Monthly Archives: October 2010

Continued from Part 4:   In 1992, therefore, the year of Fréchet’s death, I published the three-volume Folk Poets of Ulster Series, including the “Country Rhymes” of James Orr, Samuel Thompson and Hugh Porter, thus initiating the modern Ulster-Scots Language … Continue reading →

Continued from Part 3:   Throughout the eighties, Professor Fréchet continued to follow with great interest my involvement specifically in the creation of several community organisations to promote my ideals of mutual respect, common identity, co-operation and self-help. These included … Continue reading →

Continued from Part 2: I was greatly honoured that Professor Fréchet should take an interest in my work. Commenting on my Identity of Ulster, published under my own imprint, Pretani Press in 1982. he was to write: “What an interesting, … Continue reading →

Continued from Part 1: In a letter to me dated 5th June, 1975, from what was then the U.E.R. des Pays Anglophones of the Université de Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, Professor René Fréchet thanked me for my book, The Cruthin, which … Continue reading →

On 5th October, 2010 I attended the 8th annual Open Days of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels as Chairman of the Health and Environmental Services Committee of Belfast City Council. I was accompanied by the Deputy … Continue reading →

  Around 45,000 noisy neighbour complaints have been dealt with by Belfast City Council since the establishment of its night time noise service 10 years ago, new figures have revealed.   The service was launched in August 2000 in response … Continue reading →

Northern Ireland’s most successful racing driver, Conlig-born Eddie Irvine came within a whisker of becoming the 1999 Formula 1 Champion. This week he was the Guest Speaker at the Ulster Reform Club, today the most prestigious business, social and dining … Continue reading →