Tag: the port

The North Antrim coast, and the Glens of Antrim, are stunningly beautiful. A summer day in this part of the world is heaven. Visitors coming to the North of Ireland often focus their time on...

A Moment in Time My parents, Richard Mulholland and Eleanor Quinn, got married in the summer of 1961. After the wedding at First Moneymore, the wedding party drove the 34 miles northwards for the...

A Scottish man, who referred to himself as “J. O’D. D." came over via ferry to Ireland in 1908 for a holiday, and travelled, via bicycle, along the beautiful North Antrim coast.  The Glaswegian...

Coleraine is a town some 30 miles East of Londonderry and 55 miles Northwest of Belfast. The name comes from the Irish term 'Cúil Rathain' which means 'nook of the ferns'.  Kitty of...

Downhill Strand, more commonly referred to as Benone Strand, is a stunning seven mile long beach on the North coast of Ireland.  The iconic Mussenden Temple stands majestically above it.  I have...

1896 newspaper advertisement for the young White House department store in Portrush. The store was founded in 1891, so it was only 5 years old at this point. The advert was in the Saturday 3rd...