A new publication from the PHSI. Dr Jack Weir was a towering figure in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland from the 1940s through to the 1980s. Born in 1919 to missionary parents, Andrew and Margaret Weir, who served in Manchuria […]
Anne Jane Carlile, 1775-1864, Prison Reformer and Temperance Pioneer. by Leslie McKeague Born Anne Jane Hamill at Rooskey, Co Monaghan, in 1775, she married the Rev Francis Carlile, the minister of 2nd Bailieborough (Urcher) and Corraneary in 1800. Widowed after […]
This PHSI publication containing the Autobiography of Robert Blair from 1593 to 1636 is a reprint of the Wodrow’s Society’s edition of the Autobiography of Robert Blair of Bangor edited by Thomas M’Crie, D.D. and published in 1848. The text […]
on Thursday 19 November 2015 at 8.00pm in Bloomfield Presbyterian Church, 447 Beersbridge Road, Belfast BT5 5DW ‘The Very Rev Dr Jack Weir’ The last Presbyterian Missionary to leave China, involved in the Feakle talks to bring peace to Northern […]
Commemorative Events to mark the 150th Anniversary of the death of the Rev Henry Montgomery, 1788-1865, Champion of the Non-Subscribing Presbyterians in Ireland. Tuesday 10th November 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Reception and Launch in the Library, Christ Church Building, Royal […]
First Larne Presbyterian Church – A People on the Move A new book to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Church. This is a look back over the last 50 years of life in First Larne Presbyterian Church from the time […]
Saturday, 17 October 2015 – 11.00 am The next event in the PHSI Programme is the Visit to Belfast City Cemetery with Tom Hartley. Tom Hartley, author and former Lord Mayor of Belfast, leads this historical tour of Belfast City Cemetery. He […]
Our latest publication ‘The Scots in Ulster’ is a re-print of 6 pamphlets published by the Rev Dr David Stewart between 1952 and 1957. The Rev Stewart was a distinguished historian of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland – he authored ‘The […]
Anne Jane Carlile 1775-1864, Temperance Pioneer by Mr Leslie McKeague on Thursday 24 September 2015 at 8.00 p.m. in Rosemary Presbyterian Church, 26-36 North Circular Road, Belfast BT15 5HB Everyone welcome Refreshments provided Born Anne Jane Hamill at Rooskey, County […]
The 18th European Heritage Open Days programme in Northern Ireland is being held on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September 2015. The EHOD 2015 Brochure page (pdf) has been published detailing the 400+ properties and events due to open to the public free of […]
