I would like to wish all the readers of the website, a very Merry Christmas. We have people browsing from such countries as Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Asia, Canada, …
Ireland’s Ghost Ship
❖ Half the County Down coast watched her sail in from the sea, that autumn of 1934. Not one of them could say where she went. In the autumn of 1934, a good stretch of the County Down coast …
World War One Letter – William Caldwell of Garvagh
I trust that you are all keeping well and staying safe in these difficult times. Apologies to those who I have not had a chance to respond to in email. I am a little behind. This year, when the …
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WB Yeats – An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
At the end of last year, I was trying to enhance an old photo of Joseph Bamford's store, at the Arcade, in Kilrea. The photograph was taken over a hundred years ago. It was of very poor quality, and …
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Alexander McGavock: The Glenarm Cobbler Killed by an American Legacy
❖ He learned he was a rich man one February morning. He did not live to spend a penny of it. Glenarm sits where the glen comes down to meet the sea, and there are few prettier places on the …
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1964, Teady McErlean and Building Dreenan
Apologies, I have not been posting much in recent months. I have not been writing anything at all. But the creativity is still there, and I have been working in the evenings, on enhancing a lot of old …
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