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...
Portglenone Primary School, on the Townhill Road, is where I spent the first years of my education. This would have been between the late 1960s and June 1976. It was very handy, because mum was a nurse in the clinic next door. Each year, a photographer would visit the school. He would take individual photos of each student. The parents could then choose to buy a copy or not. I’ll maybe...
When it comes to tracing old family names in a region, it’s always nice to find a new unexpected source of information. A few months ago, while perusing old newspapers, I discovered this specially arranged school sports day in Portglenone held on Saturday 19th September 1925. This was a special one-off event, involving many schools in the area. Perhaps some of the names may be of interest...
Here’s an old wartime photograph, of Innisrush Primary School, during the 1940-1941 academic year. This took a fair bit of work in photoshop. STUDENT NAMES For the purposes of google and the other search engines, here are the names of the pupils. Back Row: Brian Nesbitt, John Moore, Tom Robinson, Desmond Robinson, Fred Kyle, Etta Kyle, Betty Murdoch, Evelyn Mulholland, Meta Ogle, Renee...
Aughnacleagh is a townland on the outskirts of Portglenone, in County Antrim. It is in the Barony of Toome Lower. The Irish name for Aughnacleagh is Achadh na Cleithe. Here is a wonderful old photo of Miss Close and her students at Aughnacleagh Primary School in 1961. For the purposes of google and the other search engines, here (repeated) are the names of the students. Back row: Lyla Moore; Jim...
Ok, this is very much a work-in-progress. Hoping to see past pupils send in their memories of their time at this wonderful little school on the Townhill Road in Portglenone. Master Mills, Miss Chesney, Miss Kerr, Miss Hill. Headmaster Mills Headmaster Mills was the principal of Portglenone Primary School, on the Townhill Road, for many years. After several decades working at the school, he...
Innisrush Primary School photo for the 1951-52 year. Mrs Crockett was the Headmistress at the time.
Innisrush Public Elementary School circa 1933
Innisrush Public Elementary School students 1956
Photograph of Pound School, Grange, near Randalstown, in Northern Ireland from circa 1930.
Eden Primary School, Ballymacpeake, Portglenone County Derry, Northern Ireland Eden Primary School was a small rural educational establishment on the Ballymacpeake Road. It was on the left hand side if you were going towards Clady, just past Alfie Brown’s out-houses and before Harper York’s. It was approximately four miles from Portglenone. Eden Primary School, 1942. Back...
Tamlaght O'Crilly - Drumard School enrolment 1949 Armstrong, Kelso, Getty, Crockett, Mulholland, Riddell, Rowe, Henry, Dempsey