Monthly Archives: August 2013

A Prayer for Belfast: Lord Mayor, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

NewBelfast.com Blog of Belfast’s Lord Mayor, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Follow Máirtín on Twitter and LinkedIn     I don’t claim to be a person of great religious faith though I do believe in Belfast and its people. But I do admit … Continue reading

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Collins Griffith Lecture: The Origins of the Death Squad

Michael Collins is frequently cited as the originator of modern Urban terrorism. In 1919 he hatched a scheme to take out the eyes and ears of the British administration in Dublin by undermining and terrorising the police so that the … Continue reading

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Pinkerton National Detective Agency – the Pinks, the Fenians and the Feds.

Pinkerton Government Services, Inc., founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, usually shortened to the Pinkertons, or “Pinks”, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of the … Continue reading

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Jesus o Nazareth: Luke v 37- 45 – the Ullans

Dinnae judge an yis’ll no be judged: dinnae condemn, an yis’ll no be condemned: forgie an yis’ll be forgien: Gie an yis’ll be gien tae; guid misure, preesed doon, an shakin thegither an skailin ower, wull menfowk gie intae yer bosom. … Continue reading

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Alexander Perkins

Ian –   I served in Afghanistan in 2008-2009 and then again in 2010. They were tough days in Afghanistan for all that were there. We relied on the help of local Afghan interpreters who were with us on every … Continue reading

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Jesus o Nazareth: Luke 6 v 27-36 – the Ullans

But A’m sayin tae youse that’s listenin, Love yer enemies, dae guid tae them that hates ye. Bliss thaim that curses ye, an pray for thaim that wushes ye ill wull. An if a bodie gies ye a slap on … Continue reading

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Jesus o Nazareth: Luke 6 v 17-26 – the Ullans

An he cum doon frae the moontin wi thaim an stud on the flet apen grun, an aa his follaers an a hale crood o fowks oot o Judea, an Jerusalem, an frae alang the shores o Tyre an Sidon, cum … Continue reading

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The Right Way :The Proper Way

Derg Valley Victims Voice, Castlederg, County Tyrone

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Jesus o Nazareth: Luke 11 v 14-25 – the Ullans

 Yinst, he wus castin oot a divil, an it wus dum. An it cum tae pass, whan the divil haed left him an the man startit tae taak, the fowk wur dumfoonert. But sum o thaim sayed, He casts oot … Continue reading

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Victoria Cross recipients at heart of UK Government’s centenary plans

First World War Centenary Brought to you by the Imperial War Museum About the Centenary News Podcast Partnership Centenary Resources Email sign-up Victoria Cross recipients at heart of UK Government’s centenary plans by Kate Clements; August 5, 2013   The … Continue reading

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