Commemorative leaflet
Gray's Printing Press
Category
Ephemera
Date
17 Jun 1966
Materials
Paper
Measurements
203 mm (H); 251 mm (W)
Place of origin
Strabane
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Gray's Printing Press, County Tyrone
NT 154468
Summary
A commemorative leaflet printed on cream paper with the text in black ink. The wording reads 'The Government of Northern Ireland, The National Trust and the Ulster-Scot Historical Society. At a ceremony on 17th June 1966, the Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre, D.D. Dean of Washington Cathedral and grandson of Woodrow Wilson opened to the public Gray's Printing Shop, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, where John Dunlap, printer of the Declaration of Independence and James Wilson, grandfather of President Wilson are said to have learnt their trades. Dean Sayre also declared open the farmhouse at Dergalt, Strabane, associated with the ancestors of President Wilson. The ceremony was presided over by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Captain The Rt. Hon. Terence O'Neill D.L., M.P. and amongst those present were members of the Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America. This commemorative leaflet was printed and published at Gray's Printing Shop 17th June 1966.'
Makers and roles
Gray's Printing Press, printer