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Change of Location Northern District Practice – 5th September 2026

There has been a change in location for the district practice on 5th September. St Patricks Coleraine is unavailable due to ongoing maintenance. The practice will now be held in Drumbo.

District Practices 

• Eastern District – St. Audoen’s, Dublin – Saturday 8th August 2026 – 14.00 – 16.00
• Northern District – St Patrick’s, Coleraine – Saturday 5th September 2026 – 14.00 – 16.30
• Eastern District – St. Saviour’s, Arklow – Saturday 12th September 2026 – 14.00 – 16.00
• Northern District -Iveagh Cup and Young Persons Practice – St Comgall Bangor – Saturday 26th September 2026 – 14.00 – 16.30
• Northern District – St Bronag, Rostrevor – Saturday 3rd October 2026 – 14.00 – 16.30

Advance Notice – Northern District 

The rearranged Patterson Cup Competition will be held in St Donard’s, Belfast on Monday 12th October 2026 starting at 7pm sharp. 

The Adamson Cup will be held in St Marks on Saturday 7th November 2026 starting at 2pm

If teams are ringing plain hunt on 7 for the Adamson cup they need to ring 15 courses of plain hunt on 7, this can be broken up into smaller number of courses with rounds interspersed. However it should be noted that all sets of rounds rang will be judged.

Please find attached the Patterson Cup and Adamson Cup competition rules as discussed at the management committee meeting 26/7/2026 and as previously agreed at the AGM on 11/4/2026.

Continuing the task of adding obituaries for bell ringers of past generations, obituaries for Fred Dukes and Fred Bogan have been added to the section … find them here at  https://bellringingireland.org/history-archive/obituaries/