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First ever rugby international held in Ireland December 1871

In December 1871, the first ever rugby international in Ireland was held. One source says the match took place on 18th December. But Saunders's News Letter (a Belfast newspaper) in it's...

One Irish Rover focuses on the history and the people of the area in Northern Ireland where I grew up. Notably, the Portglenone, Kilrea, Maghera, Bellaghy, Innisrush and Tamlaght areas, in Counties Derry and Antrim.

My mother took many photos and saved loads of old newspaper cuttings. Many of these appear on this website.

I am also delighted to receive old photos, and stories. Feel free to drop me a line, via the Contact link (in the MENU above). Thanks for all your contributions.

June and July - took over 28,000 photos, in some 25 additional graveyards. There is much work ahead, in photoshop and with transcribing headstones.

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Latest Comments
- Trudger on Cullybackey Old Methodist Gravestones: “Hi Antje. Yes, it’s a beautiful church and village. So much history in these wonderful places. Cullybackey is about 9…”
- Antje on Cullybackey Old Methodist Gravestones: “What a wonderful place, like paradise!!! It is a pity that this marvelous church has been closed.”
- Barry Mulholland on Mulholland Family Tree, Eden, Tamlaght O’Crilly, Ireland: “Hi Ross and Helen, There are a few of us descendants who have quite coordinated family trees. We concur with…”
- Trudger on Earliest Photo of Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Church: “Hello Elizabeth. Yes, let’s hope the accidental bridegroom killer was a different branch of Clark! 🙂 Interesting to hear of…”
- Elizabeth Blair on Earliest Photo of Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Church: “My husband’s 2xg grandparents William Clark and Agnes Britton(Britten, Brattan etc etc spell it any way you choose!) were married…”
- darryl on Yeats Poem – He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven: “I too, like the poem.”
- Trudger on Mulholland Family Tree, Eden, Tamlaght O’Crilly, Ireland: “Hi Ross and Helen. Thanks for that great info. I have added it to the page above. It’s amazing how…”
- Trudger on Portglenone Church of Ireland Gravestones: “Hi Derek. Thank you for your lovely words. Yes, it’s a labour of love. I think, well in my case…”
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