News & Events

The PHSI Library and Archive will be closed Wednesday 12 October and Thursday 13 October 2016 and will be re-opening on Tuesday 18 October 2016.

The next PHSI lecture: Scots Settlement and Presbyterianism in Connaught by Mr Jack Johnston on Thursday 22 September 2016 at 8.00 pm in Railway Street Presbyterian Church, Lisburn, Co. Antrim BT28 1XP Tracing the development of Scots settlers into North Connaught […]

Did you know that the Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland has many  second-hand books for sale on its website? These are books that we no longer require. Maybe you have been searching for that book that is long out of […]

Tonight’s Programme Heroes of the Somme is at 9.00 – 10.00 pm on BBC One NI. Some WWI / Somme related material with Presbyterian connections on the PHSI Website: Remembering Them . . . as we promised William Frederick McFadzean VC […]

Putting Children First – The Story of the 150 years of the Presbyterian Orphan Society (now called the Presbyterian Children’s Society) The Presbyterian Orphan Society was founded in 1866 to address the needs of Presbyterian orphans.  It was very much […]

Missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1840-1940 Austria Brazil Asians in Britain China France Germany India Indonesia Israel Italy Jamaica Kenya Lebanon Malawi Malaya and Singapore Nepal Spain Syria For further viewing: PCI Foreign Mission in India Presbyterian Mission […]

The Story of the Presbyterians in Ulster Pocket History and Heritage Trail 4 Centuries : 30 Locations For four centuries Presbyterians have represented one of the most important elements in the population of Ireland. Their influence has been strongest in […]

will be held on Thursday 30th June 2016 at 7.30pm in The Covenanter Book Centre 39 Knockbracken Road, Carryduff, Belfast, BT8 6SE A talk on The Life and Times of Thomas Houston by Prof Ted Donnelly Presentations by Jock Houston (a […]

Reception, Book Launch and Lecture On Thursday 9 June Professor Robert Armstrong (Trinity College Dublin) will be delivering the Beckett Lecture of the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies. The title of the lecture is ‘“The Presbyterian Story” in 17th- […]