Short piece authored by Quincey Dougan back in 2013 looking at the Origins of Ulsters Marching Bands
The swift formation of Northern Ireland was made possible by an English civil servant
Ernest Clark played a key role in NI’s launch in 1921 By Gordon Lucy Although the Government of Ireland Bill became…
Northern Ireland: A country that was not expected to survive but is still here after 100 years
King George opened the parliament of Northern Ireland on this day in 1921. Gordon Lucy recounts the history of NI since then
Bonar Law, Ulster-Scots PM with a career rich in ironies
While Ulster-Scots lay claim to between 17 and 23 presidents of the United States, to date there has only been one Ulster-Scots prime minister of the United Kingdom: Andrew Bonar Law.
The Twelfth of July at Altnaveigh
Joseph Fowler of Brackagh LOL 18, Portadown wrote a poem accounting his memory of the 12th July 1923 when an Orange Demonstration was held at Altnaveigh in memory of those who were massacred on the 17th June the previous year.
Remembering Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister, who served until his death
Short biography of Hugh Pollock, Northern Ireland’s first-ever finance minister.
The minister’s son who was last Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Short biography of Sir John Ross, the last Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.
The Comber Letter
On it’s own, the Comber Letter could have been taken as a hoax. But when considered in the context of…
Protestant Fears in 1688
Following the death of his brother Charles II, James II became King of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1685. James…
The Battle of Newtownbutler 1689
The Battle of Newtownbutler is one of the forgotten fights of the Irish Jacobite Wars.
Fought before either the Boyne or Aughrim, Newtownbutler was relevant, not because of its size, but because it represented a turning point in the war.
For the Fallen
by Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her…
I have a rendezvous with Death
By Alan Seeger I have a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shadeAnd apple-blossoms fill…