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I am still enjoying Henry McAnally's book of poems from the early 1880s, "Effusions After Toil." Henry was reared near Portglenone. He left in 1859, to find work in Scotland, ending up as he...
In the late 1800s, the life of the farmer was very difficult. Farm landlords could demand any price they wanted and could throw tenants out on a whim. Locals worked long hours on the land and were...
In the 1497 book by Caxton called "History of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland” there is the following quotation: [su_quote]There is a Lake in Ulster and much fish therein, which is 30...
Lough Neagh Freshwater Lake Lough Neagh (Loch Neathachis) is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. The Lough Neagh Basin is a depression, built from several tectonic events which date as...
Last weekend, while researching an article on those times across recorded history, that the River Bann was frozen over, I chanced upon two old poems related to the river, from the late 1800s. ...
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.