
MAYOR of Armagh City and District, Councillor Freda Donnelly welcomed The Duchess of Cornwall to the Palace Demesne Big Jubilee Lunch 27th April 2012, one of the first events to celebrate Armagh's Lord Mayoralty status as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours. The Duchess of Cornwall is Patron of The Big Jubilee Lunch, part of the annual Big Lunch campaign encouraging neighbours to get together to improve community spirit through food, friendship and fun. She recently attended a Big Jubilee Lunch in Armagh City. Mayor Freda Donnelly said: "Armagh City and District will now be only the fourth city in Ireland, after Belfast, Dublin and Cork to have a lord mayor and we are delighted to host a Big Jubilee Lunch to celebrate with our local 'Saints and Scholars' including volunteers, fundraisers and charity workers, school children, lifelong learners and representatives of organisations honoured with Freedom of the City. "It is appropriate at this time of Apple Blossom, one of the key events in our annual programme, to showcase the beautiful apple blossom and Armagh Bramley Apple, which recently received the international "Protected Food Name" status as the central theme of our Big Jubilee Lunch." Archbishop Robinson, re-enacted by Ralph Adams, one of the council's Living History Characters greeted The Duchess of Cornwall and explained his vision for Armagh in the 18th Century as a city to rival Dublin both architecturally and as a seat of learning. The Duchess of <b>...</b>
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