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Flag flying dispute

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 12 April 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 556 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

McConnells of Doagh Saturday 4th Hugo Dun Ty Murals and icons with local flavour at Museum exhibition

... 4th Hugo Dun Ty Murals and icons with local flavour at Museum exhibition forbidden, while the Orange banner shows the Battle of the Somme, with the 36th Ulster Division charging across No Man's Land. The origins of each icon on dispiay are traced, followed ...

Somme

... bloodiest battles of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme. Out of the 5,500 members of the 36th Ulster Division only 3,000 were still alive after the two day battle in July, 1917. William, also fought in two other battles, the ...

Published: Friday 28 January 2000
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 337 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

By GARY KELLY

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 20 July 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GREAT TALENT: Belfast-born C S Lewis

... 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 ...

Published: Monday 24 June 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

PARADE

... PARADE 1 assure your reader has no complaints about the Battle of the Somme memorial parade held in July each year? Well these are the same people as those remembered by this parade. Kitchener himself spoke of the 36th Ulster Division and their heroics ...

Published: Thursday 16 May 2002
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER

... REMEMBER TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AND RELIVE THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME As vOU WALK ALONG THE TRENCHES WOK INTO No MAN'S LAND AND EV/MENGE THE SIGHTS AND SOLINELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD For more information please contact: The Somme Heritage Centre Whitespots Country Park ...

Published: Sunday 06 August 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Life
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 45 | Tags: none

Jack of Old England

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 06 February 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 120 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

¢ A N\ x 4 HERITAGE CENTRE AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AND RELIVE THE BATTLE OF

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 25 August 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 100 | Page: 60 | Tags: none

signed to commemorate the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant, each of which was designed by Mrs Cooke and

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 28 September 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

RTHDAYS

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Published: Monday 18 November 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 109 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

VISIT: Quentin Davies

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 26 July 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 123 | Page: 7 | Tags: none