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Foyle & District Amateur Radio Club with participation from West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club will be operating a special event Amateur Radio station with the callsign GB1AFP for International Museums Weekend from the Ulster American Folk Park, on Saturday the 20th & Sunday the 21st June.
The Ulster American Folk Park is an open-air museum in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The museum is dedicated to the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th centuries and provides its visitors with a living historic experience on its outdoor site. Costumed demonstrators go about their everyday tasks in the traditional manner in fully furnished Old and New World buildings.
The Ship and Dockside Gallery features a full-size reconstruction of an early 19th century sailing ship of the type which carried thousands of emigrants across the Atlantic Ocean and a major indoor exhibition, Emigrants, complements the outdoor site.
Come along and see Jim Houlihan's renowned `Fighting Irishmen' boxing exhibition.
Previously a mainstay in New York and Boston for three years, this is the first time the internationally acclaimed exhibition has gone on display outside the U.S.A.
'Fighting Irishmen' tells the story of Celtic prizefighters from 1820 right up to the present day - and contains everything from Liam Neeson's boxing gloves and Jack L Sullivan's fur coat to the mummified right arm of bare-knuckle fighter Dan Donnelly
`Fighting Irishmen' tells the story of Irish emigration through the sport of boxing. It is an eclectic collection of boxing related objects including robes, gloves, boxing bags, prints, photographs, paintings, films and other items. This exhibition offers a unique glimpse at the role prizefighting played in the history of Irish America.
In addition to names like John L. Sullivan, 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett, James 'Cinderella Man' Braddock, Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, Billy Conn and Gerry Cooney, the exhibition includes material on Muhammed Ali, who has Irish ancestry.
Posted 07 October, 2009 11:56:14 GMT | |