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Yesterday morning the Union flag was hoisted at the Market House and at 1 o'clock a royal salute was fired by the Royal artillery in garrison, in consequence of the Legislative union between the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland taking place…It is now become an interest as well as a duty…to bury, if possible, all political differences…one people unified in interest as in dominion.’
The Belfast News Letter, 2nd January 1801. The Belfast News Letter was a very popular newspaper at the time. It was believed that people would pass it from person to person, and the articles would be read aloud in amongst groups of Irish people.
Point of significance raised
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Context Support from historians? Support from knowledge?
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