Monthly Archives: June 2013

Sunday 30th June 0730hrs                                   Breakfast in hotel. 0830hrs                       Morning: Depart hotel for the Amiens area. Visits shall include the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonneux. Afternoon: Lunch at the Ulster Memorial Tower followed by the guided tour of Thiepval Wood. … Continue reading →

Saturday 29th June 0800hrs                                   Breakfast in Hotel 0830hrs                                   Depart for full day’s tour intoBelgium. Morning: Visits shall include; the 16th (Irish) Division Memorial, Spanbroekmolen Mine Crater, and Lone Tree Cemetery. Afternoon: Lunch in Ypres, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Memorial and Visitor … Continue reading →

SOMME TOUR 2013 28TH June 2013 – 2nd July 2013 Itinerary                                                                                                Friday 28th June 0815hrs                                   Check-in Belfast City Airport 1015hrs                                   Depart Belfast on Flybe flight No. BE965 1135hrs                                   Arrive at … Continue reading →

Order of the Striped Tiger (Fifth Class Neck Badge), in silver-gilt and enamels, 60mm, awarded to “Dr FWS O’ Neill”, in its original lacquer box. “My grandfather FWS O’ Neill, went to Manchuria in 1897 as a missionary of the … Continue reading →

At PRONI on Friday 28th June 2013 “Every Townland Earned its Name in Song: John Hewitt’s Ulster Scots Tradition” About the Exhibition This exhibition explores Ulster poet, author, lecturer and broadcaster John Hewitt’s fascination with the poetry of the Rhyming … Continue reading →

Could I first thank my friend Andy Tyrie for inviting me to speak to your group tonight and to pay tribute to him for his work in promoting our Common Identity theme over many years. Forty years ago he brought … Continue reading →

Wexford Borough Council and The Royal British Legion of Wexford ECUMENICAL DEDICATION CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE AND WREATHLAYING To the sacred memory of all Wexfordmen who sacrificed their lives in defence of freedom 1914 -1918  Redmond Square, Wexford 23rd June 2013 … Continue reading →

 4 BRIGS Literary Group  presents The Sarah Leech Summer School Friday, 21st June – Sunday, 22 June 2013 Inishowen Gateway Hotel, Buncrana, Co Donegal Sarah Leech (1809 – c. 1830)  The daughter of a linen weaver, Sarah was born near … Continue reading →

The Ulster History Circle, the Ulster-Scots Agency and Ramelton Presbyterian Church request the pleasure of Dr Ian Adamson OBE at the unveiling of a blue plaque of FRANCIS MAKEMIE by Dinny McGinley TD, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht at The Old Meeting House, … Continue reading →

Persmededeling van de FOD Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking   Herdenking Eerste Wereldoorlog in België via partnerschap tussen federale overheid en deelstaten, ook internationaal   Op minder dan een jaar voor de herdenking van de Eerste Wereldoorlog in België organiseerde … Continue reading →