Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, one of the main planners of the Plantation. A colonization of Ulster had been proposed since the end of the Nine Years' War.The original proposals were smaller, involving planting settlers around key military posts and on church land, and would have included large land grants to native Irish lords who sided with the English during the war, such as ...
The Twelfth (also called Orangemens' Day) [1] is a primarily Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century in Ulster.It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which ensured a Whig political party and Anglican Ascendancy in Ireland and the passing ...
Éamon Phoenix. Éamon Gerard Phoenix (17 May 1953 – 13 November 2022) [1][2] was one of Northern Ireland’s leading social and political historians specialising in the history of the North-East part of the island. He was a regular broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland [3] and a prolific contributor to Irish News. [4]
The Ulster History Circle, which was behind the commemoration, place blue plaques across Ulster, to celebrate the achievements of those men and women who have contributed significantly to history ...
An History of the Life of James Duke of Ormonde from His Birth 1610 to His Death 1688 Etc, Volume I. J.J Knapton. Clarke, Aidan (2009). Moody, TW; Martin, FX; Byrne, FJ (eds.). Plantation and the Catholic Question 1603–1623 in A New History of Ireland, Volume 3: Early Modern Ireland 1534–1691. OUP. ISBN 978-0199562527. Corish, Patrick J ...
The Ulster Covenant was used as a template for the "Natal Covenant", signed in 1955 by 33,000 British-descended Natalians against the nationalist South African government's intention of declaring the Union a republic. It was signed in Durban 's City Hall – itself loosely based on Belfast's, so that the Ulster scene was almost exactly reproduced.
Ulster History Circle. 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 ...
The Ulster Museum was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in 1833. It has included an art gallery since 1890. Originally called the Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, [ 3 ] in 1929, it moved to its present location in Stranmillis. The new building was designed by James Cumming Wynne.