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MONSIEUR LE MAIRE  DE LA PART DE L’ASSOCIATION DE LA SOMME, JE TIENS À VOUS REMERCIER DE VOTRE ACCUEIL AUJOURD’HUI A GUILLEMONT AINSI QUE DE L’HOSPITALITÉ GENEREUSE QUE VOUS NOUS AVEZ OFFERTE. NOS AMIS FRANCAIS NOUS HONORENT TOUJOURS ET NOUS … Continue reading →

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers, Minister of State Jonathan Bell, Irish Minister of State Dinny Mc Ginley, Distinguished Guests, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Somme Association could I welcome you to our annual … Continue reading →

Monday 1st July 0730hrs                                   Breakfast in hotel. 0900hrs                       Morning: Depart for Thiepval. At 1100hrs Commonwealth Service of Remembrance at Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.   Afternoon: A lunch will be served at the Ulster Memorial Tower for the Somme Association tour … Continue reading →

Sunday 30th June 0730hrs                                   Breakfast in hotel. 0830hrs                       Morning: Depart hotel for the Amiens area. Visits shall include the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonneux. Afternoon: Lunch at the Ulster Memorial Tower followed by the guided tour of Thiepval Wood. … Continue reading →

Saturday 29th June 0800hrs                                   Breakfast in Hotel 0830hrs                                   Depart for full day’s tour intoBelgium. Morning: Visits shall include; the 16th (Irish) Division Memorial, Spanbroekmolen Mine Crater, and Lone Tree Cemetery. Afternoon: Lunch in Ypres, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Memorial and Visitor … Continue reading →

SOMME TOUR 2013 28TH June 2013 – 2nd July 2013 Itinerary                                                                                                Friday 28th June 0815hrs                                   Check-in Belfast City Airport 1015hrs                                   Depart Belfast on Flybe flight No. BE965 1135hrs                                   Arrive at … Continue reading →

Order of the Striped Tiger (Fifth Class Neck Badge), in silver-gilt and enamels, 60mm, awarded to “Dr FWS O’ Neill”, in its original lacquer box. “My grandfather FWS O’ Neill, went to Manchuria in 1897 as a missionary of the … Continue reading →

At PRONI on Friday 28th June 2013 “Every Townland Earned its Name in Song: John Hewitt’s Ulster Scots Tradition” About the Exhibition This exhibition explores Ulster poet, author, lecturer and broadcaster John Hewitt’s fascination with the poetry of the Rhyming … Continue reading →

Could I first thank my friend Andy Tyrie for inviting me to speak to your group tonight and to pay tribute to him for his work in promoting our Common Identity theme over many years. Forty years ago he brought … Continue reading →

Wexford Borough Council and The Royal British Legion of Wexford ECUMENICAL DEDICATION CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE AND WREATHLAYING To the sacred memory of all Wexfordmen who sacrificed their lives in defence of freedom 1914 -1918  Redmond Square, Wexford 23rd June 2013 … Continue reading →