See what's on in Societies over the next Programme year. To add your programme, send or email a copy to the Federation.
| Month |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Society |
Location |
Event |
Speaker |
Visitor's Fee |
| February |
Tuesday |
2 |
8:30 p.m. |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Rural College |
Tales from the back-of-beyond
(a special 30th anniversary event) |
Declan Forde |
Check website for full programme |
| |
Monday |
15 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum |
Archibald Hamilton Rowan of Killyleagh Castle |
Philip Orr |
£2.00 |
| |
Tuesday |
16 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbytrian Church |
History from Headstones |
Dr William Roulston |
£2.00 |
| |
Thursday |
18 |
7:45pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
The Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Tartans |
Clifford Smith |
|
| |
Monday |
22 |
7:45 pm |
Donaghadee Historical Society |
Donaghadee Sailing Club, 20 Shore St. Donaghadee |
Napoleonic Veterans in Ireland |
Primrose and Edward Wilson |
£2.00 including tea and biscuits |
| |
Wednesday |
24 |
8:00 pm |
Carrickfergus Historical Society |
Dobbs Room, Carrickfergus Town Hall |
Early Civil Aviation in Ulster |
Guy Warner |
|
| |
Monday |
29 |
8:00 pm |
Stewartstown and District Local History Society Society |
The Crieve Centre, The Square, Stewartstown |
The development of farming in Ireland |
Jim McAdams |
Check website for full programme |
|
| March |
Tuesday |
2 |
8:30 p.m. |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Rural College |
A Ballinascreen townland study |
Bill McAfee |
Check website for full programme |
| |
Tuesday |
9 |
8:00 pm |
Carrickfergus Historical Society |
Time and location to be advised |
Inter-Society Quiz, Ballyclare |
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| |
Thursday |
11 |
7:45 pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower (corner of Belmnt Church Road and Belmont Road) |
Belfast & County Down Railway |
George Legge |
£2.00 |
| |
Monday |
15 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum |
St. Patrick's Confessio and his Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus |
Archbishop Donal Chard |
Free |
| |
Tuesday |
16 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbytrian Church |
AGM |
|
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| |
Thursday |
18 |
7:45pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
The Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Cave Hill: Sports of Easter Monday |
John Gray |
|
| |
Monday |
22 |
7:45 pm |
Donaghadee Historical Society |
Donaghadee Sailing Club, 20 Shore St. Donaghadee |
Little Houses of the Folk Museum |
Roger Dixon |
£2.00 including tea and biscuits |
| |
Monday |
29 |
8:00 pm |
Stewartstown and District Local History Society Society |
The Crieve Centre, The Square, Stewartstown |
Vernacular rural buildings |
Dawson Stelfox |
Check website for full programme |
| |
Wednesday |
31 |
8:00 pm |
Carrickfergus Historical Society |
Dobbs Room, Carrickfergus Town Hall |
Three Ulster Scots |
Billy Kennedy |
|
|
| April |
Tuesday |
6 |
8:30 p.m. |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Rural College |
Glenelly - the fortress glen |
Brendan Gormley |
Check website for full programme |
| |
Thursday |
8 |
7:45 pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower (corner of Belmnt Church Road and Belmont Road) |
Belfast Music Halls |
James McDowell |
£2.00 |
| |
Thursday |
15 |
7:45pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
The Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Galloper Thompson and his Family |
Roger Dixon |
|
| |
Monday |
19 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Rademon Non-Subscribibg Presbyterian Church, Crossgar |
The Neilsons |
Dr Roger Blaney |
£2.00 |
| |
Monday |
26 |
7:45 pm |
Donaghadee Historical Society |
Donaghadee Sailing Club, 20 Shore St. Donaghadee |
AGM |
|
|
| |
Monday |
26 |
8:00 pm |
Stewartstown and District Local History Society Society |
The Crieve Centre, The Square, Stewartstown |
Stewartstown GNR |
Damian Woods |
Check website for full programme |
| |
Wednesday |
28 |
8:00 pm |
Carrickfergus Historical Society |
Dobbs Room, Carrickfergus Town Hall |
The Delany Memorial Lecture |
Clare Granaghan |
|
|
| May |
Thursday |
13 |
7:45 pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower (corner of Belmnt Church Road and Belmont Road) |
AGM and Slideshow |
|
£2.00 |
| |
Monday |
17 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum |
Annual General Meeting |
|
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| |
Thursday |
20 |
7:45pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
The Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Holy Family Parish in the last 100 years |
Canon Brendan Murray |
|
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| June |
Monday |
21 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Portaferry |
Annual Outing |
(in conjunction with the Upper Ards Historical Society) |
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