The Government of Northern Ireland The National Trust and The Ulster-Scot Historical Society At a ceremony on 17th June, 1966 ... opened to the public Gray's Printing Shop Strabane ...
Category
Ephemera
Date
1966
Materials
Place of origin
Strabane
Collection
Gray's Printing Press, County Tyrone
NT 3241138
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 leaf;. 224 x 269 mm. certificate printed on white paper with 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 President 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 learned 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.' Blank on reverse.