Author Archives: Ian Adamson

Francis Joseph Bigger (1863 – 1926): Antiquarian and folklorist by Patrick Devlin

Francis Joseph Bigger was born 17 July 1863 in Little Donegall Street, Belfast. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, of which grandfather had been a founder 1810 and his father a governor. He studied law at Queens College … Continue reading

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The Great Famine and Helen’s Tower

  Helen’s Tower, Conlig Helen’s Tower was designed in 1848 by William Burn in the Scottish style and construction was completed in October 1861. It was part of an ambitious landscape project by Lord Dufferin covering the five miles between it … Continue reading

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Bangor, Lumina Lumii, for Comber Romanian and Farset East European (Moldovan) Aid

Voi sunteți sarea pământului. Dar dacă sarea își pierde gustul, prin ce își va căpăta iarăși puterea de a săra? Atunci nu mai este bună la nimic decât să fie lepădată afară și călcată în picioare de oameni.Voi sunteți lumina … Continue reading

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Alderman Frankie Millar and the Order of Lenin

  Order of Lenin type 4 Thousands of men served on the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War or, as the Russians called it, the Great Patriotic War, trying to get supplies to the Eastern front.  70 years on, Russia has … Continue reading

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Bangor, Verdens Lys, for Alderman Frankie Millar (Order of Lenin) and the Scandinavian People

Norsk I er jordens salt; men når saltet mister sin kraft, hvad skal det så saltes med? Det duer ikke lenger til noget, uten til å kastes ut og tredes ned av menneskene.I er verdens lys; en by som ligger … Continue reading

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Dr Ian Paisley, Columcille and the Gaelic Psalm Singers

In November 2009, I brought my friends The Lord Bannside, Rev Dr Ian Paisley and Baroness Eileen to the Tullycarnet Library in  East Belfast to hear the Lewis Psalm Singers who have made a significant contribution to the work of … Continue reading

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Beannchor, solus an t-saoghail for Colmcille, the Paisley family and the Gaelic Psalm Singers of Lewis

Is sibhse salann na talmhainn: gidheadh ma chailleas an salann a bhlas, ciod leis an saillear e? cha’n ‘eil feum ann o sin suas, ach a thilgeadh mach, agus a shaltairt fo chosaibh dhaoine. Is sibhse solus ant-saoghail. Cha’n fheudar … Continue reading

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Dr Ian Paisley’s first visit to the Ulster Tower at Thiepval

Ulster Tower, Thiepval On Friday 12th September,1986, I first brought my friend Dr Ian Paisley, MP, MEP, accompanied by Nigel Dodds, Fred Proctor and Jackie Hewitt  to the Somme Battlefield, where they visited the Ulster Tower at Thiepval, the trench system at … Continue reading

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The Opening of the Bannside Library

Today, to mark its opening, with special guests Dr. and Mrs Bob Jones, Greenville, South Carolina, the Bannside Library Ltd presented its first two publications. In 1937, when he was eleven years of age, Ian Paisley received a copy of Canon … Continue reading

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Bangor, Mwanga wa Ulimwengu, for the Lord Bannside, Rev. David McIlveen , War on Want NI and the Children of Africa

Nyinyi ni chumvi ya dunia. Lakini chumvi ikipoteza ladha yake itakolezwa na nini? Haifai kitu tena, ila hutupwa nje na kukanyagwa na watu. Nyinyi ni mwanga wa ulimwengu! Mji uliojengwa juu ya mlima hauwezi kufichika. Wala watu hawawashi taa na … Continue reading

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