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“l - T UNIVERSITY of r ) ULSTER The Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies presents ULSTER-SCOTS AND THE UNITED ..

... “l - T UNIVERSITY of r ) ULSTER The Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies presents ULSTER-SCOTS AND THE UNITED IRISHMEN Friday 31 May I.oopm Room 16G15, University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus A talk by Professor David Wilson from the University of Toronto ...

|nl T UNIVERSITY of | r (W ULSTER The Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies presents ULSTER-SCOTS AND THE UNITED ..

... |nl T UNIVERSITY of | r (W ULSTER The Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies presents ULSTER-SCOTS AND THE UNITED IRISHMEN Friday 31 May I.oopm Room 16615, University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus A talk by Professor David Wilson from the University of Toronto ...

,I nj' 'l ]‘UNIVERSITY of The Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies presents ULSTER-SCOTS AND THE UNITED IRISHMEN ..

... ,I nj' 'l ]‘UNIVERSITY of The Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies presents ULSTER-SCOTS AND THE UNITED IRISHMEN Friday 31 May I.oopm Room 16G45, University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus A talk by Professor David Wilson from the University of Toronto Learn ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 2002
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 76 | Page: 59 | Tags: none

Irishmen united in poignant memorial

... Irishmen united in poignant memorial Royal Ulster Rifles vet- The ceremony at the After a moment of coneran Billy McConnell, Drogheda War Memorial. templation at the imposwho piloted a glider be- which was built in 1925 to ing East Antrim War hind enemy ...

Published: Sunday 14 November 2004
Newspaper: Sunday Life
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 183 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

V-II t back in i TERROR reigned in Pictures: Gracehill when the United Irishmen KEVIN MCAULEY fought to save ..

... V-II t back in i TERROR reigned in Pictures: Gracehill when the United Irishmen KEVIN MCAULEY fought to save their homes in 1798, but there was an air of tranquillity in the Co Antrim village on Saturday It was open day and vis- AT ARMS: Derek Watson ...

Published: Monday 10 September 2001
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 90 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

People and events In history Dl’ William Dl'enllall by Gordon Lucy

... suggestion, the Society of United Irishmen was preferred. Reform of tge Irish Parliament, as in the United Irish test drafted by Drennan makes clear, rather than republican separatism, was the original aim of the Society of United Irishmen. ...

Published: Saturday 02 August 2003
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 742 | Page: 143 | Tags: none

Dr William Drennan

... suggestion, the Society of United Irishmen, was preferred. Reform of the Irish Parliament, rather than republican separatism, as the United Irish test drafted by Drennan makes clear, was the original aim of the Society of United Irishmen. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 July 2003
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1604 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

William Drennan, a Belfast Presbyterian doctor and poet of radical views, is usually credited with being the ..

... Drennan was also the main originator of the Society of United Irishmen, an idea which matured in his mind between 1780 and 1785. Drennan was born on May 23, 1754. Like so many of the United Irishmen, Drennan was a son of the manse. His father, the Rev Thomas ...

Published: Saturday 02 August 2003
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 239 | Page: 143 | Tags: none

BALLYNAHINCH MARKET HOUSE: the council want to reopen it as a Rich history of Market House

... by the United Irishmen and had come under attack during the ‘battle of Ballynahinch’. “There was a famous event in the 1790 s where the second Earl of Moira Francis Rawdon was celebrating his birthday inside the Market House and outside the United Irishmen ...

Published: Thursday 14 December 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 379 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

T. NEWTOWNABBEY and East Antrim Times TOURING EXHIBITION ARRIVES AT MOSSLEY MILL

... This newspaper was a vital media for the United Irishmen who used it to spread their political ideas. It was edited by northern Presbyterian, Samuel Neilson, a strong driving force behind the United Irishmen society. The exhibition is on display at the ...

History talk on 1798 conflict

... cause with the mainly Roman Catholic. United Irishmen in the south, notably Wexford. On the other hand, many Presbyterians and Catholics remained loyal to the Crown, and Orange Yeomanry units fought alongside regular units of the British Army to suppress what ...

Published: Friday 12 October 2001
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

CHAPTER

... use through the raising of a company, known as the Mourne Infantry, to try and prevent disturbances associated with the United Irishmen. Once again in this entry we have the sense of old adversaries meeting again; Chesney was challenging men who were greatly ...

Published: Thursday 08 May 2003
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 23 | Tags: none