Commemorations

Parliamentary Written Question of the Week…

Pete Baker on June 21, 2013, 8:40 pm

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Now that the US President is back home across the pond, it’s probably safe to note the latest candidate in an occasional series. From the House of Commons written parliamentary questions 20 June. US White House Sir Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Government plans to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the burning of the White House, Washington DC, US by the British army on 24 August 1814; and if she …

“Ministers agreed that it was appropriate and necessary for the Executive to set the tone and provide leadership”

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on March 20, 2012, 10:00 am

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The Executive has decided to take the lead role in organising events for the forthcoming Decade of Commemorations. (Thursday, 15 March 2012) The political, social and cultural consequences of what happened during the decade of 1912 -1922 reverberate throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to this day. So starts a statement from the NI Executive. A mere fortnight before the centenary of the Titanic’s sinking, you’d think that the decade of commemorations had snuck up on the NI …

GAA promises to attend all coming ‘milestones’ (even Unionist ones)…

Mick Fealty on February 24, 2012, 9:21 pm

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You do wonder sometimes whether everything in Northern Ireland’s public space (and if I may be so bold, Slugger included) is a good five years behind where ordinary people are. Sam McBride has a fascinating piece on the front page of the News Letter today… Danny Murphy, who is provisional director of the GAA in Ulster, said that his association – despite its long association with nationalism and republicanism – would attend “every event” in the next decade to remember …

Belfast City Council to invite Irish Government to Somme Commemoration

Pete Baker on January 4, 2012, 9:35 pm

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Not a bad opening gambit ahead of all those anniversaries. Belfast City Council have agreed to invite the Irish Government to participate in the Somme and Remembrance Sunday commemorations in Belfast [this year?]. But it wasn’t unanimous. From the BBC report SDLP councillor Pat McCarthy proposed the move which was discussed at a city council meeting on Wednesday evening. There was no opposition to the motion. The two main unionist parties, the DUP and the UUP, agreed with the SDLP …