Monthly Archives: May 2012

Royal Devotion: a new exhibition to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Lambeth Palace Library displays previously unseen artefacts Lambeth Palace Library is now home to a fascinating new exhibition celebrating the Diamond Jubilee and the 350th anniversary of the Book … Continue reading →

Keith Thomas THE FOLIO SOCIETY     Click image to enlarge Introduced by Hilary Mantel         Religion and the Decline of Magic  One of the most intriguing history books of the past 50 years, Keith Thomas’s Religion … Continue reading →

Hughes Letter

Yesterday, as Chairman and Founder of the Somme Association, and as a Former Lord Mayor myself, I was pleased to welcome the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile, to the Somme Museum at Whitespots, Conlig, County Down. There were … Continue reading →

Today Stephen Ross, The Folio Society’s commentary author, will be discussing their edition at the Faulkner session at the ALA (American Literature Association) 23rd Annual Conference in the Hyatt Regency 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco ,California. This edition is the first to … Continue reading →

 At the time of the foundation of the Labour Party 100 years ago, the death rate in Dublin was the highest of any city in Europe and higher than Calcutta, former tánaiste and Labour leader Dick Spring said tonight. He was delivering … Continue reading →

Standards on Parade,Balmoral Review Progamme and Ulster Unionist Centenary Group The Balmoral Review Parade through Belfast today was the first major test of whether contentious historical commemorations can pass off peacefully in Northern Ireland, and the effectiveness of the Posse … Continue reading →

 There is general agreement that the core area of Tartessos is around Huelva extending to the valley of the Guadalquivir, while the area under Tartessian influence is much wider The Tartessian language is the extinct Paleohispanic language of inscriptions in … Continue reading →

Last night at the launch of my friend Roger Blaney’s book Presbyterians and the Irish Language I spoke of Phoenicia and the origins of the Gaelic Language. Phoenicia was the ancient name of a very small country situated between the … Continue reading →

THE TRUSTEES OF THE ULSTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION AND THE ULTACH TRUST cordially invite you to the launch of Presbyterians Preispitéirigh and the agus an Irish Language Ghaeilge Roger Blaney  GUEST SPEAKERS DR IAN ADAMSON OBE AODÁN MAC PÓILIN ROGER BLANEY … Continue reading →