Monthly Archives: May 2010

Multiplescerosis and Bernagh

On Saturday 15th May, I attended a Research Day organised by Patricia Gordon of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Northern Ireland at Queen's University Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast under the guidance of Dame Ingrid Allen DBE, the … Continue reading

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The British Revolution

For many generations to come the Revolution of 1688-9 was spoken of…as ‘the Glorious Revolution’. Its glory did not consist in any deed of arms, in any signal acts of heroism on the part of Englishmen, nor in the fact … Continue reading

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Sykes and the Genes of the Cruthin

Ed: Dr Ian Adamson wrote of the application of the techniques of modern DNA analysis to the question of the population group called the Cruthin in Genes of the Cruthin, by Cllr Dr Ian Adamson (Friday, May 7. 2010). Dr … Continue reading

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The British Realm

One major sphere of interest and concern that has always attracted serious attention in the Irish Nationalist/Republican sector is that of culture and heritage. This is indeed a sphere in which the minority population of Northern Ireland has been, already, … Continue reading

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Suzanne Wylie

Health and Environmental Services Committee Belfast City Council Monday 10th May, 2010 Chairman Councillor Pat McCarthy; Deputy Chairman Councillor Ian Adamson  Directorate Appointments to the Posts of Director of Health and Environmental Services and Head of Environmental Health (Mrs. J. … Continue reading

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Genes of the Cruthin

I don't know if you are familiar with the latest developments in population genetics/genetic genealogy, but in recent times a researcher by the name of Professor Ken Nordtvedt has identified a haplogroup which he associates with some of the very … Continue reading

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