Can you give me a bio on the guy receiving the honours?? Jim McKane *NEW ADDRESS as of 8 Oct 2019* 29 Woodfield Street, Kitchener N2P 2S8 Telephone 226-666-0500 NOTE - not sold yet, just moving!!
On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 3:24 PM Tom Chambers via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > This is second hand information so I hope everything here is correct. But > I thought it was important to note that someone from Tyrone Country was > being formally recognized for his accomplishments. > > > > Tentative date for the ceremony at the Community Center in Newtownstewart > is Sat 9th of November. > > > > An explanation of the Blue Plaque administration for those of us that are > new to this. (from Wikipedia) > > > > The *Ulster History Circle* is a heritage organisation that administers Blue > Plaques <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Plaque> for the area that > encompasses the province > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland> of Ulster > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster> on the island of Ireland > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland>. It is a voluntary, > not-for-profit organisation, placing commemorative plaques in public places > in honour of people and locations that have contributed to all genres of > history within the boundary of the Irish province of Ulster, or > contemporary country of Northern Ireland > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland>. Founded in the early > 1980s, the group receives no government funding, unlike many similar > organisations in the United Kingdom. > > > > There have been over 150 recipients of the Blue Plaques in Ulster > including: > > Samuel Beckett (playwright) > > John Boyd Dunlop (tyre inventor) > > C. S. Lewis (author) > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > Change Your Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY >
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