by Ian Andrew | Aug 2, 2015 | Memoir, Music, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland
My Dad could sing. I always knew he could, from faint recollections as a child, but he never sang as I progressed through my teenage years. He wasn’t the one to “give us a song” in get-togethers or parties. He should have been, for he was good....
by Ian Andrew | Jul 14, 2015 | Fiction, Northern Ireland, War, WWI
In memory of my Great, Great Uncle who died of wounds on the 14th July 1916. Although I haven’t traced the exact circumstances yet, it is most likely he was wounded on the 1st of July as the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles went over the top on the...
by Ian Andrew | Oct 22, 2014 | Northern Ireland
Larne: County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Not the most famous town on the planet, not the prettiest, not the most industrious. It isn’t famed for the birthplace of a US president, like seemingly every other parish in Ireland is (although it does claim a few...
