Old Aughnahoy graveyard, which is just outside Portglenone, dates back to 1792, was the subject of a poem written by the Rev. Joseph Johnstone in December 1873. The writer of the poem was a native of...

The beautiful 1922 poem by Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Portglenone Poem - Sailing Down the Bann The poem below, about sailing down the River Bann in a rowing boat, is reproduced from an 1883 book by Norah Pembroke, called "Days in a Life".  Norah...