Check here for forthcoming Federation Events - Seminars, Workshops, Conferences etc.
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| Month |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Booking |
Event/Speakers |
Fees |
Report |
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| September 2019 |
Saturday & Sunday |
28th & 29th |
Armagh City |
Armagh - starts at Armagh City Hotel |
Joint FULS/FLHS Trip to Armagh |
Joint FULS/ FLHS Trip to Armagh |
Prices on Booking Form |
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| March 2019 |
Saturday |
30th |
10.00 a.m. |
Cardinal O Fiaich Library and Archive, Armagh |
Programme and Booking Form |
Spring Seminar |
£12.50/€14.50 including lunch |
Here |
| November 2018 |
Saturday |
17th |
10.00 a.m. |
Walsh's Hotel, Maghera |
Not needed |
Annual General Meeting |
£12 for lunch if required |
Here |
| November 2018 |
Saturday |
10th |
1.30 p.m. |
Carrickfergus Museum |
Not needed |
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Exhibition & Project |
Free |
Here |
| June 2018 |
Saturday |
9th |
10.00 am |
Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey |
Booking form |
Early Summer Seminar |
£20 / €25 |
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| February 2018 |
Monday |
19th |
12.00 noon |
Enniskillen Library |
Not needed |
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Exhibition & Project |
Free |
Here |
| October 2017 |
Tuesday |
31st |
2.00 pm |
Letterkenny Library and Arts Centre |
Not needed |
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Exhibition & Project |
Free |
Here |
| October2017 |
Saturday |
14th |
10.00 a.m |
Kilcronaghan Activity and Conference Centre, Tobermore |
Programme and Booking Form |
|
£17.50 |
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| July 2017 |
Saturday |
8th |
|
Joint FULS/FLHS Armagh Trip |
Programme and Booking Form |
Visiting Navan Fort, Cardinal O Fiaich Library, St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, St Patrick's Anglical Cathedral, The Robinson Library and No5 Vicars Hill |
Varies - see notice |
Cancelled due to hotel default on booking |
| May 2017 |
Friday to Sunday |
26th to 28th |
|
FLHS AGM, Galway |
|
AGM and Programme |
|
Here |
| April-May 2017 |
Sunday to Thursday |
30th to 4th |
|
Trip to North Wales |
Flyer and Booking Form |
Visiting historic locations |
|
Here |
| February |
Thursday |
9th |
2.00 pm |
Derry Central Library |
|
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Exhibition & Project |
By Invitation |
Here |
| November |
Monday |
21st |
2.00 pm |
Ballymena Central Library |
|
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Exhibition & Project |
By Invitation |
Here |
| November 2016 |
Saturday |
19th |
|
Cardinal O'Fiaiach Library and Archive, Armagh |
|
FULS AGM 2016 |
|
Here |
| November 2016 |
Saturday |
5th |
|
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk |
Programme and Booking Form |
Years of Endurance: Personaliities and Events and their impact on Irish Family Life 1912-1922 |
£25/€25 |
Here |
| September 2016 |
Monday to Friday |
26th to 30th |
|
Joint FULS/FLHS Battlefields Trip |
Programme and Booking form |
Visiting the European Parliament, West Flanders, Somme and Waterloo |
On the Booking form |
Here |
| September |
Thursday |
23rd |
1.00 pm |
Belfast Central Library |
|
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Exhibition & Project |
By Invitation |
Here |
| July 2016 |
Saturday |
9th |
|
Joint FULS/FLHS Dublin Trip |
Programme and Booking Form |
Visiting Kilmainham Jail and Glasnevin Cemetery |
£40 |
Here |
| April 2016 |
Sunday to Thursday |
10th to 14th |
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Trip to the 'Heart of England' |
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|
Here |
| March 2016 |
Saturday |
12th |
10.00am |
Kilcronaghan Centre, Tobermore |
Programme and Booking Form |
Developing a Local History Programme
-Dr Brian Turner
-Graham Mawhinney
-Roddy Hegarty
-Maghera History Society
|
£15/ €20 (including lunch) |
Here |
| November 2015 |
Saturday |
7th |
10.00am |
Annual General Meeting |
In Strabane Library |
Richard Doherty, Military Historian
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|
Here |
| October 2015 |
Thursday |
8th |
11.00am |
Launch of the Hidden Gems
& Forgotten Gems
Project |
In the National
Library of
Ireland |
President Michael D. Higgins
President of Ireland
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-
|
Here |
| July 2015 |
Saturday |
4th |
10.00am to 4.00pm |
Trip to North Down & Ards |
Programme and Booking Form |
Joint trip with FLHS
|
£25/€35
|
Here |
| May 2015 |
Saturday |
16th |
10.00am to 4.00pm |
Omagh Library |
Notice and Booking Form |
Helping Your Society to Grow
|
£10
|
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| April 2015 |
Monday to Friday |
12nd to 16th |
05.30 a.m. at Dublin Heuston Station |
Visit to Devon & Cornwall |
Itinerary and Booking Form |
Tours, Visits and Talks
|
|
Here |
| November 2014 |
Saturday |
8th |
10.00am - 1.00 pm |
Clotworthy House, Antrim |
AGM Papers |
Speaker:
Eamon Phoenix
A Decade of Centenaries 1912-1923
|
Lunch (optional)
£10 |
Here |
| October 2014 |
Saturday |
11th |
9.00am - 5.00 pm |
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk |
Programme and Booking Form |
Hidden Histories: The unfolding Story of Ireland in WW1
Speakers:
Prof. Brian Walker
Padraig Yeates
Quincy Dougan
Dr Donal Hall
Dr Des Marnane
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Including Lunch
£20 / €25
|
Here |
| June 2014 |
Monday to Friday |
2nd to 6th |
10.00 a.m. at Stena Line Terminal, Belfast |
Scotland Tour |
Itinerary and Booking Form |
Guided Tours and Visits
|
|
Here |
| May 2014 |
Saturday |
24th |
10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. |
Divided Loyalties - Ulster and the Great War |
Booking Form |
Dr Peter Collins and Dr Fergal McCluskey
|
£15.00 (includes light lunch) |
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| October 2013 |
Saturday |
12 |
10.00 a.m. start |
Derry/Londonderry City of Culture |
Itinerary and Booking Form |
Guided Tour and Visits
|
|
Here |
| July 2013 |
Tuesday |
2 |
|
Aras an Uachtarain |
N/A |
Garden Party
|
|
Here |
| June 2013 |
Saturday |
29 |
11.00 am start |
Joint Event with FLHS in Dublin |
Itinerary and Booking Form |
'The Irish at War 1914-18'
|
£25
|
Here |
| April 2013 |
Monday to Friday |
15 to 19 |
Visit to Bath |
Ferry leaves Rosslare at 8 am |
Itinerary and Booking Form |
Visits and Day Trips to historic sites
|
€410 PPS
|
Here |
| April 2013 |
Saturday |
13 |
Ranfurly House Arts and Visitor's Centre, Dungannon |
Doing Local History - A Practical Approach |
Programme and Booking Form |
Ian Montgomery - PRONI
Joanne Devlin Trew - University of Ulster
Bill McAfee - former Lecturer at UU
|
£10
|
Here |
| December 2012 |
Saturday |
1 |
Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan |
Celebrating Local History and Folklore |
Programme and Booking Form |
Not applicable
|
£20/€16
|
Here |
| July 2012 |
Saturday |
7 |
See Timetable for bus pickup |
Joint Titanic Trip |
Programme and Booking Form |
Not applicable
|
£40/€50
|
Here |
| April 2012 |
Monday to Friday |
23 to 27 |
Ferry leaves 8.00 am |
Joint Trip to York |
Brochure and Booking Form |
Visits and local historians
|
£295/€350
plus &105/€120 single supplement |
Here |
| July 2011 |
Saturday |
2 |
Bus Trip-start 8.30 am |
Banbridge, Co. Down |
Joint FULS/FLHS trip |
Local historians
|
£20/€23 |
Here |
| April 2011 |
Saturday |
16 |
10.00 a.m. start |
Grosvenor House, Glengall Street, Belfast |
Challenging the Bosses
The emerging labour movements in Ireland c. 1900-1923 |
Dr Kay Muir
Mark Conway
Frank Sweeney
Bryan Gallagher
Sean Clarke
Deirdre Nugent
|
£10.00/€12.00 |
|
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| March 2011 |
Saturday |
26 |
10.00 a.m. start |
Omagh Library, Spillars Place |
Saving our Townlands |
Dr Kay Muir
Mark Conway
Frank Sweeney
Bryan Gallagher
Sean Clarke
Deirdre Nugent
|
£10.00/€12.00 |
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| October 2010 |
Saturday |
23 |
10.00 a.m. start |
Cardinal O' Fiaich Library and Archive, Moy Road, Armagh |
Townland Seminar |
Dr. Brian Turner
Dr Kay Muir
Dr Bob Foy
Mr Jack Cunningham
and others
|
£17.50/€21 |
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| July 2010 |
Saturday |
3 |
Bus Trip-start 7.30 am |
Naas Co. Kildare |
Joint FULS/FLHS trip |
Local historians
|
£35/€40 |
Here |
| April 2010 |
12th to |
15th |
|
Belgium |
Joint visit to European Parliament and other sites |
Members of FULS and FLHS
|
|
Here |
| March 2010 |
Saturday |
13 |
10:00 a.m. |
Rural College, Draperstown |
Ulster Plantation Workshop |
Dr. Bill McAfee, Dr. William Roulston and others
|
£15/€18 |
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| September 2009 |
Saturday |
19 |
10:30 a.m. |
Parliament Buildings, Stormont and Belfast |
Tour of Parliament Buildings and selected places in Belfast |
Roddy Hegarty & Doreen McBride
|
£26 |
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| April 2009 |
Saturday |
25 |
10:00 a.m. |
Parish Centre, Chapel Road, Cushendall, Co Antrim |
Traditional Buildings in the 21st Century |
Jonathan Bell
Andrew McClelland, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
|
£15 or €18 |
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| October 2008 |
Saturday |
25 |
10:00 a.m. |
PRONI, Balmoral Avenue, Belfast |
Genealogy and Local History - Exploring the Evidence |
Dr Eamon Phoenix, Historian, Writer and Broadcaster
Dr William Roulston, UHF
Valerie Adams, PRONI
Sandra Ardis & Anne Johnston, North of Ireland Family History Society |
£15 or €18 |
Here |
| September 2008 |
Saturday |
13 |
10:30 a.m. |
Tara and the Boyne Centre, Co Meath |
Joint North/South Federation Outing |
Available later |
£25 or €33 |
Here |
| March 2008 |
Saturday |
1 |
10:15 a.m. |
Central Library, Omagh |
Landed Estates in Ulster |
Dr Bill McAfee, formerly UU
Dr William Roulston, UHF
Valerie Adams, PRONI |
£10 or €15 |
Here |
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