Edward Bunting was an Armagh-born organist‚ who was commissioned to transcribe all the dance tunes played at the Belfast Harp Festival over the period of the four day event. It is mainly due to his efforts that we still have this ancient music in Ireland at this time. The repertoire consisted mainly of parlour songs and drawing room music. The demise of the Irish Harping Tradition remained‚ until the mid 1950s. This is when the harp received a revival of sorts‚ meaning that this tradition has steadily
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battles: a military history of Ireland‚ Hayes-McCoy‚ G.A‚ 214-237. Belfast: Appletree press‚ 1990. Kinross‚ John. The Boyne and Aughrim‚ The war of the two Kings. Oxford: Windrush Press‚ 1997. Lenihan‚ Padraig. 1690: Battle of the Boyne. Madison: University of Wisconsin‚ 2003. Murtagh‚ Harman. “The War in Ireland 1689-91.” In Kings in conflict: the revolutionary war in Ireland and its aftermath‚ 1689-1750‚ edited by W.A Maguire‚ 61-91. Belfast: Blackstaff press‚ 1990. Simms‚ John Gerard. The Williamite
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which began the first‚ short and begging for more detail‚ but captivating none-the-less. Her family is now travelling through Europe‚ making their way from Dublin to London‚ Scotland and then back to Belfast‚ soaking in all the culture and history as they can. It does not take long to see that Belfast is the main focus‚ as it was said that “within ten minutes” of being checked into their hotel they had their tour guide ready to go‚ the description of whom makes me chuckle‚ as he is the spit of almost
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INTRODUCTION Derek Mahon belongs to the same generation of Northern Ireland poets as Seamus Heaney. But‚ whereas many of Heaney’s poems are rooted firmly in the rural landscape of Ulster where he grew up‚ Mahon’s poems reflect his childhood spent in Belfast. His familiar places were the streets of the city‚ the Harland and Wolff shipyard where his g-andfather and father worked‚ and the flax-spinning factory where his mother worked. Later on‚ Mahon would come to study at Trinity College Dublin and from
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Robert Wilson lynd [pic] Born in Belfast and educated at R.B.A.I. and the then Queen ’s College‚ where he studied classics. He worked briefly for The Northern Whig before moving to Manchester and then to London as a free-lance journalist. In the capital he shared a flat with the artist Paul Henry (q.v.)‚ with whom he had graduated. Lynd became a staff writer for the Daily News (later the News Chronicle) and from 1912 to 1947 was its literary editor. He also wrote for the Nation‚
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LIES OF SILENCE The Story Michael Dillon is the Manager of a Hotel in Belfast. He isn’t really content with his life‚ he doesn’t really like his job and there are also some problems with his wife Moira. Therefore he has an affair with a younger woman called Andrea who works for the BBC. They often meet secretly. One day she tells him that she has plans to go to London because of a new job‚ and Michael decides to go with her. When he drives home from their meeting she thinks about his wife and that
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Why is health so difficult to define? - determining whether or not someone is healthy is not an easy matter. Health is personal‚ social and emotional. It touches everyone in an important way. For most people health becomes a topic of interest only in its absence. This is the negative definition of health. The positive definition is much different. It is viewed as a capacity‚ and optimistic view‚ where health is as state of well-being. The World Health Organization (W.H.O) shares this definition
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the Twinbrook housing estate in west Belfast‚ and had to leave Rathcoole due to loyalist intimidation. He married Geraldine Noade. His son‚ Gerard‚ was born 8 May 1973. Noade soon left to live in England with their son. Sands’ sister Bernadette Sands McKevitt is also a prominent Irish Republican. Along with her husband Michael McKevitt she helped to form the 32 County Sovereignty Movementand is accused of involvement with the Real Irish Republican Army. Sands McKevitt is opposed to the Belfast Agreement‚ stating
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What is Legislation? A set of rules and regulations with which a business has to comply. Main reasons for legislation are to: Regulate the rights and duties of people carrying out business in order to ensure fairness Protect people dealing with business from harm caused by defective services Ensure the treatment of employees is fair and un- discriminatory Protect investors‚ creditors and consumers Regulate dealings between business and its suppliers It is important to recognise the main legislations
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