Author Archives: Ian Adamson

 First of all, can I thank all of you for coming along to this event today; On behalf of Belfast City Council I would like to welcome you to City Hall.  As you know City Hall has recently reopened after … Continue reading →

Grand Unionist Centenary Committee 25th February 2010 Dr Ian Adamson OBE (Chair)  Representatives in attendance:  Jim Brownlee ABOD, Christopher Stalford DUP, Dawson Baillie GOLI, Stephen Gough (Secretary) 36thUlster Division Memorial Association, David Campbell UUP,David Hagan 36thUlster Division Bands Association.             Guest – Nelson McCausland, Minister for Culture, … Continue reading →

16th February, 2010 Nelson McCausland M.L.A. Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure Causeway Exchange Belfast  Dear Nelson,  The Grand Unionist Centenary Committee is due to meet in the High Sheriff’s Office at 7.15 p.m.on Thursday, 25th February.  I know it … Continue reading →

As Vice Chair of the Health and Environmental Services committee of Belfast City Council, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for coming to the launch of the Brush with the Past, Cleansing Services exhibition.  As … Continue reading →

Grand Unionist Centenary Committee 28th November 2009 Chair Dr Ian Adamson OBE Representatives in attendance from; Jim Brownlee ABOD Christopher Stalford DUP Keith Harbinson TUV Brian Lacey PUP Dawson Baillie GOLI Stephen Gough (Secretary) 36th Ulster Division Memorial Association Apologies … Continue reading →

Tonight was the inaugural meeting of the Grand Unionist Centenary Committee and , as Chairman, Personal Advisor on History and Culture to Rev Doctor Ian Paisley and Honorary Historian of the Ulster Unionist Party, I drew up the following Historical Synopsis and … Continue reading →

 In June of the year 1895, the last government in the whole western world to possess all the attributes of aristocracy took office in England. The United Kingdom was at the zenith of empire when the Conservatives won the general … Continue reading →

In late 1688 the regiment of Lord Mountjoy, which was one of the few essentially Protestant ones left, was ordered to leave Londonderry, which was to be garrisoned by the Catholic MacDonnells under Lord Antrim. Fearing a repetition of the … Continue reading →

I’m now reading Harold Nicolson Diaries and Letters 1930-1964, edited and condensed by Stanley Olson, Collins, London 1980, being a single volume condensed version of three volumes published in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Nicolson is rated among the greatest political … Continue reading →