PHSI Lecture: James McAlpin

Banbridge Non-Sunscribing Presbyterian Churchon Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 8.00pm.

in Banbridge Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church,
Downshire Road, Banbridge, Co. Down, BT32 3JY

by the Rev Dr David Steers
on James McAlpin, the founder of Killyleagh Philosophy School, c.1696.

The lecture will concentrate on McAlpin’s role as an educator and the place of the Killyleagh Philosophy School as a training school for those intending to go into the ministry.


Banbridge Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church

Location of BNSPC

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See more about the Killyleagh Philosophy School on the Dissenting Academies Online website.

An article by David Steers, published in Familia Vol. 28 - 2012 available from BooksIreland - ‘The Very Life-Blood of Nonconformity is Education’ – The Killyleagh Philosophy School, County Down