PHSI Lecture

‘Catch-My-Pal’ and the Temperance Movement
by Rev Dr Mark Wilson
on Thursday 15th February 2024 at 8.00 p.m.
in  First Portadown Presbyterian Church,
Bridge Street, Portadown BT63 5AA

Founded in 1909 by the Rev Robert J Patterson,
Minister of 3rd Armagh (now The Mall) Presbyterian Church,
the Movement set out to break the dominion of drink over Ireland.
This is the story of the Rev Robert Patterson, Catch-My-Pal,
and the Presbyterian crusade against alcohol.

Everyone Welcome                        Refreshments Provided

The local initiative "Armagh Total Abstinence Union" later became the "Protestant Total Abstinence Union" and finally the "Catch-My-Pal Total Abstinence Union".

"Catch-My-Pal" Hall, Armagh - a photograph in the PRONI Archives.

Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque - R J Patterson (1868-1930).

Book: Catch-My-Pal, a story of good samaritanship by R. J. Patterson.