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... most daring of the frontiersmen. Inthe 1770'5, 1780 s and 17905, Presbyterians were prominent amongst the Volunteers and United Irishmen. In fact, following the 1798 Rising, two Presbyterian ministers were executed, six imprisoned and eighteen exiled. Mr ...

Published: Thursday 14 October 1982
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Condems Holmes for ‘United Irishman’ speech Moderator angers North Antrim DUP

... faithful nature of the United in Ballymena that the Irishmen”s rebellion Presbyterian Moderator's showed its true nature call for the recovery of the ~ with “vile deeds” on a liberal radicalism of the parallel with modern IRA United Irishmen was dis- atrocities ...

Published: Wednesday 13 June 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 632 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

BALLYMENA’S oldest Orange Lodge will march behind a colourful new banner on July 'l‘ullyi:rley LOL, No. 473, ..

... colourful new banner on July 'l‘ullyi:rley LOL, No. 473, can trace their origins back to the 1790 s and the aftermath of the United Irishmen’s rebellion. And the spirit of Orangeism is still strong in the area if Friday night’s unfurling and dedication of a new ...

Published: Wednesday 27 June 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 252 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Orange book proves popular

... , pictured at the start of their treasure hunt, with competitor William Lorimer. 278T119. after the rebellion of the United Irishmen in 1798 that the Orange Society was firmly established in the Ballymena area. the subject which appeared in the Ballymena ...

Published: Wednesday 04 July 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 657 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

William McCaughey, now serving a life sentence for murder in the Maze Prison. On the final page of the document,

... McCaughey draws parallels between the co-operation shown by some Protestants to the mainly Catholic membership of the United Irishmen in 1798 and the calls for “shared responsibility” in modern Ulster. He states that Irish history “clearly demonstrates ...

Published: Wednesday 18 July 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Holmes

... hoped t Ccreate a more equal one I ¢annot see why anvone is trying to belittle the role played by Protestants in the United Irishmen. They represented the highest vy Councill heading of a report o page 10 of the widely read TIMES last week, and, of course ...

Published: Wednesday 25 July 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Historical facts ‘innaccurate’

... poised the question, “Are filsdenlxlnn Gillespie and is co trying to deny uue?gf:sbyterians were the dnvmg force behind the United Irishmen?” Whilst I cannot speak for Alderman Gillespie and his collea:fi\;u I would contend that the 1798 Rebellion was not 'so ...

Published: Wednesday 08 August 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 289 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Ulster Society meeting

... Ulster Society meeting THE formation of the United Irishmen is the subject of the Ulster Society’s next event, to be held at the Antrim Forum on Tuesday, October 15 (8 pm.). Guest speaker is Mr. David Hume, a journalist with the Larne Times and author ...

Published: Friday 11 October 1991
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Selectors insult to Irish rugby

... British Lions squad angered me would be an understatement similar to that of Wade Dooley saying that he was past it. Two Irishmen out of 30 British rugby players is an absolute disgrace, and for the first time since the war not one Ulsterman made the ...

Published: Friday 26 March 1993
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 514 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

Tracing the steps of St. Patrick

... early Middle Ages risked death on every journey. West of Strangford is the wide-streeted town of Ballynahinch where 7,000 United Irishmen lost the decisive battle of the 1798 rebellion. South of Ballynahinch on the slopes of Cratlieve mountain stands the Legananny ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1994
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 361 | Page: 66 | Tags: none

Popular Ballymena author

... translated into several different languages and have sold throughout the world . It is a superb fictional account of United Irishmen’s march into Ballymena in 1798, told partly through the eyes of two young boys. “In Search of the Liberty Tree” is ideal ...

Published: Friday 25 November 1994
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 356 | Page: 30 | Tags: none