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 augmented with supplementary research. Old related images can be found and enhanced, to further illustrate the story. Here is a fascinating old newspaper article from 1910, about Mr and Mrs James...
The Reverend James Smyth, Minister of Drimbolg between 1827 and 1869, was much-loved in the local community. This website has previously covered his time in charge at Drimbolg, and referenced the many hardships and the wonderful progress made during the 45 years leading the church. A very kind reader of this website, from New Zealand, in March of 2020, sent me two very old images related to the...
Early last year, Trudger came upon a very early reference to Cullybackey in an old book, The Life of a Scottish Probationer: Being a Memoir of Thomas Davidson, with His Poems and Extracts from His Letters. The book was compiled by James Brown and published by James Maclehose & Sons, in 1889. Thomas Davidson was born on the 7th July, 1838, at Oxnam Row, a large farm lying along the banks of...
The Reverend John Joseph Adams Rainey was a much loved minister at Churchtown Presbyterian Church in the village of Tamlaght O’Crilly, and preached there from 1933 to 1992. From his very first day, in 1933, he felt it an honour to have been asked to take charge of Churchtown. [su_quote]This opportunity constitutes the greatest privilege I ever have had during life……I do look...
List of the rectors at Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower church, in Innisrush, from the early 1800s.
Churchtown Presbyterian Church – Reverend Mulholland The Reverend Henry Cunningham Mulholland, B.A., preached in Churchtown Presbyterian Church – in Tamlaght O’Crilly village – for some 44 years, from March 1884 until 1928. Churchtown church is located very close in the village to Drumard School. Originally a native of Broughshane, Henry Mulholland was educated at Magee...
Tamlaght Lower Church Vestry Meetings in Innisrush from 1885 to 1940
Reverend Samuel Scott Frackelton, Rector of Tamlaght Lower, 1881 to 1911 The Reverend Samuel Scott Frackelton was rector at Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Church – near Innisrush – from 1881 until his death in July 1911. The Rev. S. S. Frackelton was much loved by the parishioners in Tamlaght Lower Church of Ireland. The local people acknowledged the tireless work, and endless...
Reverend Mark Bloxham of Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Church of Ireland – near Innisrush Mark Bloxham was curate in Tamlaght Lower (back then known as Tyanee Chapel of Ease) from 1826 until his death in 1849. On initially encountering this old broken and weathered gravestone, in Tamlaght Lower graveyard, I could never have imagined the secrets that it held. The rare surname, and the fact...