LETTER TO EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN WHIG Sir, Nearly every village in Ireland has a fair, held for the most part once a month. The fair is generally held on the street, a fair green being an …
Carnlough Bay
The name Carnlough derives from the Irish word, Carnlach. It means 'place of cairns'. The village, which sits at the foot of Glencoy, is on the famous County Antrim coast road in Northern Ireland. …
Sunset in Coleraine
The Coleraine chapter of my life began in 1990. It lasted over 18 years, before I left in 2008 for pastures new. Work back then involved travelling, each day, at all hours of the day and night, the …
The Farmer by Mr Calderwood
A local Cullybackey man, named Calderwood, in the 1920s, wrote a poem about the essential contribution of the local farmer. The poem was published in a local newspaper (sadly long since …
The Ploughing Match at Ballymena
During the second half of the 1800s, ploughing matches became a common event in the North of Ireland. In a search of old newspapers, reports of annual ploughing matches appear frequently across the …
Spring by Joyce Montgomery of Ballymena
From time to time, one comes across a little gem when searching old newspapers. Here is a beautiful poem from the last century, called Spring, by Ballymena lady, Joyce Montgomery. …
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