Nelson's View

Nelson McCausland MLA (Democratic Unionist Party - Constituency: North Belfast). A personal blog in which I comment on a wide variety of issues, political, cultural, social, historical and religious. If something takes my attention, then I may well comment on it.

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Ulster-Scots Community Network

Tonight the Ulster-Scots Community Network launched a series of new booklets on Ulster and Tennessee, the Plantation in Donegal, W F Marshal...

Ulster-Scots research in 1959

I came across the following article in the Belfast Telegraph (21 May 1959). It is about academic research on the speech of the Ulster-Scot...

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Broadisland Gathering

The 18th annual Broadisland Gatherign in Ballycarry takes place from Thursday 2 September to Saturday 4 September with the main day being th...

Greater Ardoyne

As the days go by Greater Ardoyne seems to be expanding. We are often told that it is residents who protest against Loyal Oder parades and ...

Monday, 23 August 2010

Irish Football Association

There have been further developments today at the Irish Football Association, with newspaper and radio reports of four resignations from the...

Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's

My second appointment today was the launch for the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's. This was held at Queen's Film Theatre...

Shankill tourism office

There was an official opening today for the new Shankill Tourism Information Office in the Spectrum Centre. The opening was chaired by the ...

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