Tag: kilrea

The Somme offensive in 1916 was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. With well over one million casualties and 300,000 fatalities, the five-month battle finally came to an...

In recent years (the tropical chapter), the week before Christmas each year, my next door neighbour, Carol, would play festive tunes. Classics from a bygone era, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean...

At the end of last year, I was trying to enhance an old photo of Joseph Bamford's store, at the Arcade, in Kilrea.  The photograph was taken over a hundred years ago.  It was of very poor quality,...

Five months ago, in early November 2020, I decided to look more at the British government's excellent 1876 publication: Owners of land of One Acre and Upward, Ireland Return.  This publication...

Back in 1740, a census was conducted in Ireland of Protestant Householders. This list of data was compiled by the collectors of the Hearth Tax. Unfortunately the original records were destroyed in...

I recently spotted, in an old newspaper, the death notice of a very old lady in Cullybackey.  Martha Hanna was a stunning 126 years old when she died in March 1808. 1808 Cullybackey - 126 Year...