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 […]
Blue Plaques for a Hero and a “Moses”
Read all about it … The latest edition of The Ulster-Scot (13 September 2014) includes articles about Blue Plaques recently unveiled by the Ulster History Circle to perpetuate the memory of esteemed Ulstermen David Nelson VC and Rev James McGregor […]
Presbyterian Churches open during the EHOD 2014 Weekend
The 17th European Heritage Open Days programme in Northern Ireland is being held on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September 2013. The EHOD 2014 Brochure (pdf) has been published detailing the 400+ properties and events due to open to the public free of charge. […]
Presbyterians in the trans-Atlantic world, 1550-1700
PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF A CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER 2014 Presbyterians in the trans-Atlantic world, 1550-1700 12-13 September 2014, Queen’s University Belfast This conference has been organised by Crawford Gribben (Queen’s University Belfast) as part of the “Radical religion in the trans-Atlantic […]
Quiet Peacemakers Art Exhibition at Urban Soul Café, Belfast
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 […]
Shankill Road Mission & the Shankill Village, Bangor
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 […]
Return to Cahans – walks and talks
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 […]