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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

@ Blood Transfusion Service do- nation sessions: NIBTS Headquar- ters, BCH Complex, Lisburn Road, 'nam-5.45pm; ..

... 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

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 ...

Ghost busters on the prowl

... burial place of George ‘Bloody’ Hutchinson - an infamous magistrate who earned a bloodthirsty reputation during the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion with his ‘on-the-spot’ executions. The graveyard tour starts today at 4pm and the spooky theme continues with ...

Published: Saturday 28 October 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Feature

... entrance to the demesne on Comber According to the accompanying text the nearby Saintfield House played a major role in the United Irishmen’s uprising of 1798. The third view of Saintfield is of the courtyard on a pleasant summers day. Also included in the book ...

Published: Friday 03 November 2000
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 87 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

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... clergy. editions in dust jackets, particularly Later, Joy was associated with the those by Freeman Wills Croft and JJ United Irishmen - the mainly Presby- Connington. He sold the News Letter to an Edinburgh company in 1795. Thirty thousand rare and not ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 545 | Page: 9 | Tags: none