PHSI Lecture ‘Presbyterians and Opposition to Slavery: Principle, Pragmatism and Protest’ An examination of the widespread opposition to slavery amongst Presbyterians in Ireland and its practical outworking that led to tensions between Presbyterians and evangelicals in Ireland, Scotland and the […]
PHSI Lecture James Harshaw, Presbyterian Elder of Donaghmore Presbyterian Church, County Down and Diarist, c. 1818-1864 by Mr David Huddleston, Acting Director of PRONI on Thursday 17th October 2024 at 8.00 pm in Bannside Presbyterian Church 21 Castlewellan Road, Banbridge BT32 4AX Everyone Welcome […]
Field Trip to visit Presbyterian Churches in East Down on Saturday, 15 June 2024 Itinerary 9.00 am Coach departs from Malone Presbyterian Church (Car park available) (9.30 am – Pickup at 1st Comber Presbyterian Upper Car Park) 9.45 am Livingston […]
“Jonathon Swift and Presbyterians” by Dr David Hayton, Emeritus Professor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 16th May 2024 at 8.00pm in Union Theological College, Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JT Swift’s antipathy […]
‘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 […]
PHSI Lecture ‘Catch-My-Pal’ and the Temperance Movement by Rev Dr Mark Wilson on Thursday 15th February 2024 at 8.00 p.m. in First Portadown Presbyterian Church, Bridge Street, Portadown BT63 5AA Founded in 1909 by the Rev Robert J Patterson, Minister of 3rd Armagh (now […]
“James Kirkpatrick c. 1676-1743 and the First Non-Subscription Controversy” by Rev Dr David Steers on Thursday 16 November 2023 – 8.00pm in First Dunmurry Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church 23 Glebe Road, Dunmurry, BT17 0PN The son of a minister and a […]
“Union and Presbyterian Ulster-Scots: William McComb, James McKnight and the Repealer Repulsed” An examination of the relationship between literature and the Union amongst Presbyterian writers in 19th century Ulster and to show the importance and distinctiveness of Presbyterian Scots and […]
A talk by Mark O’Neill, journalist in Hong Kong and grandson of the Rev Dr FWS O’Neill, missionary to Manchuria, China, 1897-1942 on Wednesday, 5th July 2023, at 2.30pm in Malone Presbyterian Church Hall, 452 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 6GT […]
‘Presbyterians and Print in 18th Century Ulster’ examining the history and contents of the Antrim Presbytery Library in the context of the denomination’s wider engagement with print. by Dr Robert Whan on Thursday 4 May 2023 at 8.00 p.m. in Union […]
