| NAME |
LOCATION |
CONTACT INFORMATION |
TOPICS |
| |
| Allen, Harry |
Donaghadee |
(028)91883630
allengenealogy@hotmail.com |
-The 1798 Rebellion in County Down
-Soitheach na nDaoine; Donaghadee's 'White Slaver'
-Enterprise; Donaghadee's 'Slaver' silver mine
-Nineteenth and twentieth century life on the Copeland Islands
-John Rennie's Donaghadee Harbour; 50 years in planning and building, 15 years in commencial use |
| Begley, Anthony |
Ballyshannon |
(071)9852133
anthonybegley@hotmail.com |
Allinghams
See also Tour Guides |
| Bell, Jonathan |
Belfast |
(028)90669643
jonathan.bell6@btinternet.com |
County Down Farming Families (farming practices 1930-1960) |
| Bishop, Ron |
Carrickfergus |
(028)93364040
rh.bishop1@ugmail.com |
The History of the Medieval St. Nicholas CoI Church in Carrickfergus |
| Blair, Alex |
Ballymoney |
2 Lisboy Rd.
Kilraughts
Ballymoney, BT53 8NF |
Various talks on Antrim & Ballymoney |
| Bonar, Séan |
Dungloe |
(074)9521847
armorica@eircom.net |
Fishing in County Donegal |
| Bonar, Wesley |
Newtownabbey |
(028)90832363
sentry.hill@btconnect.com |
-Lillian Bland, Pioneer Aviator from Carnmoney
-Sentry Hill, 19th century farmhouse |
| Bourke, Cormac |
Belfast |
(028)90428428
cormac.bourke@nmni.com |
Early Christian Bells and Bell Shrines in Ireland |
| Bourke, Lorraine |
Belfast |
(028)90543169(W)
(028)90371814(H)
lorraine.bourke@doeni.gov.uk |
-Archives in the Monuments and Buildings Record
-The Bronze Age in Ireland |
| Buchanan, Dr. Ronnie |
Portaferry |
(028)42728120 |
Loughbrickland in its setting - past and present |
| Busby, George |
Gilnahirk, Belfast |
(028)90484937
george.busby@btinternet.com |
The History and Purpose of Gilnahirk Radio Station.
'One of Northern Ireland's best kept wartime secrets'
(PowerPoint presentation) |
| Carr, Peter |
Belfast |
(028)90874861
pcarr16@hotmail.com |
-The Night of the Big Wind
-History of Dundonald
-Ker Family
-Cotton Bog |
| Casement, Anne |
Ballycastle |
(028)20762881
panda@churchfield51.fsnet.co.uk |
-A pictorial tour of early-nineteenth-century Antrim and Down through the
eyes of Lord Mark Kerr
-The management of landed estates in Ulster
-The management of the Londonderry estates in Down, Derry, Donegal and Antrim during the Great Famine
-The history of Mount Stewart, County Down
-The creation of the gardens at Mount Stewart, County Down
-The National Trust in Northern Ireland |
| Cassells, Brian |
Lurgan |
(028)38325329
briancassells@totalise.co.uk |
Canals of Ulster |
| Clarke, Michael |
Holywood |
(028)90424660 |
Harry Ferguson - Pioneer Aviator and inventor of the tractor |
| Collins, Séan |
Drogheda |
(+353)041-9831584
(+353)089-4214394
seancollins1@gmail.com |
-The Great War 1914-18
-The Easter Rising
-the Irish Civil War
-The Battle of the Boyne 1690
See also Tour Guides |
| Crowe, Tony |
Londonderry |
(028)71347167 |
The Seige of Derry |
| Cunningham, John B. |
Belleek |
(028)68658327
Mob. 07855325693
adam4eves@aol.com |
-Pilgramages
-Wartime Fermanagh
-Plantation in Fermanagh
-Belleek Pottery
-Lough Derg Pilgramage
-The Erne and its history
-Fermanagh Scenery and History (PowerPoint talk)
-The Famine in Co. Fermanagh
See also Tour Guides
|
| Curran, Dr Bob |
Coleraine |
drbobcurran@yahoo.co.uk |
Folklore |
| Delargey, Mary |
Londonderry |
07724560811
chocolate-caw@hotmail.com |
Surnames in Ulster |
| Dallas, George |
Aghadowey |
(028)70868404 |
-Unusual associations and characters in Co. Londonderry
-Scots Irish Topics
-History of the Titanic |
| Day, Dr Stephen |
Armagh |
(028)38871831
steveday2005@yahoo.co.uk |
-Architecture of Armagh City
-History of Newry/Armagh border area
-Mesapotemia in the early 20th century
-Early Afghan Wars 1839, 1878 and 1919 |
| Devlin Fr. Kieran |
Derry |
(028)71260621 |
Various talks |
| Devlin, Patrick |
Downpatrick |
(028)44612986
Mob. 07560067256
pdevlinz@btinternet.com |
-Blue Plaques in Ulster
-The Federation for Ulster Local Studies
-Setting up a Family Website |
| Dixon, Roger |
Cultra |
(028)90428428
roger.dixon@nmni.com |
-Belfast at the time of the Titanic
-Francis Joseph Bigger of Belfast
-The Big Houses of Belfast and their Families
-Marcus Ward and Company
-The Ulster Folk Museum and its History |
| Dooher, Johnny |
Strabane |
(028)71883006
johndooher@btinternet.com |
-Life in pre-famine Ulster
-The Ordnance Survey Memoires
-Law and Order in pre-famine times
-Doing a Townland Survey
-The establishment of Local Government in Ireland 1898-1900
-The Revolutionary decade - the 1790s in Ulster
-Famines and Fevers in early 19th Century Ulster |
| Fitzgerald, Patrick |
Omagh |
(028)82256315 |
-Sources for Migration History
-Ulster Emigration to North America
-Scottish Emigration to Ulster in the 1690s |
| Fogden, John |
Londonderry |
(028)71360770 |
The history of Sainsburys |
| Foley, Claire |
c/o EHS Belfast |
(028)90543025
claire.foley@doeni.gov.uk |
Buildings and Monuments in N. Ireland |
| Friel, Charles |
Belfast |
(028)90655560
charles.friel@btinternet.com |
Illustrated talks on any aspect of the history of Irish Railways, from building to preservation |
| Gallagher, Brian |
Enniskillen |
(028)66323336
mrbryangallagher@hotmail.com |
-Rural life in Fermanagh 1940s & 50s
-The way we were
-There'll not be a Crowd till the Crowd gathers
-Travels and Travails with a small Dance Band |
| Gault, Andrew |
Belfast |
(028)90543151
andrew.gault@doeni.gov.uk |
The Work of the NI Environment Agency's Historic Monuments Unit |
| Gray, John |
Belfast |
(028)90290178
j.gray31@ntlworld.com |
-The Cave Hill overlooking Belfast
-The Linen Hall Library
-The United Irishmen
-The early Labour movement in Belfast
-The early Theatre in Belfast
-The Irish Channel Tunnel
-other topics |
| Griffin, David |
Banbridge |
(028)40626269
dhgriff@yahoo.co.uk |
The Famine & the Whyte Estate, Loughbrickland |
| Hailes, Anne |
Belfast |
anne.hailes@dsl.pipex.com |
History of Ulster Television |
| Haines, Keith |
Belfast |
(028)90796379
siosepol@tiscali.co.uk |
-Campbell College (any aspect e.g. staff, pupils, contribution to First/Secong World Wars etc.
-Knock (East Belfast), History and Character
-William Robert Anketell and the 1871 Ballymacarrett rail accident
-William Drennan and the painting The Irish House of Commons 1790
-Fred Crawford
-Arthur Moore, an Ulster international traveller, adventurer and journalist |
| Hamilton, Roy |
Co. Londonderry |
(028)71346444 |
-The Hiring Fairs: memories of the people of the North-West
-Stories from the Shirt Factories of Londonderry
- plus others
See also Tour Guides |
| Hanna, John |
Hillsborough |
(028)92689341
jshanna@talktalk.net |
-100 years of the Ulster Steamship Co. (Head Line)
-Cash in your attic
-Early Golf in Ireland |
| Hanna, Ronnie |
Portadown |
(028)38391816
Mob. 07890357444
ronnie.hanna@btinternet.com |
-Stories of some American Presidents of Ulster stock
-Ireland or Empire perspective on the home Rule Crisis
-The GIs in Ulster 1942-1945
-Various on US history
See a complete list of lectures |
| Hartwell, Barrie |
Belfast |
(028)90335427 |
The Derry Megaliths |
| Hegarty, Roddy |
Belfast and Armagh |
(028)37522981 (office hours)
rhegarty@btinternet.com |
-Making sense of the Census;the census in Ireland and the local and family historian
-Along Lough Swilly Shore; the changing face of an Ulster Lough
-The development of a road network in Ulster
-The Strabane Canal; a family perspective
-St Patrick and Armagh's claim to primacy within the Irish Church
-Oldpark; an urban townland
-Monsignor James O'Laverty; clergyman and historian
-The Flight of the Earls and the Ulster Plantation
-Settlers or Invaders; who do you think we are? (An overview of settlement in Ireland from the earliest times)
-Cooking the Goose? The truth about Christmas past (Exploring the myth and Tradition of Christmas
See also Tour Guides |
| Hume, David BA (Hons), Ph.D, MBE |
Magheramorne |
(028)28274589
adfreck.hume@btinternet.com |
-Postcards from Home: the story of Ulster settles overseas
-Tall Tales and Fairy Bullets: folklore from the Ulster of bygone times
-The Ulster Presidents: their lives and times
-The 1798 Rebellion and Presbyterian Radicalism
-The History of Irish newsapers
-Northern Ireland and the Second World War
-The Somme 1916: Ulster's Gettysburg
-Ulster and the American Civil War
-Fraternity Ours: The History of Irish Fraternities
-'A solemn league': the Ulster Covenant 1912 |
| Hunter, Jim |
Coleraine (UU) |
(028)700400700 |
The legend of Danny Boy |
| Hutchinson, Pearl |
Kilrea |
(028)29540517
pearl.hutchy@dsl.pipex.com |
-Growing up in a country shop in Donegal
-Love of Rosie (how Pearl and her husband renovated the cottage where Rosie worked long long ago and all sorts of reminiscences abou her and her life) |
| Johnston, Jack |
Clogher |
(028)85548288
j_ratory@hotmail.com
Cannot accept invitations
during March and April
due to lambing |
Publishing local history |
| Kelly, Billy |
Coleraine |
08700400700 |
Various talks |
| Kelly, Liam |
Larne |
(028)28276374
kelly.12@sky.com |
Meaning of place names |
| Kennedy, Billy |
Tanderagee |
(028)38840769
Mob. 07971609192
billykennedy@fsmail.net |
-Ulster-Scots (Scots-Irish) migration and settlement in the USA
-Story of three Ulster Scots: Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston |
| Kennedy, Michael |
Strabane |
(028)71885896
mk3carrick@aol.com |
-The growth and development of Sion Mills
-The Cooper Photographs of the early 20th Century
-Educational change in Ireland 1830-1970 |
| Kirwan, Richard |
Newcastle, Co. Dublin |
0872562390
richardkirwan1@eircom.net |
The history of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland |
| Large, Simon |
Newcastle |
(028)43770547
Mob. 07979947932
s.large@lycos.com |
Loughbrickland Archaeological Dig |
| Lennon, John |
Newtownards |
(028)91823013
projectorservices65@btinternet.com |
Gobbins and Black Head Cliff Paths, Islandmagee |
| Lyttle, Noel |
Portstewart |
(028)70834266
n.lyttle@yahoo.co.uk |
Irish Presbyterian Church Communion Tokens |
| Macafee, Dr Bill |
Portstewart |
(028)70836824
w.macafee@btinternet.com |
-Townland Studies
-Researching families and townlands |
| McAnallan, Dónal |
Dungannon |
(028)37522981
dmcanallen@ireland.com |
-Irish Nationalist politics in the 19th and early 20th Centuries
-The History of the Print media in Ireland (19th and 20th Centuries) |
| McBride, Doreen |
Banbridge |
doreen.mcbride@btinternet.com |
-The Great Famine from a Northern perspective
-The Old Agricultural College, Stockman's Lane, Belfast
-Folk Lore and Folk Cures
-A possible connection between Mark Twain and Straid, Co. Armagh |
| McCaughan, Alison |
Castlerock |
(028)70848276
revdunboe@aol.com |
-The history of Downhill, Coleraine
-Minister's wifery
-History of the Parish of Dunboe |
| McCavery, Dr Trevor |
Newtownards |
(028)91818191
trevor.mccavery@talk21.com |
-1798 Rebellion in Co. Down
-Impact of the Great Famine in Co. Down
-History of Newtownards - any period
-The Angle-Irish Act of Union 1800-1801
-Covenanters in Ulster from 17th Century to the present |
| McCormack, Ken |
Co. Londonderry |
(028)71344729 |
-Dunmore House, Carrigans - 1938
- other talks |
| McClintock, May |
Letterkenny |
0749122121 |
-The Derryveagh evictions
-Emigration
The Famine
See also Tour Guides |
| McCreadie, John |
Letterkenny |
0749121498
jfmccreadie@gmail.com |
Manorvaughan House, Clements and Lord Leitrim
See also Tour Guides |
| McDermott, Dr Siobhan |
Monaghan |
carrickavoy@gmail.com |
-Late Medieval Gaelic Ulster
-Plantation Ulster
-Covenanter Interest during the 18th Century |
| Macdonald, Dr Philip |
Belfast |
(028)90973767 or
(028)90973025
p.mcdonald@qub.ac.uk |
Recent archaeologial excavations in Counties Down and Antrim |
| McGrattan, Hugh |
Portrush |
(028)70823026
hgmcgrattan@yahoo.co.uk |
-The History of Portrush
-Aviation
-Local Journalism in the 1960s and 1970s
-The history of the Royal Observer Corps in Northern Ireland
-History of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| McIvor, Christine |
|
(028)82256315 |
The Library, Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| McKeag, Mike |
Belfast |
(028)90666383
michael.mckeag@gmail.com |
-Beginning Family History
-Heraldry |
| McKee, Neville |
Templepatrick |
(028)94333086
neville.mckee@btinternet.com |
The Copeland Bird Observatory, Lighthouse Island, Co Down and its activities
See also Tour Guides |
| McKinley, Bob |
Bangor |
(028)91823202
enquiry.shc@hotmail.co.uk |
Somme Heritage Centre - Oral History Archive |
| McReynolds, Alister |
Lisburn |
(028)92622175
Mob. 07791652106
info@oakyhilltalksandtravels.co.uk |
-Ulster History from the Plantation to 18th Century emigration
-Ulster Scots and the American Revolution
-Ulster Scots and the United Irishmen
-Harry Ferguson - genius or mad engineer?
Robert Dinsmoor - Scots Irish poet of New Hampshire
-'Openings' - poems by Alister McReynolds on the spiritual journey of a Scots Irish family
-Chain migration from Ulster to the USA
-Scots Irish shipbuilders in Maine
-The role of Agents in Scots Iirish settlement in America
-Three Ulstermen who had a huge impact on New York and American Society
-'Legacy' Talk on Alister McReynolds book about the impact of Scots Irish in America |
| Magennis, Eoin |
Newry |
(028)41772887
eoin.magennis@intertradeireland.com |
-Popular Protest in the 18th and 19th Centuries
-Politics in the 1790s
-Trade and economy in the 18th Century
-Rise and fall of the Magennis Lordship |
| Mahaffy, Belinda |
Lifford |
0749141216
mahaffybelinda@hotmail.com |
The Davy Crockett family |
| Maloney, Grace |
Clogher |
(00353)4771984
info@clogherhistory.ie |
-The history of the Bogs in Co. Monaghan
-Lost placenames in Co. Monaghan
WW1 and WW2 war refugees in Co. Monaghan
-Body snatching and a County Monaghan Doctor
-Monaghan a Plantation Town? |
| Meehan, Helen |
Mountcharles |
0749735125
helenmontgomerymeehan@eircom.net |
-The Plantation of Ulster
-The Montgomerys
See also Tour Guides |
| Millar, Susie |
Belfast |
(028)90659971
susie@titanictours-belfast.co.uk |
My family and RMS Titanic and SS Nomadic past, present and future |
| Mitchell, Brian |
Co. Londonderry |
(028)71377331
| -Sources for tracing local families
-The history of Eglinton village |
| Mitchell, Sam |
Co. Derry |
(028)71343953 |
The Local Landscape |
| Montgomery, Alfie |
Newtownabbey |
(028) 9087 9648:
dawn.montgomery@ntlworld.com |
The story of the "Cavehill Ring" discovered on the WW2 crash site of the USAF Flying Fortress in 1944 |
| Montgomery, Edward |
Coleraine |
(028)70344796 |
The History of the Honourable Irish Society |
| Moore, John |
Portrush |
djlm.familyhistory@btinternet.com |
-Finding your Irish Ancestors
-Researching your Irish Family History
-A History of Portrush
-A History of Castlerock
-Histories of the Portstewart Tramway and the Giants Causway tram (Available from January 2011) |
| Neill, Ken |
Belfast |
(028)90251477 |
The Broighter Horde; were the natives friendly? |
| Ní Dhuibhne, Áine |
Rathmullan |
0749158287
ainedh@eircom.net |
-The McSweeneys
-Flight of the Earls
See also Tour Guides |
| Ó Direáin, Dr. Stiofán |
Mill Bay, Islandmagee |
(028)93382647
sodireain@tiscali.co.uk |
-Townlands of East Ulster
-Tourist history of Islandmagee and Ballycarry
-History of Islandmagee and Ballycarry |
| O'Donnell, Euran/Eddie |
Ardara |
0749541161 |
The O'Donnells
See also Tour Guides |
| O'Donnell, Vincent |
Inver |
0749736059
vodonnell@eircom.net |
The O'Donnells |
| O'Hagan, Kevin |
Ahoghill |
07749180237
koh119@btinternet.com |
-The Iron Ore and Bauxite Mines of Mid-Antrim
-The Benn Family of Belfast and Glenravel
-Historical Highlights of the Village of Newtowncrommelin
-Jackson Dunlop – the Bard of Ballycloghan (Broughshane)
-Postcards of the Antrim Coast
-The History of Aughterclooney Townland and School, Ahoghill
-The Early History of Lismurnaghan National School, Ahoghill
-The 1975 Irish Speleological Expedition to the Gouffre Berger, French Alps
All talks are illustrated Powerpoints.
See also Tour Guides |
| O'Kane, Eddie |
Lifford |
0749141143
edokane@hotmail.com |
The Williamite Wars
See also Tour Guides |
| Parkinson, Richard |
Bangor |
(028)91823202
enquiry.shc@hotmail.co.uk |
Somme Heritage Centre - Oral History Archive |
| Quail, Desmond |
Banbridge |
(028)40622022 |
Collecting 16th and 17th Century letters and 20th Century postcards |
| Quinn, Patrick |
Newry |
patsy.quinn@hotmail.co.uk |
-Georges Lane: growing up in Newry
-St Patrick's Church in Newry |
| Railton, Dr Nicholas |
Coleraine |
nm.railton@ulster.ac.uk |
-The 1859 Revival in Coleraine
-Revival of religion in Ulster folklife |
| Ramsey, Dr Greer |
Curator Armagh County Museum |
(028)37523070
greer.ramsey@nmni.com |
Archaeology and Museum Collections |
| Rankin, Trevor |
Carrickfergus |
(028)93362784
d.helen.rankin@btinternet.com |
The Story of Belleek Pottery |
| Ritchie, John |
Larne - covers South Antrim only |
(028)28275429
sjrmr@btopenworld.com |
Divided memories: how people remember WW1 |
| Robinson, Phillipa |
Londonderry |
(028)71354382
viennaderry@hotmail.co.uk |
-Jewish Communities in Derry
-Work of Dr Raphael Armattoe, West African MD, in 1940s Derry |
| Rutherford, Bridgeen |
Newbuildings |
(028)71861696
bridgeenr@aol.com |
Newbuildings: a Plantation Village |
| Scoltock, Jack |
Limavady |
(028)77722744 |
The sinking of the Gold Ship RMS Laurentic |
| Scoular, Clive |
Downpatrick |
(028)44828428
clive.scoular@virgin.net |
Various incidents and personalities that played a vital part in Ireland's History |
| Simms, Dr. Mike |
Belfast |
(028)90395242
michael.simms@magni.org.uk |
-Irish geology and landscape
-Caves and limestone landscapes
-Fossils
-Lichens
-Meteorites
See also Tour Guides |
| Spurr, Chris |
Ballygowan |
079 68256011
chris.spurr@hotmail.com |
A Declared Genius? - Oscar Wilde in America 1882 |
| Sturgeon, Jennifer |
Coleraine |
(028)70324449 |
Under the Spanish Chestnut Tree (History of Hazlett House, Castlerock) |
| Thompson, John |
Co. Londonderry |
(028)71354040 or
02871314400 |
-Ballyarnett racecourse: a history
-The story of Amelia Earhart |
| Tohill, J.J. |
Belfast |
(028)90666963 |
-The Northern Irish in Hollywood
-Donegal; a journey round the County in the late 1960s and early 1970s
-The Golden era of Ulster's amateur filmmakers viz. Archie Reid, Roy Spence and Craig Clements
Richard Hayward; Ulster's pioneer filmmaker
-The musical years of Jimmy Kennedy |
| Warner, Guy |
Greenisland, Carrickfergus |
(028)90862843
gcwarner@hotmail.com |
-RNAS airships in the North Channel
-Story of army aviation in Ulster 1959-1989
-Civil Aviation in NI in the 1920s and 30s
-The RFC and RAF in Mesopotamia 1915-1919
-The history of 230 Sqn.
-The story of the RAF's support Helicopters in NI 1957-2009
-The history of 72 Sqn. RAF |
| Wilson, Edward and Primrose |
Co. Armagh |
(028)38871238
Edward.Wilson@ulstercarpets.com |
- Napoleonic War Veterans in Ireland
- The Follies Trust |
| Wilson, Christopher |
Limavady |
(028)7772244 |
John Wesley and Methodism in the North West |
| Woods, Damien |
Armagh |
07977227215
dwoods899@btinternet.com |
The Armagh Rail Disaster |
| Wylie, Jody |
Belfast |
(028) 90550213
jody@uahs.org.uk |
-Built Heritage at Risk
-Rural Vernacular and Contemporary Vernacular Buildings |
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