Tag: ahoghill

The Somme offensive in 1916 was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. With well over one million casualties and 300,000 fatalities, the five-month battle finally came to an...

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,...

By Carol from Derby in England When she was in her seventies, my great aunt, Rebecca (Neely) who was in England, had needed proof of age to draw her pension. She had not been able to obtain a...

I recently spotted, in an old newspaper, the death notice of a very old lady in Cullybackey.  Martha Hanna was a stunning 126 years old when she died in March 1808. 1808 Cullybackey - 126 Year...

Late July 2019, the train took me back in time, up to Ballymena, and then a taxi the final four miles to Ahoghill.  It's funny, I've been through Ahoghill many thousands of times over the years (due...

It was late July. The sun was shining brightly as I slowly made my way up Church Street in Ahoghill, past the Old Church Yard, on past Trinity Presbyterian Church, and ultimately to St Colmanell's...