The ‘First Shot in Down’
On Wednesday 26th June the latest in a series of Province wide lectures on the Ulster Volunteers took place, this time in the Mourne town of …….
Month: June 2013
Blood and Thunder… agitational music?
In 1985 the current Pope, the then Cardinal Ratzinger, delivered a lecture entitled ‘Liturgy and church music’ in which he described agitational music as a type …….
The women of the UVF
The period of the third Home Rule bill was a turbulent one throughout the United Kingdom. It is somewhat ironic however that in Ireland during 1914 …….
Dungannon Volunteers reincarnated
In 1782 Dungannon hosted what became known as the Dungannon Convention, where delegates from 147 corps of Volunteers across Ulster met to oppose English intervention in …….
The Dublin ‘UVF’
The story of militant anti- Home Rule Irish Unionism in Munster, Leinster and Connacht during the Home Rule Crisis has largely been one that has remained …….
A Force for Ulster
Since the very first home Rule Bill of 1886 Unionism had been drilling and arming itself, indeed several County Armagh Unionists were unsuccessfully prosecuted for the …….
Monaghan Unionists, a people betrayed
The period of the Home Rule Crisis, contrary to the belief of many, is not a clear cut black and white tale. During those turbulent years …….
Lisburn’s fight against Home Rule
Another well turned out event looking at the Ulster Volunteers took place on 11th April 2013, this time at the Laganview Centre Lisburn. Over 60 people …….
The Lurgan Ulster Volunteers
Recently i gave two presentations in Lurgan on the Ulster Volunteer Force. The first was for Lurgan District LOL in Brownlow House (30th May 2013) and …….
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Quincey Dougan is a historian, weekly columnist with the Belfast Newsletter and promotional activist for the Ulster Band movement. He regularly gives presentations on topics within …….