Northern Ireland, bringing history to life
When you have your own blog, you are able to write about your own life and what is close to your heart. This post may have limited interest for some. But I do know that those who know me well and who …
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It's funny, when you are looking for something directly, you often can't find it. But when you aren't looking, you discover it. If you recall, we recently covered the awful Christmas Day shooting …
It was bad before, but after turning fifty, some years back, my memory has accelerated towards the abyss. It's now scarily bad. I need to keep writing fast. Funnily enough, and I suspect the same is …
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I had a lovely message, a few months back, from a reader of this website, regarding her ongoing search for the surname Mark in the Old Graveyard at Ahoghill. The Marks, across the generations, …
Before I begin. I think everything is now fully functioning again, after the switch to the new website server. Emails appear to have been caught up with. I hope that I have not missed responding to …
On Thursday, the 26th February, 1863, thousands of people from the Portglenone area welcomed their recently married Justice of the Peace, Julius Casement, back to Portglenone House. The couple were …
Continue Reading about Julius Casement, Great Rejoicings in Portglenone, 1863
