‘Rev John Johnston’s Cause Célèbre:
Irish Presbyterianism and the Ulster Plantation in the Irish High Court, 1898’
by Dr Norma Dawson, Emeritus Professor of Law, Queen's University, Belfast
on Thursday 21st March 2024 at 8.00 p.m.
 in Whitehouse Presbyterian Church
143-145 Shore Road, Newtownabbey BT37 9SY

When the City of London Livery Companies sold much of their lands in north-west Ulster in the late 1800s, Rev John Johnston of Cumber Lower Presbyterian Church and others advanced the argument that the Livery Companies held the proceeds of sale on trust for the people of Ireland, in litigation known as the Ulster Plantation Case, 1892-98.

              Everyone Welcome                                  Refreshments provided

    Preceded by the Annual General Meeting for Members at 7.00pm