The Presbyterians Arrive in Holywood
1615-2015 ‘Celebrating 400 years of Presbyterian Worship’ Visit First Holywood Presbyterian Church website
Symposium: The Contribution of Ulster-Scots
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 […]
West Church Ballymena – ‘’A Church of the Revival’
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 […]
Dead Handy! New Graveyard Book for PHSI Library
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 […]
Reformation Sunday 2014
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 […]
Binns Organ Centenary Festival at May Street Church
100 years in the piping. Details of the events on Thursday 16, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October 2014. View the May Street Church website.
First Derry Archives – Plantation and Penal Laws
New website www.plantationandpenallawsinderry.com now available. See also First Derry Presbyterian Church and The Blue Coat School Visitor Centre at DiscoverNorthernIreland.com
James Orr (1770-1816): Poet, Presbyterian and Romantic
Radical Religion Seminar Series “James Orr (1770-1816): Poet, Presbyterian and Romantic” by Carol Baraniuk (University of Ulster) 4.00pm – 5.00pm, Tuesday 7 October 2014, ICHR Common Room, 18 University Square, Belfast BT7 1NN The poet James Orr (1770-1816), from the […]
The Church Outside the Walls – Joymount Presbyterian
You might be interested in attending the launch of ‘The Church Outside the Walls. A History of Joymount Presbyterian Church 1852-2012’ by the Rev Derek Weir MBE. It will be held on Monday 22 September at 7.30pm in the Jubilee […]
Rev Dr James Craig (Hamburg) – further reading material
During his recent lecture at Ballycairn Presbyterian Church on the Rev Dr James Craig, Dr Nicholas Railton referred to the book by Jane Craig, the subject’s daughter. The text is available on the WWW – The Gospel on the Continent – Incidents in […]