In perusing old newspapers, one occasionally encounters some locally written poetry (which will often bring to life an era, and and the people of that time). Here's a delightful example of such a...
Poem – The Emigrant Ship – 1857, the sadness of leaving Ireland behind
The first mass migration of Irish people to the United States was caused by the famine. The failure in 1850 of Ireland's potato crop, wiped out by a devastating fungus, spurred a mass migration to...
Poem – Farewell to Craigmore, Hamilton Dickson Martin, Randalstown
Hamilton Dickson Martin, 1789-1855, was a teacher from Craigmore in Randalstown. In 1810, his 21st year, he left for the New World. But before leaving, he penned the following poem. There had...
Here's a very old poem. It was written by a man from Raceview in Broughshane in late 1899. The humourous verses focus on the fun to be had at the local bar in the village. Ulster-Scots...
This beautiful old poem, To a Lady in Kilrea, was written and submitted to the Ballymena Observer in March 1879. The author, presumably a he, did not submit their name....merely referring to...
Here's a wonderful old poem that was submitted to the Ballymena Observer in September 1923. The poem was by a Portglenone person, and referenced local friends who fell in the great...
