Daily Archives: January 1, 2011

The High Sheriff

On this First day of January Two Thousand and Eleven, Owen Patterson, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State wrote to me, “Whereas I have been pleased to nominate you for and to be Sheriff of the County Borough … Continue reading

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The Ulster Volunteers

When France and Spain supported America in its fight for independence, and their ships were seen off the coast of Ireland, civic leaders in Belfast responded by forming an Ulster Volunteer Company in May 1778 for defence against invasion. Towns … Continue reading

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