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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]