... outlined: “To commemorate the Battle of the Somme, while also initiating reconciliation in the town, four Union Flags will be flown from the church spire for one day each year, July 1, the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme”. The leaflet underlined what ...

... turf wars between rival paramilitary groups than commemorating those who fell at the Somme. “The UVF’s argument is that they were always about the Battle of the Somme. “It was never about the marking of territory. I think they always intended taking them ...

... was clear that they would have a lot to share. Or maybe their experiences in the First World War, particularly at the Battle of the Somme, bound them together. C S Lewis once remarked that it was a shame that the stories of Cuchulainn and the Red anchxm ...

... was the same cry used by the Ulstermen as they rushed ‘over the top’ that memorable first of July in France at the Battle of the Somme. “‘No surrender’. “I will be Ulster’s always. Are you laughing at me Cousin Joseph for my little outburst? For, as you ...

... TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AND RELIVE THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. AS YOU WALK ALONG THE TRENCHES LOOK INTO NO MAN'’S LAND AND EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE BATTLEFIELD For more information please contact: The Somme Heritage Centre Whitespots Country Park ...

... taken from a painting that hangs in Belfast City Hall of the Royal Irish Rifles South Antrim volunteers going into battle at the Somme.” The dinner is traditionally held on the Friday closest to the date of September 28, 1912, when Sir Edward Carson was ...

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... he had decided to meet the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor following his “statesmanlike speech and behaviour” during the recent Battle of the Somme commemorations aimed at reaching out to unionists. “I believe that when anyone in this difficult conflict makes a genuine ...

... SOMME COMMEMORATION INSPIRES NEW POEM Charlie Reynolds introduces one of his newest poems which was inspired by a recent visit to France for the annual Battle of the Somme commemoration. “A wrote these wee lines efter a visit maesl an cromrades made tae ...

... bloody battles of the First World War during 1916 and 1917. In the cemeteries of France and Flanders, the two politicians talk candidly about how their individual political backgrounds have shaped their views of the war and the Battle of the Somme ...

... Last post for Somme survivor ULSTER'S last remaining survivor of the Battle of the Somme was laid to rest yesterday. Lisburn man William Calvert, who was in his 103rd year, died peacefully in Lagan Valley Hospital on Friday. He joined the Royal Irish ...

... Ulstermen in the Battle of the Somme EMOCRATIC Unionist MP Nigel Dodds is to be commended for tabling Early Day Motion 565 in the House of Commons: “That this House is concerned at the proposed building of a third airport for Paris on the Somme battlefields ...