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Author Archives: Ian Adamson
Ulster-Scots(Scotch-Irish) Journey:1
On Thursday,16th July, at 12.45 hrs, I left Dublin, Ireland on Flight EI 105, for New York JFK, and then on to Seattle, USA on Flight UA 37, arriving at 11.35 hrs the following day. I was picked up by my nephew … Continue reading
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Tonight I attended a Commemorative Dinner in honour of the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme 1st July,1916-18th November,1916 at The Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, Canada. Programme Order of Remarks Mr Thomas H. Savage,CBE … Continue reading
The Cavalier Duke: JC Beckett
Today I published The Cavalier Duke by Professor J.C. Beckett. James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, was a prominent member of an ancient, and illustrious Anglo-Irish family, to whose annals, he contributed some of their brightest pages. Greatest of all … Continue reading
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Dr Ian Paisley’s First Visit to the Ulster Tower,Thiepval.
Today, Friday 12th September,1986, I brought Dr Ian Paisley, MP, MEP,accompanied by Nigel Dodds, Fred Proctor and Jackie Hewitt to the Somme Battlefield, where they visited the Ulster Tower at Thiepval, the trench system at the Memorial Park Beaumont-Hamel and the … Continue reading
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John Hewitt- Freeman of Belfast
John Harold Hewitt (28 October 1907-22 June 1987), who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was the most significant Irish poet to emerge before the 1960s generation of poets which included Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Michael Longley. He was appointed … Continue reading
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Cultural divisions in Northern Ireland – Myth or Reality
“Cultural divisions in Northern Ireland – Myth or Reality” are notes for a Radio Interview I gave in Paris at 10.30 am on Friday 29th April 1983. It also formed the basis of a talk given there to 23 Young … Continue reading
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