A new Ulster-Scots Hub and Discover Ulster-Scots Centre was opened on 27 November 2014 at the Corn Exchange building at the Victoria Street / Gordon Street corner in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, providing a one-stop shop for all things Ulster-Scots. The Ulster-Scots […]
by Lydia Mary Foster (Author), edited by Derek Rowlinson with an introduction by Dr Colin Walker. This novel is more than just the story of young Oliver Whiteside leaving the family farm in Co. Tyrone to study for the ministry. It is an […]
on 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 […]
A Linen Hall Library Event – Celebrated Citizens: Mary Ann McCracken – on Thursday 12 February 2015 at 6.00 pm. Mary Ann McCracken, a social reformer, author, businesswoman, radical and founder of the Belfast Harp Society among other things, was born in 1770 […]
1615-2015 ‘Celebrating 400 years of Presbyterian Worship’ Visit First Holywood Presbyterian Church website
Political Thought in Ireland: the Contribution of Ulster-Scots Thursday 22 January 2015, 9.30am – 5pm School of Sociology and Social Policy Queen’s University Belfast 6 College Park Belfast BT7 1LP See the Symposium Details for more information. See the Ulster-Scots Agency post about […]
One of the effects of the 1859 Revival was the building of new churches to accommodate the growing number of people joining Presbyterian churches, especially in the area where the Revival began. One of the churches that grew out of […]
Thursday 20 November 2014 at 8.00pm. The Lecture by the Rev Dr Victor Dobbin on Presbyterian Chaplaincy in the First World War will be held in Malone Presbyterian Church, 462 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 6GT. The Rev Dr Victor Dobbin CB, MBE, […]
Recently received for the Library – a new book by Dorothy Arthur … Gravestones are a very important resource for anyone researching their family history or studying families in an area when other documentary sources are non-existant. You will find […]
October 26th is Reformation Sunday. John Knox and the Queens of Britain This year, the Presbyterian Historical Society (The National Archive of the PC(USA)) commemorates the 500th birthday of John Knox (ca. 1514-1572) by exploring his famous interview with Queen […]
