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... the 16 (Irish) and the 36th (Ulster), the latter consisting primarily of Ulster Volunteer Force members. Thousands of other Irishmen, from both north and south, joined up to serve with other regiments or arms of the services, while the Territorial soldiers ...

Published: Tuesday 04 January 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 329 | Page: 53 | Tags: none

+ALLP THE UNIONISTS VOTE

... armed, marched through the streets to the top of the village, unfurled a Tricolour, and read a proclamation which called “Irishmen and Irishwomen to arms Lo drive the invader from our shores” A stern warning that the Government could, and would, meet force ...

Published: Monday 10 January 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 857 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

Uncovering roots of Ulster church

... conflicts and its role in Irish history. Paradoxically, Professor Holmes relates, some Presbyterians were prominent in the United Irishmen’s struggle, yet most members have been ardent unionists since the early 19th Century. Quoting historian T Moody, he writes: ...

Published: Monday 06 March 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 369 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

SEEING RED: Joe MéCarthy destroyed many innocent people’s lives with his

... SEEING RED: Joe MéCarthy destroyed many innocent people’s lives with his but largely Polish, Italian and Dutch. Irishmen were rare in eastern Wisconsin where McCarthy grew up, but there was a strong bond which drew them together as fellow Catholics in ...

Published: Monday 03 April 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 450 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

1798 plan under way

... 1798 plan under way DOWN District Council ‘l:'&muslu the his 1798 United Irishmen rebellion battlefield at Windmill Hill, Ballynahinch. The council and the eration Co-m plan to develop the 17- acre site as a commemorative park. Both nationalist and unionist ...

Published: Friday 14 April 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Presbyterian history written by former – Moderator

... would amount to Rome Rule. According to Dr Holmes the objects to the United Irishmen had been achieved in the years since 1798 and were shared by all in Ireland as citizens of the United Kingdom. 'The nub of the Irish Presbyterian opposition to Home Rule ...

Published: Friday 28 April 2000
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 510 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

'Marching on' a familiar Ulster theme

... l its finest dancers on Tearing the Loom', stage for a set of rarelyabout the Rebellion of performed ballets, colthe United Irishmen. lectively entitled 'Mas- S ince then, several querade'. plays have opened in There is a real scram- London and Dublin ...

Published: Sunday 11 June 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Life
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 649 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

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... Building, College @ Queen’s Film Theatre: QFTI: Tal- Square North, Belfast: A Disunited Kingdom? Ireland after the Union, United Irishmen Commemoration Society lecture by Christine Kinealy, Tpm. @® Holywood: Naughty Ninepins and Bold Babes - a display on Rosamund ...

Published: Wednesday 21 June 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 329 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Le onéir a thabhairt d’fhir agus do mhn4 na hEireann a cailleadh i geathanna atd thart né ar seirbhis leis

... theastaionn uatha bheith i lithair. National Day of Commemoration Ceremony To honour all those Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations will be held on Sunday, 9 July, 2000 in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham at 11.30 ...

Published: Thursday 06 July 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 115 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

CASTLE MORTGAGES Independent Mortgage Advisor,, Pc k• British Army were Irish

... bonny baby competition, I realised this was not what I had come into journalism to do. As the chief of a special investigation unit, I felt something had gone badly wrong with the system. The glory days of Fleet Street have faded. They took away the money ...

Published: Sunday 23 July 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Life
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1723 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

A RENEWED attempt is being made to raise the profile of two Carrick war heroes

... a reputation as the world’s premier galiantry medal with its only rival being the United States’ Medal of Honour, another decoration that has been won by many Irishmen. “Some Irish VC winners have been the subject of biographies or have been included ...