Monthly Archives: June 2014

28TH June 2014 – 2ndJuly 2014 ITINERARY                                                                                                                                                                         Sunday 29th June 0800hrs                                   Breakfast in Hotel 0830hrs                                   Depart for full day’s tour into Belgium. Morning: Visits shall include; the 16th (Irish) Division Memorial, The Island of Ireland Peace Park, Spanbroekmolen … Continue reading →

On this day 70 years ago, 28th June 1944, I was born in the Westroyd Nursing home in Clifton Street, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland , near to the beloved monastery founded by Comgall of the Ancient British Cruthin or Pretani, … Continue reading →

The unwelcome intervention of Richard Haass into the Language debate will bring untold damage to the Gaelic language in Northern Ireland..His blanket use of the term “Irish Language”, which has been used as a political weapon by Republicans, will bring … Continue reading →

A One Day Conference Venue: Queen’s University Belfast, Council Chamber Date :  25 June 2014  Organised by the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), and supported by the Political Studies Association (PSA ) Specialist Groups … Continue reading →

Dorothy was a young orphaned girl raised by Uncle Sam and Aunt M from White Hall in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm. She had a little dog called Toto, who was her sole source of happiness on the dry, … Continue reading →

When I first began to write books on Ulster history in the late 1960s, it was in an attempt to fill the obvious vacuum which existed in general public awareness concerning the real roots of the people of Northern Ireland. … Continue reading →

   Monday, 16 June, 2014 John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, UCD  9.00am Registration  9.30am – 10.00am  OPENING ADDRESS: TANAISTE AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, MR EAMON GILMORE, TD  10.00am – 11.30am  Session 1: Public Opinion: The … Continue reading →

PROGRAMME Saturday 14th June Belfast City Hall 9.30 am Registration 10.00 am Official opening and introduction:Dr Michael Murphy, President University College Cork and Chair, Universities Ireland Welcome: Lord Mayor of Belfast 10.30 am Chair: Professor Eunan O’Halpin, Professor of Contemporary Irish History, … Continue reading →

Richard Hayward (1892–1964) was my favourite writer when I was a little boy. He was also an actor and musician. Born in Southport, he was an enthusiast for all Ulster regional popular culture and I loved his books about Ulster and … Continue reading →