Monthly Archives: September 2012

Ryder Cup 2012: Rory McIlroy celebrates triumph after late arrival   World number one Rory McIlroy is delighted after Europe stage a record comeback to beat the United States in the Ryder Cup. McIlroy defeated Bradley Keegan 2&1 to help … Continue reading →

Tonight we attended the 50th Birthday Party of our great friends Keith Mallin and his  wife Sue.. As well as being stunningly beautiful and a vivacious mother of three, Sue is a wonderful cook and we were treated to vol-au-vents to … Continue reading →

    Hundreds of thousands of people took part in commemorations in Belfast to mark one of the most significant dates in unionist history.    There was a tribute to the Old UVF at the City Hall in the morning,witnessed by … Continue reading →

      The Ulster Covenant was signed by just under half a million men and women from Ulster, on and before 28 September 1912, Ulster Day, in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill, introduced by the Government in that … Continue reading →

  The island of Ireland was on the cusp of Home Rule towards the end of the Edwardian period. Only the determined opposition of Ulster unionists and their allies in Great Britain prevented this from occurring. Loyalists exhibited genuine feelings … Continue reading →

Sarah Sundquist writes:  Dear Dr. Adamson, I am a member of Haplotype I2b1a1 (well, more correctly, my mother’s line of Quinns is).  I am an amateur genealogist, but professional scientist (neuroscience).  I am also a member of the I-M223 YDNA … Continue reading →

                                                         Anne Morrison-Smith Tonight, as Patron of the Ullans Centre, Ballymoney and President of the Ullans Academy I spoke on  the Ulster Scots origins of the Dervock-born long distance runner, Kennedy Kane Mc Arthur,  who won Olympic gold … Continue reading →

The Institute for British-Irish Studies (IBIS) and the Irish Association for Cultural, Economic and Social Relations invited me to attend THE ULSTER COVENANT AND CONTEMPORARY IRELAND on Saturday, 22nd September 2012 at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast: 10:00am – 3:30pm  Panel Speakers: Prof John … Continue reading →

Van Morrison’s career spans five decades More pictures He is arguably our greatest musical superstar with a career spanning five decades and acclaimed as a major influence by many of the world’s leading pop performers. Van Morrison, universally known as … Continue reading →

Tonight, at the invitation of Tim Campbell of the St Patrick’s Centre , Downpatrick, I had dinner with Colm Wilkinson and his wife. They had expressed a wish to meet me, and it was certainly a pleasure to do so.  … Continue reading →