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Partition 100 years on: The luck of Ulster s unionists

The Devil Ship Pirates

Share with: This yarn concerning the Spanish privateer ‘Diablo’ doesn’t take place in the high seas but on the Cornish coast where devilish Captain Christopher Lee fools the defenceless villagers by claiming that the English fleet has been defeated by the Spanish Armada - hence they now are obliged to grudgingly lend a helping hand in the reparation of the badly damaged ship. However… It’s 1588 and the battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada is at its fiercest. One Spanish privateer, the ‘Diablo’ – run by ruthless Captain Robeles (Christopher Lee) ends up badly damaged drifting along the Cornish coast and takes air at a tucked-away inlet - in urgent need of repair. As it so happens, a young girl named Jane (Natasha Pyne), an inhabitant of the small local village is spotted rowing along the shallow waters by Robeles and his men, among them Pepe (Hammer staple Michael Ripper looking like an Oompa Loompa with his ridiculous orange-tint facial make-up).

Partition 100 years on: Northern Ireland s path set by first election a century ago

Partition 100 years on: Northern Ireland s path set by first election a century ago In the latest of his series of articles on the centenary of partition, historian Cormac Moore looks at the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, which took place 100 years ago this week 26 May, 2021 01:00 The slogan vote early and vote often , recorded in this image from The Sphere, captured the atmosphere of the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, held 100 years ago this week. Unionists won 40 of the 52 seats and nationalists - who ran on an abstentionist ticket - 12. ONE hundred years ago this week, on May 24 1921, the first election was held for the Northern Ireland Parliament, established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.

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