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 …
The Legend of Lisnahuncheon
❖Yet still the water lingers there,Defying Nature's laws.— A local poet Last year, I covered a story, from the early summer of 1909, which involved two folk from Belfast going on a walk around …
BBC – Irish Music, Wild Duck Inn, Ann O’Brien, Willis Patton
Before I begin. I came across a fascinating article a few nights ago, about Dreenan School (Dreenan is the townland that borders Eden). The school house, which was situated about a mile from our …
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Oregon, 1910, Wilkinson’s Celebrate Golden Wedding
I love looking through old newspapers and books, and finding articles and images that are long since in the public domain (i.e. out of copyright and usable). The long-forgotten stories can then be …
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Julius Casement, Great Rejoicings in Portglenone, 1863
On Thursday, the 26th February, 1863, thousands of people from the Portglenone area welcomed their recently married Justice of the Peace, Julius Casement, back to Portglenone House. The couple were …
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Land Owners in Ireland 1870’s
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 …