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 4 BRIGS Literary Group  presents The Sarah Leech Summer School Friday, 21st June – Sunday, 22 June 2013 Inishowen Gateway Hotel, Buncrana, Co Donegal Sarah Leech (1809 – c. 1830)  The daughter of a linen weaver, Sarah was born near … Continue reading →

The Ulster History Circle, the Ulster-Scots Agency and Ramelton Presbyterian Church request the pleasure of Dr Ian Adamson OBE at the unveiling of a blue plaque of FRANCIS MAKEMIE by Dinny McGinley TD, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht at The Old Meeting House, … Continue reading →

Persmededeling van de FOD Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking   Herdenking Eerste Wereldoorlog in België via partnerschap tussen federale overheid en deelstaten, ook internationaal   Op minder dan een jaar voor de herdenking van de Eerste Wereldoorlog in België organiseerde … Continue reading →

The Battle of the Somme in 1916 has been celebrated by Ulster Protestants as an essential part of their heritage.  Yet the sacrifice of young lives in the battlefields of France during the First World War were in reality a … Continue reading →

President Higgins keynote speaker at second 1912-1923 conference    Left to Right: Professor Ralph Darlington, Dr Michael Murphy, President of Ireland Michael D Higgins, Mrs Sabina Higgins, Professor Karen Hunt, and Mr Padraig Yeates. The President of Ireland, Michael D. … Continue reading →

The American War of Independence struck a sympathetic chord in Ulster.  Many thousands of Ulster people had emigrated to America and some were in the forefront of the Revolution.  However when France declared its support for the Colonists, Volunteer Companies … Continue reading →

The inhabitants of our Island are renowned for their gift of storytelling, for the lyrical construction of their daily talk, and for their unique literary achievements.  This fondness  for the “word” is deeply rooted within the population.  The ancient poets, who preserved … Continue reading →

One of the great religious figures was Columba (Colum Cille), born at Gartan , Donegal on 7th December, 521, and claimed to have been a prince of the Northern Ui Neill, his father a great-grandson of Niall of the Nine … Continue reading →

In 398 AD St Ninian had established the first Christian Church in what is now Scotland at Canada Casa now Whithorn in Galloway.  Although little is known about this great Christian saint of the Novantes or the earliest history of … Continue reading →

There have been a variety of factors, among them the continued survival of a predominately rural way of life, which has ensured that Ireland has preserved a wealth of antiquities, many of which blend effortless in to the surrounding environment.   … Continue reading →