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 |
7 |
8:30pm |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Rural College, Derrynoid, Draperstown |
Made in Draperstown |
William McKeown |
Bring your friends |
| |
Tuesday |
4 |
7:30pm |
Upper Ards Historical Society |
Ballyphilip Parish Centre, Portaferry |
AGM and Titanic 100 |
Alison Murphy |
£2.00 |
| |
Wednesday |
8 |
7:30pm |
Abbey Historical Society |
The White House, Newtownabbey |
Harland & Wolff from the Home Rule Crisis to Irish Partition |
Lee Lavis |
|
| |
Thursday |
13 |
8:00pm |
Bangor Historical Society |
Good Templar Hall, Hamilton Road, Bangor |
A look back over Cinemas around Ulster |
Tony Fleck |
|
| |
Tuesday |
14 |
TBA |
Craigavon Historical Society |
Civic Centre, Craigavon |
ANNUAL DINNER |
|
|
| |
Thursday |
9 |
7:30pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower, 82 Belmont Church Road, Belfast |
Evelyn Waugh and the Ards TT |
Wesley McCann |
£2.00 |
| |
Tuesday |
14 |
7:45pm |
Craigavon Historical Society |
Civic Centre, Craigavon |
The little blue flower
(flax and linen) |
Ken McElroy |
|
| |
Wednesday |
15 |
7:30pm |
Newbuildings & District Archaeological & Historical Society |
Community Centre, 4 Duncastle Road,Newbuildings |
Davy Crockett - The Ulster-Scots Connection |
Belinda Mahaffy |
|
| |
Thursday |
16 |
7:30pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
Library at the Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Titanic Quarter |
Rev. Chris Bennett |
|
| |
Monday |
20 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick |
Parke, Gardens & Demesnes in Lecale |
Terence Reeves-Smyth |
£2.00 |
| |
Tuesday |
21 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
The History of The Honourable The Irish Society & The Plantation |
Edward Montgomery |
|
| |
Monday |
27 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
Excavations of a newly discovered 16-17c fort at Ballycarry, Co Antrim |
Emily Murray |
|
| |
Wednesday |
29 |
8:00pm |
Carrickfergus and District Historical Society |
Carrickfergus Library |
Historic Plants at Rowalane |
Averil Milligan |
|
|
| March |
Tuesday |
7 |
8:30pm |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Rural College, Derrynoid, Draperstown |
Titanic People |
George Dallas |
Bring your friends |
| |
Tuesday |
4 |
7:30pm |
Upper Ards Historical Society |
Ballyphilip Parish Centre, Portaferry |
St Patrick and County Down |
Dr Finbar McCormick |
£2.00 |
| |
Thursday |
13 |
8:00pm |
Bangor Historical Society |
Good Templar Hall, Hamilton Road, Bangor |
Old Costumes in Down County Museum |
Madeline McAllister |
|
| |
Thursday |
8 |
7:30pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower, 82 Belmont Church Road, Belfast |
Lagan Canal |
Cathy Burns |
£2.00 |
| |
Monday |
12 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick |
St. Patrick's Staff of Jesus:
Origin & Tradition as a Religeous Relic |
Sarah Erskine |
Free |
| |
Tuesday |
13 |
7:45pm |
Craigavon Historical Society |
Civic Centre, Craigavon |
The Secret Listeners of Gilnahirk
Military Intelligence 8a in Ulster (1939-1945) |
George Busby |
|
| |
Wednesday |
14 |
7:30pm |
Abbey Historical Society |
The White House, Newtownabbey |
Irish Firing Fairs - an illustrated talk |
Jonathan Bell |
|
| |
Thursday |
15 |
7:30pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
Library at the Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Looking Back |
Vivienne Pollock |
|
| |
Tuesday |
20 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
Memories of a Coleraine GP |
Dr.McGlade |
|
| |
Wednesday |
21 |
7:30pm |
Newbuildings & District Archaeological & Historical Society |
Community Centre, 4 Duncastle Road,Newbuildings |
Donegal and Derry Emigration |
Dr Patrick Fitzgerald BA PhD |
|
| |
Wednesday |
21 |
8:00pm |
Carrickfergus and District Historical Society |
Carrickfergus Library |
Provisional date for 'Inter Society Quiz' |
More Later |
|
| |
Monday |
26 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
The Geoarchaeology of Newgrange Quartz from the South, Granite from the North |
Ian Meighan |
|
| |
Wednesday |
28 |
8:00pm |
Carrickfergus and District Historical Society |
Carrickfergus Library |
Geological History of the Belfast Lough and Surroundings |
Dr. Mike Simms |
|
|
| April |
Tuesday |
3 |
8:00pm |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Rural College, Derrynoid, Draperstown |
Visit to Lissan House |
|
Bring your friends |
| |
Tuesday |
3 |
7:30pm |
Upper Ards Historical Society |
Ballyphilip Parish Centre, Portaferry |
'The Bonny Shoals'
Local Herring Fishing in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
Dr Vivienne Pollock |
£2.00 |
| |
Wednesday |
11 |
7:30pm |
Abbey Historical Society |
The White House, Newtownabbey |
Belfast at the time of the Titanic |
Roger Dixon |
|
| |
Thursday |
13 |
8:00pm |
Bangor Historical Society |
Good Templar Hall, Hamilton Road, Bangor |
Archaeological Discoveries in North Down |
Bangor Night -
Leanne Briggs |
|
| |
Thursday |
12 |
7:30pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower, 82 Belmont Church Road, Belfast |
Titanic: Behind the Legend |
William Blair |
£2.00 |
| |
Monday |
16 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick |
Downpatrick Sisters of Mercy |
Sister Marie Duddy |
£2.00 |
| |
Tuesday |
17 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
The History of the Causway Tram |
John Moore |
|
| |
Tuesday |
17 |
TBA |
Craigavon Historical Society |
Civic Centre, Craigavon |
Table Quiz |
|
|
| |
Wednesday |
18 |
7:30pm |
Newbuildings & District Archaeological & Historical Society |
Community Centre, 4 Duncastle Road,Newbuildings |
2013 and All That
The significance of the 400th Anniversary of town status forDerry/Londonderry, Coleraine and Belfast |
Nick Bannon |
|
| |
Thursday |
19 |
7:30pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
Library at the Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
Secrets |
A Speaker from the Somme Heritage Centre |
|
| |
Monday |
23 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
The Business of Archaeology, its products, clientele and social utility in the age of micro-digging |
Martin Carver |
|
| |
Wednesday |
25 |
8:00pm |
Carrickfergus and District Historical Society |
Carrickfergus Library |
Tom Delaney Memorial Lecture
History of Bagenal's Castle |
Noreen Cunningham |
|
|
| May |
Tuesday |
1 |
8:00pm |
Ballinascreen Historical Society |
The Shepherd's Rest |
W.F. Marshall
Literary Evening |
Alex Blair |
Bring your friends |
| |
Tuesday |
1 |
TBA |
Craigavon Historical Society |
Civic Centre, Craigavon |
Evening Outing |
|
|
| |
Wednesday |
9 |
7:30pm |
Abbey Historical Society |
The White House, Newtownabbey |
Working as Mayor of Newtownabbey |
Alderman William Webb |
|
| |
Thursday |
10 |
7:30pm |
East Belfast Historical Society |
Belmont Tower, 82 Belmont Church Road, Belfast |
Annual General Meeting |
Slideshow from the Society's Archive |
£2.00 |
| |
Tuesday |
15 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
Portrush Connection |
Rodney Byrne |
|
| |
Wednesday |
16 |
7:30pm |
Newbuildings & District Archaeological & Historical Society |
Community Centre, 4 Duncastle Road,Newbuildings |
Rossnagalliagh School Book Launch |
Ruth Olphert |
|
| |
Thursday |
20 |
7:30pm |
North Belfast Historical Society |
Library at the Grove Centre, 120 York Road |
AGM plus
Dietary Customs |
Norma Simpson & Norma Rosenberg |
|
| |
Monday |
21 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick |
Annual General Meeting
And members items of interest |
|
|
| |
Saturday |
26 |
TBA |
Craigavon Historical Society |
Civic Centre, Craigavon |
Annual Saturday Outing |
|
|
| |
Monday |
28 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
From Crossan to the Acre a transatlantic archaeological programme in Massachusetts and Tyrone |
Colm Donnelly |
|
|
| June |
Monday |
18 |
7:30pm |
Lecale & Downe Historical Society |
Downpatrick Area |
Annual Outing, details to follow |
|
|
| |
To be arranged |
|
|
Newbuildings & District Archaeological & Historical Society |
Community Centre, 4 Duncastle Road,Newbuildings |
Annual Outing |
|
|
|
| September |
Tuesday |
18 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
The Cloth Workers |
Alison McCaughan |
|
| |
Monday |
24 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
A Tale of five sites - Deciphering the archaeological histories of Goodlends, Co Antrim from the neolithic to the 18th century |
Audrey Horning |
|
|
| October |
Tuesday |
16 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
What was pre-Plantation Ulster Really Like? |
Roddy Hegarty |
|
| |
Monday |
29 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
The archaeology of witchcraft and superstition in Ireland |
Roisin O'Reilly |
|
|
| November |
Tuesday |
16 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
Members Night |
To be arranged |
|
| |
Monday |
29 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
The economic and socia; value of the historic environment in Northern Ireland |
Brian Williams |
|
|
| December |
Monday |
10 |
8:00pm |
Ulster Archaeological Society |
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, QUB, Elmwood Building, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
|
A unique Middle Bronze Age cemetery at Oakgrove Co. Londonderry |
Robert Chapple |
|
|
| January 2013 |
Tuesday |
15 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
Our Daily Bread |
Shaun Esler |
|
|
| February |
Tuesday |
19 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
The Ulster Crisis in the Coleraine Area |
Robert Corbett |
|
|
| March |
Tuesday |
19 |
8:00pm |
Coleraine Historical Society |
Guide Hall behind Terrace Row Presbyterian Church |
Growing up in a Country Shop in Donegal |
Pearl Hutchinson |
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