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Haymaking – Richard, Willie and Stanley Mulholland

Enda, over at the Photos of Portglenone Facebook Group, contacted me some ten days ago. He is currently doing a themed set of photos on the local group about farming, and wanted to know if I had...

Ballymena farmers enjoying tea break in hay field

I put 'Ballymena' in the title, because google is probably fed up seeing 'Portglenone' in so many of my titles! Ballymena would be the nearest large regional town, about 13 miles away. Magherafelt...

The Farmer by Mr Calderwood

A local Cullybackey man, named Calderwood, in the 1920s, wrote a poem about the essential contribution of the local farmer. The poem was published in a local newspaper (sadly long since...

Mulhollands at Pound School, Grange, Randalstown

Photograph of Pound School, Grange, near Randalstown, in Northern Ireland from circa 1930.

Harvest Time in Eden during the 1940s

Harvest Time in Eden, near Portglenone, 1940s. Henry Brown, Alfie Brown, Willie Whyte and William James Douthard

Player’s Cigarettes & John Mulholland of Eden Portglenone

Player's Navy Cut tobacco cigarettes newspaper advertisement from 1916. John Mulholland of Eden, near Portglenone, loved to smoke Player's cigarettes.

About One Irish Rover

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

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

I love to delve through old newspapers, discovering and piecing together local stories. You will find originally researched articles on this website, that aren't available elsewhere. Indeed, many of the old events have been pieced together, using various resources, and are now only being told fully for the first time.

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.