Northern Ireland, bringing history to life
The advert below appeared in the Friday 5th March 1943 edition of the Ballymena Observer. The newspaper, costing two pence, outlined the line-up for a splendid all-star performance to celebrate St …
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On Sunday evening, 14th September 1884, a number of boys were playing at a mill at the Largy, near Portglenone, when a sad accident occurred, by which a boy named Magill lost his life. September …
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Portglenone Poem - Sailing Down the Bann The poem below, about sailing down the River Bann in a rowing boat, is reproduced from an 1883 book by Norah Pembroke, called "Days in a Life". Norah …
Emigration - Leaving Ireland for America The 1720s witnessed the first significant wave of emigration from Ireland to the New World. This decade saw the arrival of the Scots-Irish, i.e. Irish who had …
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1960s, Tea Break for Farmers in a Cornfield in Ireland The word 'corn' has different meanings depending on which part of the world you are in. Corn in the United States of America is often …
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Alfie Brown & the Mulhollands, Eden, Portglenone In these photographs, taken in 1962, from left to right we have, Richard Mulholland, Alfred Brown and Samuel Mulholland. They are taken …
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