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Norman People? Calls for projects as Ireland to mark millennium since birth of William the Conquerer

ORGANISATIONS CAN NOW submit projects to be included in a cross-country celebration of a millennium since the birth of William the Conquerer. The year-long commemoration will take place in 2027 and ...
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'Look, 40% of the southeast have Norman names': Browne defends William the Conqueror millennium

HERITAGE MINISTER JAMES Browne has said the year-long commemoration of the Normans is “not celebrating anybody” amid claims the event is ‘offensive’. A plan to commemorate the first Norman king of ...
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Series of events to mark landing of the Normans

The arrival of the Normans in Bannow 850 years ago is being commemorated with a series of events, beginning with a weekend of activities in Carrig on Bannow on the May Bank Holiday Weekend. Speaking ...