Monthly Archives: September 2010

Peter Sheridan, Chief Executive of Co-Operation Ireland, is Chairman of the Irish Peace Centres, a consortium of four peace organisations: Glencree Centre of Peace and Reconciliation: the Donegal Peace Centre at An Teach Ban: the Corrymeela Community and Co-operation Ireland, … Continue reading →

Between 23 and 26 September, 2010, as a guest of the Rotary Club of Coleraine’s President, Martin Dinsmore, on the invitation of my friend Derek Sinnamon, I attended the 84th Annual District Conference of Rotary in Ireland at the Slieve … Continue reading →

Continued from Part 2 The Viking; “Brutus, beyond the setting of the sun, past the realms of Gaul, there lies an Island in the sea once occupied by giants. Now it is empty and ready for your folk… for your … Continue reading →

Continued from Part 1 The Roman: This week we have been told of the discovery of one of the best preserved Viking settlements in Europe near the fishing village of Annagassan in Co. Louth, which was in ancient Ulster. It … Continue reading →

When I was a little boy I regularly used to visit Mrs Bruce, the caretaker of Helen’s Tower at Clandeboye, County Down. This beautiful Tower was designed by William Burn, constructed in 1848-50, probably as a Great Famine Relief project, … Continue reading →

7th September, 2010  Lord Molyneaux of Killead  Dear Lord Molyneaux,  For the past year we have been establishing a Grand Unionist Centenary Committee, bringing together representatives of the greater Unionist Community to organise a series of events celebrating the Centenary … Continue reading →

On 7th June 2010 we witnessed the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Messines Ridge and commemorated the death of Willie Redmond, the Irish Nationalist MP for East Clare in the House of Commons and brother of John Redmond, the … Continue reading →