Posters for cross-community activities at Newry
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Posters for cross-community activities at Newry
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 31 Dec 2010
The Feis, though basically a Nationalist event nevertheless attracts participants of both sides of the cultural divide. The Hunter Moore Memorial Flute Band is an Orange Marching Band while St Cathrine's Concert Band is Catholic. The lower ad. is for an exhibition to do with the love affair of John Mitchel and Jenny Verner, later his wife. Jenny came from a strongly Unionist background. John although Protestant, became a leader of the nationalist Young Ireland Movement. The choice of venue for the exhibition - the Riverside Reform Presbyterian Church - a strict Calvinist church tracing its roots back to the 17thC Covenanters - is interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdtPdHanKSE&feature=related http://www.irishfreedom.net/Fenian%20graves/Jenny%20Mitchel/Jenny%20Mitchel.htm
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