Societies Events

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
August	Saturday	2	12 noon OR 1:30 p.m.	O'Neill Country Historical Society	Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh at 12 Noon OR Grange GFC Club at 1:30 pm	The Battle of the Yellow Ford 1598: Walk / Talk	Paul Logue	Details from 028 (048) 37549697 9am-6pm 0R 028 (048) 37549889 7pm-11pm
	Sunday	31	3:00 pm	County Donegal Historical Society	Tour includes the historic graveyard containing the 8th Century St. Mura's Cross, the grave of Agnes Jones (nursing pioneer who worked with Florence Nightingale) and the old Abbey ruins, graveyard where 68 victims of the White Star Liner, Laurentic are buried etc	Field Day, Fahan	Guide: Peter Gurrie of Fahan Community Council
September	Wednesday	10	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards	The Castlebawn Development	Bill McAllister
	Monday	15	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	A Century of Photographs	Leslie Simpson	£2.00
	Wednesday	17	8:00 p.m.	O'Neill Country Historical Society	Benburb Priory	The Wild Geese of Armagh and Tyrone (Evening of Traditional music)	Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin
	Saturday	20	8:30 pm	County Donegal Historical Society	The Heritage Centre, Ardara	Paddy McGill Memorial Lecture	Dr Pat Wallace, Director of National Museum
	Sunday	21	3:00 pm	County Donegal Historical Society	Dunfanaghy Workhouse and the Hoen Head Megaliths	Field Day Dunfanaghy	Guide: Cary Meehan
	Wednesday	24	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Meeting Room Carrickfergus Library	Belfast Shops of Yesteryear	Roy Allen Former manager in Robbs, Castle Place
October	Wednesday	8	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards	Belfast-built WW2 Warships	Charles Warmington
	Tuesday (Two events)	14	7:30 p.m.	O'Neill Country Historical Society	Methodist Hall, Moy	Annual General Meeting
			8:30 p.m.	O'Neill Country Historical Society	Methodist Hall, Moy	Settlers, Invaders and Cultural Identity	Roddy Hegarty
	Monday	20	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Presbyterian Hall, Kildare Street, Ardglass	F.J. Biggar- Ireland's Cultural Crusader	Roger Dickson	£2.00
	Wednesday	29	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Meeting Room Carrickfergus Library	First World War	Carol Walker Somme Heritage Centre
November	Saturday	8	8:00 pm	County Donegal Historical Society	Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon	Emerson Memorial Talk "Ballyshannon through the ages"	Dermot Shannon, Archaeologist, Ballyshannon
	Wednesday	12	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards	Scouting in the Ards	George Mawhinney & Sam Moore
	Wednesday	12	8:00 p.m.	O'Neill Country Historical Society	The Bottle of Benburb	"Me an' Me Da" - The life and times of W. F. Marshall: Ballads/verse	Seamus Shields
	Monday	17	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	Launch of Journal - Lecale Review No 6	To be arranged	Nil
	Wednesday	26	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Meeting Room Carrickfergus Library	Belfast and the Slave Trade	Roddy Hegarty Federation for Ulster Local Studies
December	Wednesday	3	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	To be announced	Historical Society Christmas Dinner Party
	Wednesday	3	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	To be arranged	Christmas in the Ards Long Ago	Hugh Robinson
	Friday	5	8:00 p.m.	O'Neill Country Historical Society	The Bantry BARD (midway off the road from Eglish to Caledon	Gaeilge Thir Eoghain i measc chanúintí na Gaeilge-Tyrone: Irish among other dialects	Talk in English by Dr. Art J Hughes	Evening of Traditional music
	Monday	15	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	Sights gone and going in Lecale and beyond - a photographer looks around him	Alan Johnston	£2.00
January 2009	Wednesday	14	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards	North Down men in the Great War	Lester Morrow
	Monday	19	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	The Importance of being Wilde - The Wildes of Downpatrick	Maurice Cassidy	£2.00
	Wednesday	28	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Dobbs Room, Town Hall, Carrickfergus	Annual General Meeting	Presentation of members treasures
February	Wednesday	11	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards	Irish Polar Explorers	Noel Mitchel
	Monday	16	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	The Belfast & County Down Railway - Its rebirth in Downpatrick	Gerry Cochrane	£2.00
	Wednesday	25	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Dobbs Room, Town Hall, Carrickfergus	Black Head and Gobbins Paths	John Lennon
March	Monday	9	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	Down Cathedral - The St. Patrick's Festival Lecture	Fred Rankin	Free
	Wednesday	11	8:00pm	Ards Historical Society	Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards	AGM &, Treasurers in the Home	Madeline McAllister
	Wednesday	25	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Dobbs Room, Town Hall, Carrickfergus	Beleek Pottery	Trevor Rankin A keen collector
April	Monday	20	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	The Coastal Archaeology of Strangford Lough	Sinead McCartan	£2.00
	Wednesday	29	8:00 pm	Carrickfergus Historical Society	Dobbs Room, Town Hall, Carrickfergus	Early Christian Bells and Bell Shrines in Ireland	Cormac Bourke Curator of Medieval Antiquities at the Ulster Museum
May	Monday	18	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Down County Museum	Annual General Meeting and members items of interest		Nil
June	Monday	15	7:30pm	Lecale Historical Society	Start - Down County Museum	Annual Outing - Guided walk around Downpatrick		Free