Daily Archives: September 5, 2011

The Agreement (Extracts)

Photo Gallery In these pages are some images from our activities. Click on thumbnails for photos. Working in Leuven April/May 2012 Visit to Leuven October 2011 Images of Armagh

Leuven volunteers visit Northern Ireland September 2012 Select from following list Visit Programme Reflections on the Visit Jules Audiens Claire Dejaeger Kristiaan Magnus Martin Van Boom Rudi Thomassen Presentations Jules Audiens Kristiaan Magnus Rudi Thomassen Itinera Nova: Claire Dejaeger & Martin Van Boom Publicity Carrick Advertiser

FULS volunteers visit to Leuven April-May 2012 Select from following list Visit Programme Visits to European Parliament Antwerp St Peter’s Church & the Town Hall Park Abbey at Haverlee Reflections on the Visit Joe Canning Bridgeen Rutherford Eddie O’Kane Ron Bishop Presentations Ron Bishop Joe Canning Eddie O’Kane Bridgeen Rutherford Photographs of the Event

Objectives To strengthen the historical and cultural bonds between the O Fiaich Library and Archive in Armagh, the City of Leuven Archives and the Irish College in Leuven To strengthen the links between The Federation for Ulster Local Studies and the City of Leuven Archives To engender a greater awareness of the Cultural links between…

FLAX TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN WEST FLANDERS AND NORTHERN IRELAND By Claire Dejaeger Introduction The Grundtvig Exchange Program and ALL As a participant in the EU Grundtvig exchange program, Armagh-Leuven Links (September 2012) I spent three weeks in Northern Ireland and subsequently did some research on the flax trade relations between West-Flanders and Northern Ireland. (1)…

IRISH FOOTPRINTS IN BELGIUM By Joseph Canning Amay This is a small town on the left bank of the River Meuse in the province of Liege. Its outstanding building is the church of St. George and St. Ode. There is a pilgrimage here each year on 1st May in honour of St. Brigid. It is…

The Ireland – Leuven Link The Plantations 15th to 17th Century The history of early modern Ireland is characterised by political and bitter religious conflict. For some time the English kings called themselves ‘Lords of Ireland’. Henry VIII (1491-1547) took the title of ‘King of Ireland’ in 1541. Few of the Irish wanted to follow him when…

Introduction Armagh-Leuven Links is a Gruntvig Senior Volunteering project that supports volunteering projects between organisations located in two different countries. It enables senior volunteers (aged 50 and above) to work for an organisation in another European country for any kind of non-profit activity on any topic e.g. history, language, arts and culture etc. By so doing…