While Ulster-Scots lay claim to between 17 and 23 presidents of the United States, to date there has only been one Ulster-Scots prime minister of the United Kingdom: Andrew Bonar Law.
The Twelfth of July at Altnaveigh
Joseph Fowler of Brackagh LOL 18, Portadown wrote a poem accounting his memory of the 12th July 1923 when an Orange Demonstration was held at Altnaveigh in memory of those who were massacred on the 17th June the previous year.
Remembering Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister, who served until his death
Short biography of Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister.
The minister’s son who was last Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Short biography of Sir John Ross, the last Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.
The Comber Letter
On it’s own, the Comber Letter could have been taken as a hoax. But when considered in the context of…
Protestant Fears in 1688
Following the death of his brother Charles II, James II became King of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1685. James…
The Battle of Newtownbutler 1689
The Battle of Newtownbutler is one of the forgotten fights of the Irish Jacobite Wars.
Fought before either the Boyne or Aughrim, Newtownbutler was relevant, not because of its size, but because it represented a turning point in the war.
The Unknown Warrior
The British grave of The Unknown Warrior (often known as ‘The Tomb of The Unknown Warrior’) holds an unidentified British…
Happy Birthday William of Orange!!!
William Henry III, (Willem Hendrik in Dutch) Prince of Orange was born on 4th November 1650. A Dutchman by birth,…
The mysterious story of the Unknown Warrior
The grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey contains the remains of an unidentified British serviceman who was interred…