It is celebrated in October or November. As the funeral takes place later today of May Keenan of Innisrush, I ... To the right, Robert who was killed on the H.M.S Hood on the 24 May 1941 during the battle of the Denmark Strait in the North Atlantic. On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,219 people living in Portglenone.
Indian Army: Captain R.F. It forms the start of a year of events to mark the centenary of the Somme. Make it a Date and come join us.
Armstrong, Clonavon (Killed in action October 29, 1914), Recruitment : Scottish Band in Harryville, Ballymena, Trpr. Remembering the Past – Looking to the Future.
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. On February 3, 1916 a British Military Service Act did come into force. The Parade will form up on the Townhill Road and we would inbite all Orange brethern from both Institutions to join … These display the name and number of the lodge on one side. T. McCormick, Ballymena, HMS Cochrane, Chief Petty Officer D. McCurdy, Bridge Street, HMS Conqueror. Dill, D.S.O, late of First Presbyterian Church Manse, killed in action om April 11, 1915. Finally as part of Williamite campaign of 1688-89 the Battle of Portglenone was fought over two days on the spot where we hold our service today.
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Portglenone (from Irish: Port Chluain Eoghain, meaning "landing place of Eoghan's meadow")[2] is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. L/Cpl. If you find a mistake, please let us know.
L/Cpl. On April 16, 1918 the House of Commons passed the Military Service Act and extended conscription to Ireland. Geared up in a black suit and bowler hat for a march to remember the Battle of the Boyne.
An Irish Anti-Conscription Committee was convened to devise plans to resist conscription.
The shift in the date is due to the changeover from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
The first is the Battle of the Somme 1916, as it fell on the first of July and next year will be the Centenary.
This type of collarette is made from a long thin piece of cloth, which is draped around the neck of the wearer and joined to form a “V” shape at the front.
The participants also wear collarettes. This gave the Battle of the Boyne an important symbolic role in Irish politics and life.
Trpr. Gradually, men were sent in groups for familiarisation with trench warfare conditions, and were attached to the regular army 4th Division for the purpose in the (at this time) quiet are north of the River Ancre near Albert.
More. Many of the Ballymena recruits came from Harryville and the street names on this sketch will appear many times in the context of recruitment, death and injury. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Laurence O’Neill, summoned a representative gathering of nationalist opinion and organised labour to the Mansion House, April 16, 1918. The annual event will hold particular significance in these years as local lodges mark the Centenary of the Great War, with a range of events. It had a population of 1,174 people in the 2011 Census. These streets around were filled with crowded '2 Up, 2 Down' terraced houses, the sort of late Victorian homes that could be seen in any industrial town at the start of the 20th century. with population between 1,000 and 2,250). The Service will be held at Partglenone Marina, Gortgole Road, Portglenone at 3.30pm. A.S. Bell, Welllington Street, Territorials. Gradually, men were sent in groups for familiarisation with trench warfare conditions, and were attached to the regular army 4th Division for the purpose in the (at this time) quiet are north of the River Ancre near Albert.
Yom Kippur is arguably the holiest of the Jewish holidays. On 21 October the Division was moved away from the fighting area towards Abbeville, where it spent most of the winter of 1915-16 continuing training. Capt. The Gig 'n the Bann is a local cross-community music and dance festival in Portglenone. Ballyconnelly, Cullybackey, William Devlin, Royal Field Artillery, Casement Street. That morning, the Council's Chairman laid a wreath at the gates in memory of the Ulster Division's dead.
Later in the year another Act of Parliament made all males between the ages of eighteen to forty-one liable to be conscripted.