I’m sure you know why the Apprentice Boys of Derry (ABOD) parade in December (To mark the Closing of the Gates) and in August (to mark the Relief of Derry). But why do they parade on Easter Monday?? Well it’s not actually Easter itself that they’re commemorating, but that public holiday conveniently falls closely to…
On this day in 1921, Northern Ireland was formed!
10 brutally honest facts about St. Patrick’s Day.
Today marks the death of King William III (although taking into account the change to the calendars it’s actually 19th March!). But I thought you might be interested in a few lines about his passing. Hope you enjoy!
Short piece authored by Quincey Dougan back in 2013 looking at the Origins of Ulsters Marching Bands
Ernest Clark played a key role in NI’s launch in 1921 By Gordon Lucy Although the Government of Ireland Bill became law on December 23 1920, the terms of the Act were implemented in stages by a series of ‘appointed days’. On March 24 1921 the Privy Council decreed that May 3 was to be the date…
King George opened the parliament of Northern Ireland on this day in 1921. Gordon Lucy recounts the history of NI since then
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.
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.
Short biography of Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister.