Monthly Archives: March 2012

  Titanic Belfast   While I am in Edinburgh today, my friend Suzanne Wylie, Director of Health and Environmental Services of Belfast City Council, attended last night the Dinner to celebrate the opening of the Titanic Signature Project. She described the … Continue reading →

Van Morrison was packing sax tonight, striking up a version of Brown Eyed Girl which set the tone for much of the rest of his set, being as it was a gentle tussle between subtle jazz flavours and loungey tendencies.  This show … Continue reading →

This evening I attended a commemorative lecture by First Minister Mr. Peter Robinson MLA, at Iveagh House, hosted by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Eamon Gilmore T.D. The lecture, entitled “Reflections on Irish Unionism”, was … Continue reading →

Dr Ian Adamson OBE Chair of   The Ullans Academy         Invites you to our   St Patrick’s Day Breakfast    To be held in the Park Avenue Hotel Holywood Road   Friday 16th March 2012   At 7.45am   … Continue reading →

During Féíle an Earraigh I helped organise and attended a public meeting/discussion about the Ulster Covenant in Berry Street Presbyterian Church which involved  Gordon Lucy, Eamon Phoenix and Tom Hartley. The Posse Comitatus and members of the Joint Committee on the … Continue reading →

 Clip The Lord Mayor’s Cloakroom: Ian Adamson Duration: 01:02 Ian Adamson tells us about the prototype for the first class cabins of the Titanic Today William Pirrie is best known to us as Chairman of Harland and Wolff and the … Continue reading →

  Tonight, on behalf of the new Spirit of St Patrick initiative, I introduced the President of Ireland, Dr Michael D Higgins at the Inaugural Dinner of the Friends of St Patrick in Montalto House, County Down. Montalto House is the site of … Continue reading →

On 1st July,1989, the Ulster Memorial Tower at Thiepval in France, the second Helen’s Tower, was re-dedicated under the auspices of the Farset Project by HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Hundreds of pilgrims from Ulster made the journey, among … Continue reading →

5 MARCH 2012 REVIEW: VAN MORRISON, BOURNEMOUTH PAVILLION I FIRST SAW VAN MORRISON AT BIRMINGHAM’S RAINBOW SUITE CLUB IN 1965. I WAS A PRECOCIOUS UNDER-AGE YOUNGSTER; VAN MORRISON HAD ALREADY HAD TWO HUGE POP HITS WITH BABY PLEASE DON’T GO … Continue reading →

Van Morrison at the Brighton Dome, 3rd March 2012   I have seen Van Morrison live far too many times to remember, and as many may be aware,  sometimes he’ll blow the audience away, sometimes less so, and sometimes his … Continue reading →