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New GCD-Rom looks at the Somme and Easter Rising A NEW CD-Rom explor- by the Department of The Community community

... “The memory of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising lives on today in the annual rituals of remembrance; in flags. banners, memorials and wall murals, and within symbols such as the Poppy and the Easter Lily. “1916 - Lest We Forget looks at the history ...

Published: Wednesday 18 October 2000
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 195 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ll T = Special

... ll T = Special “THE Easter Rising” is the unusual title of a new Sunday night series of messages for April by Pastor Gordon Graham in Larne Elim Church, Victoria Road. It's nothing to do with Ireland, but everything to do with Jerusalem! As you have probably ...

Published: Thursday 12 April 2001
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

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... on both sides of the Irish border prepared for dozens of demonstrations tomorrow to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, the Sinn Fein president said there was little expectation of progress. Mr Adams said: “The peace process is in serious ...

‘Monument is an affront to the vast majority of people’ War and Conflict exhibition at the Workhouse

... wars, a Star of David worn by Jews in the Theresenstett Concentration Camp, and items from the battle of the Somme, the Easter Rising and the Troubles. The focus will be on the decade of the revolution and civil war of 1912-23, the two World Wars, and the ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 2001
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Threat of republican violence is still there

... unionist opposition to the Easter lilies at Stormont. “If it were only a flower arrangement, people could be forgiven for sharing Sinn Fein opinion. But it was not just a flower arrangement. It was a commemoration of the Easter rising and the murderous thugs ...

Published: Thursday 10 May 2001
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 258 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

e Exhibition will run until December 15 Women’s Irish History Group holds exhibition

... expectations, according to the organisers. The centrepiece of the presentaticn was models from the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising which allowed the women, who come from both Protestant and Catholic backgrounds, to better understand each others culture ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 2000
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 727 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

DERRYS

... camp in Donegal which was the training camp for the 109th Brigade of the 36th Uister Division. g He was there during the Easter Rising of 1916 before he was sent to France in July. Many vears later in the room of his nursing home, he would show the written ...

Published: Wednesday 15 November 2000
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 328 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

exhibition at the Ulster Museum

... Teresenstadt Concentration Camp; curfew passes from the Irish Civil War; RUC, Garda and military badges and items from the Easter Rising, the Somme and the Troubles. Powerful and sombre images on display include a roll of honour with the photographs of 300 ...

Published: Thursday 05 July 2001
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 317 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

Easter lilies are further concession, claims McKee

... said the placing of Easter lilies in Stormont is another concession to Sinn Fein and the IRA. “The liberals and do-gooders will say ‘What will they complain about next’, but in fact these lilies commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. “What cheek from the ...

Published: Thursday 12 April 2001
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 341 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Digital film archive a first for UUC

... selected to reflect the history, culture, economy will see are Sir Edward Carson in Belfast 1914, the aftermath of the Easter Rising 1916, rioting in Belfast in 1932, the Rolling Stones in Belfast in 1964 and the Omagh bombing in 1998. As well as factual ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 2001
Newspaper: Coleraine Times
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Book offers a personal tour guide for your travels

... feature, with subjects including the Vikings, tracing your ancestors, the 1798 Rising, architecture old and new, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, battle sites, lost villages, the Easter Rising, food, wildlife and railways to name a few. The trails are sub-divided and ...

Published: Thursday 02 August 2001
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

WORKERS WERE MORE UNIONIST THAN TRADE UNIONIST IN 1913

... repairs overhauling machinery movement, with James Connolly, who later etc,” the Times report ed. plaved a part in the 1916 Easter Rising. Mass rallies had been describing the event as the first in Ireland to be held almost every day of the strike and in two ...

Published: Thursday 19 September 2002
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 641 | Page: 22 | Tags: none