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,…
In recent years (the tropical chapter), the week before Christmas each year, my next door neighbour, Carol,…
At the end of last year, I was trying to enhance an old photo of Joseph Bamford’s…
Five months ago, in early November 2020, I decided to look more at the British government’s excellent…
Back in 1740, a census was conducted in Ireland of Protestant Householders. This list of data was…
I recently spotted, in an old newspaper, the death notice of a very old lady in Cullybackey. …
Recently, while researching a different topic linked to the River Bann, I happened upon two old poems…
Swatragh was a few miles from our small farm. It is a small village with just over…
On doing a search for the first motor car to be seen in or near Portglenone, I…
Short History of Kilrea St Patrick apparently visited the Kilrea area during the fifth century. The story…
A beautiful poem of love from 1879, called To a Lady in Kilrea.
Poem from the late 1950’s about the dismantling of the bridge at Kilrea Railway Station, County Derry.
Photograph of Kilrea fire station crew in the 1950s. The firemen included – Davy Kerr, Jimmy McGrath, Eugene McCamphill, Tommy Holmes, Hugh Shields, Jim Brownlow, Charlie McAtamney, Harry Brownlow, Jack Pinkerton, Bobby Brownlow, Ernie Thompson.