Tag: poetry

Here's a wonderful old poem, written in early 1926, by a woman from the Ballymena area. It should be noted that the local newspapers of the late 1800s and early 1900s often invited their readers to...

Here's a very old local poem from near the beginning of the 20th century. The author, who lives in Belfast, and his friend, R.C. Mackbee, go on an early summer walk in the Portglenone area. ...

A Scottish man, who referred to himself as “J. O’D. D." came over via ferry to Ireland in 1908 for a holiday, and travelled, via bicycle, along the beautiful North Antrim coast.  The Glaswegian...

As many of you know, I take great pleasure in cleaning up and enhancing old photographs, using photoshop and other software.The following photograph of old Ballymena is most likely from around...

The name Carnlough derives from the Irish word, Carnlach. It means 'place of cairns'.The village, which sits at the foot of Glencoy, is on the famous County Antrim coast road in Northern Ireland....

The Coleraine chapter of my life began in 1990.  It lasted over 18 years, before I left in 2008 for pastures new.  Work back then involved travelling, each day, at all hours of the day and night,...