The TUV vision for the NI Centenary…

As linked to in Sarah’s post, I thought Jim Allister’s proposals to mark the anniversary deserved a wider audience. From the document: Since the centenary marks not just the creation of Northern Ireland but the U.K. as presently constituted, this must be a national celebration; A visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and royal address to the Northern Ireland Assembly and large scale Garden Party; The flying of the national flag on all public buildings on each key date; …

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Remembering the Future

Belfast City Councillors Ian Adamson and Tom Hartley

The Community Relations Council and Heritage Lottery Fund today jointly staged a conference in Belfast City Hall. Over 150 delegates spent the morning listening, discussing and thinking about Remembering the Future. There are a flood of political and social history anniversaries coming up in the next ten years or so: the Plantation of Ulster; signing of the Ulster Covenant; sinking of the Titanic; World War One, including the Battle of the Somme; Easter Rising; War of Independence; partition of Ireland; …

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