Speakers and Tour Guides: Update No 15 (June 2014)
The information in this Update has been incorporated in the main Register.
Additions – Speakers
NAME |
LOCATION |
CONTACT INFORMATION |
SUBJECT |
Anglesea, Martyn |
Belfast |
028 90208847 martynanglesea@virginmedia.com |
-William Conor the People’s Painter |
Bradley, John |
Derry/Londonderry |
028 71359505 075 01427573 wj.bradley@yahoo.co.uk |
-Studying your own townland/local area -The Abercorns of Tyrone (Baronscourt) -Ulster before the Plantation -The Plantation of Ulster -Emigration from Ulster -Dublin and Newtown Estate- the Mountjoys and Blessingtons |
Collins, Frank |
Omagh |
028 82249575 collinsomagh@yahoo.co.uk |
-The 1812-1814 War -The Alamo -The Folk Park Trilogy. The links between the Co Tyrone families of Mellon/ Campbell/ Hughes featured in the Ulster American Folk Park , Omagh -Famine Landowners -The Buchanan families of Co Tyrone and their US connections -The Calhoun family of Crosh House, Newtownstewart -The Campbell family of Plumbridge Co Tyrone. St Louis -President Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924 -The Edward/Cairns Family and their Siege of Derry input -Davy Crocket family links in Ireland. |
Dawson, Colin |
Templepatrick |
028 94433619 colin.dawson@nationaltrust.org.uk |
-Pattersons spade mill, Templepatrick |
Devlin, Dr Johanne |
Omagh and Belfast |
028 82249411 jd.trew@ulster.ac.uk |
-Northern Ireland Migration History -World War One and Ulster -Legacy of World War One -Ulster and Canada using oral history methodology; audio recording testimonies (letters, diaries, interviews) in historical research |
Dolan, Áine |
Belfast |
028 90277735 adolan@goh.co.uk |
-History of the Grand Opera House, Belfast |
Friel, Deirdra |
Milford, Co. Donegal |
086 2421008 donegalheritagetrails@gmail.com |
-History of Rathmullan and Ramelton.
See also Tour Guides |
Green, Frances |
Belfast |
028/048 9023 2632 frances.green@btinternet.com |
-Morale & Welfare in WW2, throught the eyes of Belfast-born Primmy Mc Neill -A life apart: Primmy Mc Neill’s experiences at home and abroad (1917-1947) -Dames and Dinner Dances, Sunday cinema and smuggling: social effects of WW2 N.B. Primmy Mc Neill was the first person from Northern Ireland appointed as an Overseas Welfare Officer with the Red Cross-St. John Ambulance working with Lady Louis Mountbatten in London before serving in North Africa and Italy |
Lambkin, Dr Brian |
Omagh |
0044 28 82256315 brian.lambkin@nmni.com |
-Aspects of migration in Irish history |
Smyth, Anne |
Belfast |
028 90395132 anne_smyth@talk21.com |
-Ulster Dialects -“Nearer my God to Thee” the so-called “Titanic” requiem and its subsequent history |
Scott, Robert |
Belfast |
Tel. 028 90208899 Mob. 0779 8870744 jandr.scott54@ntlworld.com |
-The Wild Life in Belfast public Parks and Gardens -The History of Malone House |
Additions – Tour Guides
NAME |
LOCATION |
CONTACT INFORMATION |
TOURS |
Mustaq, Sharon |
Carrickfergus |
028 93369575 info@flamegasworks.co.uk |
Tour of Historic Gasworks and Museum at 44 Irish Quarter West, Carrickfergus |