Monthly Archives: March 2011

Today, as High Sheriff of Belfast, I welcomed members of the Federation of Women's Institutes of Northern Ireland to Belfast for their AGM and spent the day with them . This organisation started in Stoney Creek, Ontario in 1897 and gradually … Continue reading →

Tonight, as High Sheriff of Belfast, I open the “Art in Progress” exhibition at Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast, whiich runs from 29th March-2nd April. I will be welcomed to the Gallery by its Chaiman Martin Bradley MBE and Community … Continue reading →

Say you were setting up an Academy which included study of the Irish Language and you appointed a Ministerial Advisory Group. Would you not include people who actually spoke that language every day. Culture Minister Nelson McCausland has announced the … Continue reading →

My dear James, On 24th February, 1979 my friend Tomás Ó Fiaich, Archbishop of Armagh, presented me with his book on Columbanus, wishing me God’s blessing now and always.In Chapter four of the book he explained that when Augustine of … Continue reading →

So there you are.. Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Nelson McCausland yesterday unveiled his plans for the way forward of the Ulster-Scots Academy, and not a word of Ullans spoken all day. Speaking in English at North Down Museum in … Continue reading →

My dear James, On 24th February, 1979 my friend Tomás Ó Fiaich, Archbishop of Armagh, presented me with his book on Columbanus, wishing me God’s blessing now and always.In Chapter four of the book he explained that when Augustine of … Continue reading →

Today, I welcomed,as High Sheriff , the Applied Recomputing Symposium to Belfast and said: Distinguished Guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Can I extend my warmest welcome to many international visitors to Belfast. It is remarkable that a highly technical conference like … Continue reading →

The Widows Mite is a Victim Support Organisation founded in Londonderry in May 1981. It was the dignified and spontaneous reaction from the living victims of terrorism against the propaganda which glorifies terrorism as a war between so called peace … Continue reading →

Today I attended, as Honorary Historian of the Ulster Unionist Party and the pan Unionist Centenary Committee, the Remembering the Future Conference in the Great Hall of Belfast City Hall, under the auspices of the Community Relations Council and the … Continue reading →

Today, as High Sheriff of Belfast, I represented the City at an Act of Worship marking The Service of The Police Reserve in St Anne’s Cathedral , Belfast. The Service was led by the Dean, Houston McKelvey and was attended by … Continue reading →