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In Lisburn, events begin early with a D-Day proclamation read by a town crier from the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum at 08:00.

The moon hangs low in the red sky of “Flickering Margin of Horizon,” whose painterly gestures are deepened by the conspicuous weave of Irish linen.

As part of the commemoration event, an Ulster Aviation Society Westland Scout Helicopter and old military vehicles are on display outside the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum.

Though my aunt had no indoor toilet facilities, she did own a telly, so no moon kit for me; she was more interested, anyway, in the Irish linen tea towel commemorating the lunar landing, made by the Ulster Weaving Company.

The skills involved in hand-stitching the embroidery that uses Irish linen and French thread have been passed down from generation to generation for some 600 years.