Henry McAnally – Portglenone
I am still enjoying Henry McAnally’s book of poems from the early 1880s, “Effusions After Toil.” Henry…
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Henry McAnally Poem – The Banks of the Bann
In the late 1800s, the life of the farmer was very difficult. Farm landlords could demand any…
Thomas Moore – Let Erin Remember the Days of Old
In the 1497 book by Caxton called “History of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland” there is the…
1892 – Fishing in Lough Neagh and the Lower River Bann
Lough Neagh Freshwater Lake Lough Neagh (Loch Neathachis) is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. The…
1882 Poetry – Beside the Silvery Bann
Last weekend, while researching an article on those times across recorded history, that the River Bann was…
Increasing Cost Building Innisrush Foot Bridge
Innisrush Foot Bridge was built around 1900 or shortly there after. It was first proposed at a Magherafelt Rural District Council meeting on 28th July 1899.
Henry Lynn Poem – Banks of the Clady
Poem from 1937, by Henry Lynn, about his local river, called The Banks of the Clady.
Innisrush Flax Mill
Innisrush Flax Mill – near Portglenone – was powered by the waters of the Clady River. It was owned by William George Courtenay.
Sailing Down the Bann
Portglenone Poem – Sailing Down the Bann The poem below, about sailing down the River Bann in…