Faces of the Somme, 1st July 1916
The Somme offensive in 1916 was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the First World…
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The Old Year Sinks in Time’s Ocean
In recent years (the tropical chapter), the week before Christmas each year, my next door neighbour, Carol,…
WB Yeats – An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
At the end of last year, I was trying to enhance an old photo of Joseph Bamford’s…
Land Owners in Ireland 1870’s
Five months ago, in early November 2020, I decided to look more at the British government’s excellent…
1740 Protestant Householders Returns in County Londonderry
Back in 1740, a census was conducted in Ireland of Protestant Householders. This list of data was…
List of Oldest County Antrim People
I recently spotted, in an old newspaper, the death notice of a very old lady in Cullybackey. …
1875 Poem – To the River Bann
Recently, while researching a different topic linked to the River Bann, I happened upon two old poems…
Old photo of Swatragh village, Mercers, McFadden Funeral
Swatragh was a few miles from our small farm. It is a small village with just over…
1902, Early Motor Car Trip in the North of Ireland
On doing a search for the first motor car to be seen in or near Portglenone, I…
Second Kilrea Presbyterian Church Gravestones Transcribed
Short History of Kilrea St Patrick apparently visited the Kilrea area during the fifth century. The story…
Poem – To a Lady in Kilrea
A beautiful poem of love from 1879, called To a Lady in Kilrea.
Poem – Kilrea Railway Station Bridge
Poem from the late 1950’s about the dismantling of the bridge at Kilrea Railway Station, County Derry.