Template:Did you know nominations/Fernhill House
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 18:06, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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Fernhill House
- ... that Fernhill House has been home to a butter merchant, an Ulster Volunteer Force armoury, a Grand National-winning racehorse and the world's largest collection of Orange Order memorabilia? "built in 1864 by butter merchant John Smith ... Cunningham also kept racehorses at the stableyard including Tipperary Tim, winner of the 1928 Aintree Grand National at odds of 100/1" from: "Nooks and Corners". Private Eye. No. 1556. 17 September 2021. p. 23.; "Arms and ammunition belonging to the UVF were stored in the stableyard of Fernhill House during the Home Rule crisis" from: Stewart, Linda (26 March 2016). "Mansion where the UVF hid its guns during Home Rule crisis is given listed status". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2021. and "at Fernhill is the People's Museum which ... has the largest collection of Orange memorabilia in the world" from: Neylon, Tina (2007). Ireland Pocket Adventures. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 454. ISBN 978-1-58843-583-5.
- ALT1:... that Fernhill House in Belfast, with close links to unionist Samuel Cunningham, was chosen by the Combined Loyalist Military Command as the location for the announcement of their 1994 ceasefire? "Cunnigham was also a leading member of the Ulster Unionist Council" from "Nooks and Corners". Private Eye. No. 1556. 17 September 2021. p. 23. and "on October 13, 1994 members of an umbrella organization called the Combined Loyalist Military Command called a press congerence in Belfast's Fernhill House ... Gusty Spence read the announcement of a Loyalist ceasefire" from: Golway, Terry (22 May 2012). For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes. Simon and Schuster. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-4516-9996-8.
- Reviewed: First of two credits from: Template:Did you know nominations/Spatangus purpureus
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:06, 28 September 2021 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:39, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
