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The Ulster History Circle is a heritage organisation that administers Blue Plaques for the area that encompasses the province of Ulster on the island of Ireland. It is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation, placing commemorative plaques in public places in honour of people and locations that have contributed to all genres of history within ...
In Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council and the Ulster History Circle are among a small number of groups administering blue plaques. [84] Established in 1983, the Ulster History Circle has erected around 260. [85] [86] Its scope extends into the Republic of Ireland, covering all nine counties of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. [87]
Edvard Benes blue plaque, 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred ...
On 18 November 2006, the Ulster History Circle unveiled a blue plaque [2] in his honour at his former home, Merville House, in Merville Garden Village, where he died on 27 June 1887. [ 3 ] Arms
On 14 May 2014, the Ulster History Circle unveiled a blue plaque to Mac Cumhaigh at the entrance to Creggan Church (using the name Art McCooey). [19] Mac Cumhaigh also gives his name to Art McCooey Park in Glassdrummond.
In October 2021, a blue plaque commemorating Craig was erected by the Ulster History Circle in Gleno. [8] It was unveiled by her great, great nephew Gordon McDowell. [ 20 ] It reads: Martha Craig 1866–1950, Enookwashwooshah ‘Brave Woman', Writer, Lecturer, Explorer, Born at Carneal, Gleno, Explored Labrador, Canada 1905 .
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In 2005 the Ulster History Circle unveiled a commemorative blue plaque at Middleton's former home on Victoria Road in Bangor. [34] In the 1970s the Arts Council of Northern Ireland commissioned a documentary film portrait of Middleton entitled Trace of a Thorn, which was written and narrated by the Belfast poet Michael Longley. [35]