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    Belfast Harp Society (1808–1813) and its successor, the Irish Harp Society (1819–1839), were philanthropic associations formed in the town of Belfast...
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    The Belfast Harp Festival, called by contemporary writers The Belfast Harpers Assembly, 11–14 July 1792, was a three-day musical and patriotic event organised...
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    nineteenth century with the formation of the Belfast Harp Society in 1808 and the Ulster Gaelic Society in 1830, and later in the scholarly works of Robert...
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    Edward Bunting (1773–1843), Irish folklorist, organiser of the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival Henry Cooke (1788–1868), Presbyterian Moderator, evangelist...
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    University of Belfast use the harp as part of their identity. In sport, the harp is used in the emblems of the League of Ireland football team Finn Harps F.C....
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  • Harp Lager is an Irish lager created in 1960. It is produced by the Guinness Brewery, an Irish brewing company owned by Diageo, Formerly produced at the...
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  • Bunting, and the Belfast Harp Society's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to preserve the instrument, attending the Belfast Harper's Assembly and serving...
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  • In 1792, founding Belfast Reading Society members Henry Joy McCracken and Dr. James McDonnel called on the Harpers Assembly in Belfast to revive the Ancient...
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    progressively conceived Belfast Academical Institution. In 1808, he had headed the list of subscribers for the Belfast Harp Society, dedicated to "preserving...
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    The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as cláirseach in Irish, clàrsach in Scottish...
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