Ƙungiyoyin Harp na Belfast

The Belfast Harp Society (1808-1813) da magajinsa, Irish Harp Society (1819-1839), ƙungiyoyi ne masu ba da agaji da aka kafa a garin Belfast, Ireland, don manufar ci gaba da kiɗa da al'adun masu balaguro na Irish, kuma na biyu, na inganta nazarin harshen Irish, tarihi, da kayan tarihi. Don tallafawa, al'umma ta asali ta jawo hankalin tsoffin sojoji na kishin kasa da sake fasalin siyasa na shekarun 1780 da 1790, daga cikinsu akwai 'yan United Irishmen da yawa da ba su tuba ba. A cikin rarrabuwar ɗarika, Belfast ta ƙara ƙin yarda da sha'awar Furotesta a cikin al'adun Irish na musamman. Kungiyar ta sake taruwa a matsayin Irish Harp Society a cikin 1819 kawai sakamakon babban biyan kuɗi da aka samu daga baƙi a Indiya. Da zarar wannan tushe ya ƙare, sabuwar al'umma ta daina aikinta.

 Ƙungiyar Harp ta Belfast 

 Masu biyan kuɗi 
An kaddamar da shi a taron da aka gudanar a ranar St. Patrick, 1808, kungiyar Belfast Harp Society wani shiri ne na membobin kungiyar don inganta ilimi (Linen Hall Library). Dokokin sun tsara su ne daga likitocin garin James MacDonnell, Samuel Bryson da Robert Tennent. Manufofin da aka ayyana sune: 

Shugaba jerin mutane 191 da ke yin alkawari don wannan dalili tsakanin Guinea daya da guineas ashirin a kowace shekara,  shine mai mallakar garin, Marquis na Donegall.  Shugaban shi ne Earl O'Neill .  Duk da haka daga cikin masu biyan kuɗi a cikin garin Presbyterian akwai da yawa waɗanda, a matsayin United Irishmen, sun kalubalanci aristocracy da Kafawar Anglican. Gilbert McIlveen ne ya jagoranci kungiyar, memba ne na kafa United Irishmen  kuma ya dogara da goyon bayan Dr. William Drennan wanda a matsayin marubucin gwajin ko alkawarin United Irish ya yi kira ga "haɗin iko tsakanin Irishmen na kowane rinjaye na addini";  'yar'uwar Drennan da amintaccen siyasa, Martha McTier; Francis, John, da Mary Ann McCracken, 'yan'uwa da' yan'uwa ga Henry Joy McCracken wanda a cikin 1798 ya jagoranci 'yan tawaye wanda ya kashe mahaifin O'Neill a jihar Antriman kuma Thomas Thomas Thomas ya rataye; wanda ya yi gudun hijira a cikin fursuna Robert McCabe yaƙi a Antrim;

Halittawar al'umma ta koma bikin farko na Harp na Belfast a watan Yulin shekara ta 1792. An shirya wannan ne don amfanin Belfast Charitable Society amma ya dace da bukukuwan Ranar Bastille ta garin. Wadannan sun cika tare da fareti da Kungiyar masu sa kai na gida, da ƙuduri, waɗanda sabbin 'yan United Irishmen suka ɗauka, don goyon bayan Katolika da Gyaran Majalisar Dokoki.

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