Anne McAleese

Portstewart

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Presenter Your Place and Mine,BBC Radio Ulster, Sat 8-9am, freelance writer, author Homebirds-(Blackstaff Press) lover of golf & Portstewart!

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Articles

A legacy in print and performance: Joan Trimble and The Impartial Reporter

2 months ago | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

Rumour has it that when Robert the Bruce was in mortal danger of being charged by a raging bull, a man called John Scott grabbed the horns of the rampaging beast, turned it around and saved the monarch’s life. The King of Scots was so grateful that he rechristened his friend and ally, John Turnbull.
Anne Marie McAleese: Teemore Women's Group goes from strength to strength

2 months ago | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

2 1/1 Mary Burke was born and reared in rural County Fermanagh in the townland of Gortaree, which means ‘Field of the King’ in Irish. The youngest of six children, three boys and three girls, she attended the local primary school, known as Stonepark, and progressed to Mount Lourdes Grammar School in Enniskillen.
Anne Marie McAleese: Pat’s perky pigs provide food for thought on Inish Corkish

Mar 6, 2025 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

2 1/1 A recent birthday which heralded the arrival of my Smart Pass also gave rise to a cherished memory of an unforgettable boat trip to Inish Corkish Island on Upper Lough Erne with Enniskillen-based butcher Pat O’Doherty. Pat has spent years travelling the length and breadth of Lough Erne by boat, stopping off to talk to islanders about his three favourite subjects: bacon, pigs and farming.
Anne Marie McAleese: Delving into the world-famous Marble Arch Caves' timeless appeal

Feb 6, 2025 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

3 1/1 From time to time it’s possible to visualise places so clearly in your mind’s eye that you feel like you’re actually there. Perhaps that was because of an impressive painting, stunning pictures on television or a lyrical description from a gifted observer.
Anne Marie McAleese: Aideen has surely helped nuture a true legacy of hope

Jan 23, 2025 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

2 1/1 There are people that you meet in life who linger in your mind long after the event. Sometimes it’s an instant connection, a feeling of inspiration or quite simply a spring in your step after a conversation with someone who from that moment becomes unforgettable.
The postmaster who put his diligent stamp on recording Pettigo’s history

Dec 4, 2024 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

A view of Pettigo from Drumhariff Hill, c. 1897, with (inset) Robert Read (1832-1921), who diligently recorded a great deal about life in the village, creating an invaluable historical record. Photos courtesy of Neil Read. More than 400 years ago in 1610, a young man from Scotland, Adam Read, arrived in the Fermanagh/Donegal Border village of Pettigo. His family came from Annandale in Dumfrieshire and they settled on land that had become part of the Jacobite plantations.
Anne Marie McAleese: Kite man’s skills are flying high as he photographs Fermanagh

Nov 6, 2024 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

4 1/1 For well over three decades, the prospect of time spent in Fermanagh has always filled me with a great sense of joy and anticipation. But on one occasion 14 years ago, these feelings were combined with a hefty dollop of curiosity. The promise of meeting a man from Maguiresbridge who had developed the art of using a kite to take aerial photographs of his home county was intriguing and perplexing in equal measure.
Anne Marie McAleese: Charles Friel looks back at a life on the rails

Sep 25, 2024 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

PP class 4-4-0 No 50 from Bundoran to Enniskillen and at Irvinestown. At the front of the engine is Irvinestown Station Master Owen Kelly and the train's Guard Tommy Hadden. Standing on the locomotive is Driver Freddie Rankin and Fireman Kevin Love. (Image: RM Arnold) It’s very possible that the first sounds heard by Enniskillen native Charles Friel were engines shunting, cattle lowing, wagons clanging, whistles blowing and the shed foreman shouting at the engine cleaners.
A willow weaver from Belleek shares insights into her craft.

Sep 18, 2024 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

For thousands of years, people on this island have been weaving willow branches together to make baskets in all shapes and sizes and for a myriad of purposes. This ancient craft is something that Ciara Smith, from Belleek, has perfected thanks to a gifted teacher and highly-skilled master craftsman called Tommy O'Brien.
Dancing Through Borders: Creative vision of talented Dylan Quinn

Sep 4, 2024 | impartialreporter.com | Anne McAleese

3 1/1 American modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham once said that “dance is the hidden language of the soul”. Perhaps her words somehow skipped across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Fermanagh and embedded themselves firmly into the heart and soul of a young boy from Enniskillen who was born to dance.