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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...
Last year, I covered a story, from the early summer of 1909, which involved two folk from Belfast going on a walk around Portglenone. In the article, and in the follow-up comments, on that story,...
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...
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...
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...
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...