Monthly Archives: June 2014

Sir John Gorman, MC. Photo: VICTOR PATTERSON   This afternoon I attended the Service of Thanksgiving for Sir John at the beautiful St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church in Killyleagh, Co Down. The Service was conducted by The Very Revd. … Continue reading →

  The ‘Tyninghame’ copy of the Declaration from 1320 AD Alongside the battles and bloodshed of the Scottish “Wars of Independence” in north Britain there was also a diplomatic struggle – a war of words and propaganda. The two Norman warlords the … Continue reading →

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum gets Royal seal of approval By The Citizen  |  Posted: May 30, 2014 By Matt Discombe The Duke of Gloucester Attendees at Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum’s official opening Drum display A Royal seal of approval was … Continue reading →

A steam locomotive named ‘Passchendaele’ in memory of New Zealand Railways staff who died in the First World War has been restored in time for the Centenary. After almost 20 years of work, the engine was rededicated at a ceremony … Continue reading →

Our focus at the Ullans Academy is now on “Common Identity”, an expression I first used in my book, Cruthin, The Ancient Kindred (1974), and which I continued to explore in all my later publications. By this term “Common Identity” … Continue reading →

The Ullans Academy – Common identity As for the original Ulster-Scots (Ullans) Academy which we had established in 1992, it has continued to promote aspects of shared heritage and community relations between the nationalist and unionist sections of our community in Northern … Continue reading →

The failure to establish a statutory Academy at this period meant that the work that went on over the years in each of these fields was on an exclusively voluntary basis, with all the constraints that such involvement implies. Hope of … Continue reading →