Robin Morton, the Congregational Secretary at the May Street Church, has extended an invitation to view a special exhibition in the city centre. The Quiet Peacemakers art exhibition by acclaimed local artist Susan Hughes, which was launched at 174 Trust during Community Relations […]
In March 2014, the Ulster History Circle erected a plaque to the Rev Henry Montgomery who founded the Shankill Road Mission in 1896. See our previous post about the event.. One aspect of the work of the Mission was to provide […]
For those interested in the First World War you may be interested in a recent acquisition to the PHSI library. “The Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Chinese Labourers of the First World War” is the fascinating and relatively unknown story […]
The 2014 ‘Return to Cahans’ event commemorates the ‘Cahans Exodus’ of 1764 – see the Cahans Project website at www.cahans.ie for more information about the history of the Cahans community. The next stages of the commemoration progress are – Saturday […]
The next event in the Society’s programme is on Thursday 22 May 2014 in Union Theological College, Botanic Avenue, Belfast, at 8.00pm: The Robert Allen Memorial Lecture Paupers, Presbyterians and the Poor Law in nineteenth century Ulster – by Dr Olwen Purdue […]
Field Trip to visit Churches and Sites in the Belfast Area on Saturday, 14 June 2014 10.15 am Belfast City Hall in the Bobbin Coffee Shop for morning coffee 11.00 am Guided tour of Assembly Buildings 12.00 noon Guided tour […]
A talk giving an overview of some of the many resources for finding your World War I ancestor. Wednesday, 2 April 2014 at 1.00 pm in Assembly Buildings, Fisherwick Place, Belfast. This event is free and open to all. View […]
Remembering the Reverend Henry Montgomery Founder and First Superintendent of the Shankill Road Mission On Monday 10 March 2014 the Ulster History Circle placed a plaque at the Albert Hall, 110-120 Shankill Road, Belfast, in memory of the Rev Dr Henry Montgomery, […]
This year’s Whitelaw Reid Memorial Lecture, entitled “The Ulster-Scots and the Second American War of Independence, 1812-1815” will be delivered by Dr John McCavitt. The lecture takes place on Thursday 27 March 2014 in the Board Room of the Presbyterian Assembly Buildings, […]
