1971 Belfast Refugees and the Loyalist People of Liverpool A personal story by Stephen Gough. Reproduced by kind permission I first became interested in this story when my partner Susan and her Mum started talking about it one night. I was fascinated as I knew nothing about it. As I listened to them recall the…
Some folks sing of mountains and valleysWhere the wild flowers abundantly growAnd some of the wave-crested billowsThat dash ‘neath the waters belowBut I’m going to speak of a riverAnd I hope in the chorus you’ll joinOf the deeds that were done by King WilliamOn the green grassy slopes of the Boyne Chorus:On the green grassy…
Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant Being convinced in our consciences that Home Rule would be disastrous to the material well-being of Ulster as well as the whole of Ireland, subversive of our civil and religious freedom, destructive of our citizenship, and perilous to the unity of the Empire, we, whose names are underwritten, men of…
On Saturday 28 September 1912 the industrial heart of Belfast city was still. The great shipyards were silent; the looms were idle in the linen mills; the rope works and the foundries were deserted. At eleven o’clock, Religious services to invoke divine aid and to encourage signatures were held throughout in Protestant churches across the…
I’ve started the work for the Music/Vendors/Other entertainers pages……THEY’RE NOT COMPLETE YET! So don’t panic too much if your details aren’t showing as yet. Will be continuing to work on them over the next few weeks.
The Apprentice Boys of Derry Association is a Christian, historical and cultural organisation, committed to maintaining the spirit of courage and liberty displayed by the Defenders of Londonderry in 1688-1689 The full title of the organisation is the “Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry”. This is derived from the fact that the organisation…
“28TH OF JULY, 1689! A day to be remembered with thanksgiving by the besieged in Derry as long as they live; for on this day we were delivered from famine and slavery.”
As you know, I’m always really keen for our community and band members to self-educate. I think it’s important that we know we come from in order to know where we want to go. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana With that in mind, I’m delighted to support this project…
Being on the Twelfth day of July, eighteen and forty-nine,The Pagans of this country together did combine,To shoot and slay our Orangemen upon that glorious day,They did encamp in thousands great at a place called Dolly’s Brae. Lord Roden was Grandmaster of the Orangemen just then,No better chieftain could be found among the sons of…
Following the relief of Londonderry and their defeat at Newtownbutler by the Enniskilleners the Jacobites withdrew from the west of Ulster. The forces of the Duke of Schomberg landed in Bangor August 1689 O.S. and quickly laid siege to and took Carrickfergus Castle. Being unsatisfied with Schomberg’s slow progress King William III landed in Carrickfergus…
