Portglenone Primary School Photograph 1976
Portglenone Primary School, on the Townhill Road, is where I spent the first years of my education….
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1909 – A Trip to Portglenone
Here’s a very old local poem from near the beginning of the 20th century. The author, who…
Portglenone Schools Sports Day 1925
When it comes to tracing old family names in a region, it’s always nice to find a…
1773 – Killymuck Publican Wanted for Murder
I was searching through old newspapers recently, trying to discover the earliest local murder (i.e. local meaning…
Ballymena farmers enjoying tea break in hay field
I put ‘Ballymena’ in the title, because google is probably fed up seeing ‘Portglenone’ in so many…
The Farmer by Mr Calderwood
A local Cullybackey man, named Calderwood, in the 1920s, wrote a poem about the essential contribution of…
The Ploughing Match at Ballymena
During the second half of the 1800s, ploughing matches became a common event in the North of…
Thomas Moore – Let Erin Remember the Days of Old
In the 1497 book by Caxton called “History of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland” there is the…
Timothy Eaton from Ireland
Timothy Eaton (March 1834 to 31st January 1907) emigrated and found great fortune in Canada during the…
List of Oldest County Antrim People
I recently spotted, in an old newspaper, the death notice of a very old lady in Cullybackey. …
1875 Poem – To the River Bann
Recently, while researching a different topic linked to the River Bann, I happened upon two old poems…
Portglenone Church of Ireland Gravestones
A Very Short History of Portglenone Parish Church Located on the corner of the Townhill Road and…