Monthly Archives: September 2014

Dalaradia puts case for new council’s name   Belfast Telegraph 29/09/2014 THE Dalaradia Historical group would like to take this opportunity to submit Dalaradia as the new name for the Mid and East Antrim Council.  

http://www.vanmorrison.com Thursday, Sept 25, 2014 – 8PM Location: University Concert Hall (UCH), Admission €84  An Evening With Van Morrison – SOLD OUT   From his earliest days, Van Morrison has channelled the influences of such giants as Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Muddy … Continue reading →

David “Davy” Crockett Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 12th district In office March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 Preceded by District created Succeeded by Adam Huntsman  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 9th … Continue reading →

    Pilgrims of the Air by John Wilson Foster ‘When an individual is seen gliding through the woods, it passes like a thought, and on trying to see it again, the eye searches in vain; the bird is gone.’ … Continue reading →

Following my talk last night on Carson, Craig and the British Identity in the Antrim Old Courthouse, there was a brilliant presntation of the War Diary of Alexander Irvine. This was performed by Alistair Smyth with  passages read by an actor dressed as … Continue reading →

  Tonight I gave my talk on “Carson, Craig and the British Identity” in honour of and in tribute to my friend Rev Dr Ian R K Paisley, the Lord Bannside, PC  for whom I was Personal Physician and Advisor on History … Continue reading →

His Britannic Majesty, or Her Britannic Majesty, depending on the sex of the monarch, is a formal, or official, term for the sovereign power of the United Kingdom in diplomacy, the law of nations, and international relations. For example, in … Continue reading →

The first writer to use a form of our name was the Greek explorer and geographer Pytheas in the 4th century BC. Pytheas referred to Prettanike, Πρετανικαι νησοι, or Brettaniai, a group of islands off the coast of North-Western Europe. In the … Continue reading →

  In September 1950 one of the worst mining accidents in the history of British coal mining occurred in the Ayrshire village of New Cumnock. It is one of my first memories. For several tense days the world’s media descended … Continue reading →