Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Blessed Blends

Daphne Swilling writes from Tennessee My friend Ian,Not long ago, I reached for my trusty volume of Billy Kennedy’s The Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee”. I offer to you a sentence on page 26. Billy writes,” The Ulstermen and … Continue reading

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SDLP dinner 2011, by James O'Fee

In Sylvia:”I will stand as an Independent”, Saturday, January 30. 2010, I related how I attended the annual dinner of the North Down constituency SDLP [Social Democratic & Labour Party] group; where the sitting Ulster Unionist MP, Sylvia Hermon, revealed … Continue reading

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The Katherine Brick Award for Young Songwriter of the Year

I joined the Lord Mayor, Councillor Pat Convery, who made a Special Presentation, the Katherine Brick Award for Young Songwriter of the Year, in the presence of Ian Brick and his son Michael. I knew Katherine and Ian Brick from … Continue reading

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