Rathfriland Historical Society Programme 2017-2018
Rathfriland Historical Society Programme 2017-2018
Rathfriland Historical Society Programme 2017-2018
Family History Fair, Lisburn – 3 October 2009 It was a cold and windy Saturday morning when Liam Devlin and I made our way, burdened with display materials and banners, to the Family History Fair in Lisburn’s public Library. Luckily the weather rapidly improved and not long after the doors opened to the public at…
Visit by Federation for Ulster Local Studies and Federation of Local History Societies to Brussels and the European Parliament – 12 to 14 April 2010 by Larry Breen In a unique trip local historians representing the Federation for Ulster Local Studies and the Federation of Local History Societies joined forces in a visit to Belgium…
Annual General Meeting Walsh’s Hotel, Maghera 17 November 2018 The AGM was held in Walsh’s Hotel, Maghera on Saturday 17th November. Nearly 50 people attended. Attendance at the AGM Before the proceedings started, Hanna Ferguson, an All-Ireland Scor Winner, entertained the company with a fine rendition of The Maid of Culmore. She was roundly applauded…
Joint Federation visit Bath-Wiltshire and the South Cotswolds – 15th to 19th April 2013 by Larry Breen, FLHS It was a very early start for most of our group not least of all George and Bridgeen Rutherford who had travelled from Derry in the early hours of Monday morning to join the group in Dublin.…
Highly Successful and Informative FULS Seminar at Dungannon on 13th April 2013 by Johnny Dooher The April seminar in Ranfurly House Dungannon on Sat 13th April on Doing Local History proved highly successful for all those who attended the event. Representatives from Cookstown, Donaghmore, Armagh, Lisnaskea, Newbuildings, Portadown, Ballinascreen and Banagher and Downpatrick were in…
THE HISTORY FESTIVAL OF IRELAND, CARLOW: 9 JUNE 2012 by Larry Breen, FLHS FULS AND FLHS PROMINENT AT THE FIRST EVER HISTORY FESTIVAL The recent Festival of History held in County Carlow proved to be a great success. The event conceived and organised in conjunction with Eigse and the Carlow Arts Festival by Turtle Bunbury,…
Federations’ Heart of England Trip- 10th to 14th April 2016 by Larry Breen, FLHS As in previous years, our choice of the “Heart of England” for our visit was an inspired one. The trip was fully booked with fifty-one local historians from all over the island meeting the Dublin ferry for the start of the journey. Unfortunately,…
Launch of Hidden Gems & Forgotten People Exhibition in Enniskillen Library on 19 February 2018 The Exhibition was the last of six planned in Northern Ireland over the period since September 2016. Thanks Margaret Kane and Sean Corr of Libraries NI for their help in making it happen. In addition to these exhibitions one…
Launch of Hidden Gems & Forgotten People Exhibition in Carrickfergus Museum on 10 November 2018 The Exhibition was the eighth staged since September 2016. Thanks Shirin Murphy of the Museum for her help in making it happen. Listening to the launch Shirin Murphy, Carrickfergus Museum, welcomed the speakers and guests to the Exhibition.…
Federations’ Joint Trip to Dublin – 9 July 2016 by John Hulme Early on the morning of 9 July the FULS bus stopped outside Kilmainham Gaol and Museum disgorging our band of sleep deprived amateur historians to be met with, by contrast, an eternally effervescent Larry Breen and his team including “JJ”, Martina, Dick and…
Joint FULS and FLHS Executive group visit to the European Parliament- 12th to 15th April 2010 by Larry Breen In a unique trip local historians representing the Federation for Ulster Local Studies and the Federation of Local History Societies joined forces in a visit to Belgium and the European Parliament. There has been a close…
NATIONAL HISTORY FEDERATIONS VISIT BANBRIDGE: 2 JULY 2011 by Larry Breen, FLHS A large group of almost one hundred local historians from the Federation for Ulster Local Studies and the Federation of Local History Societies enjoyed a memorable outing to Banbridge and district including the Bronte Country. This event was part of the urban-experience project…
FULS/FLHS Trip to Wales 30 April to 4 May 2017 – A Northern Perspective By Doreen McBride “Yon trip to North Wales was ‘dead on!’” was the unanimous verdict of those who went on the trip to Wales. SUNDAY, April 30 We northern ones joined our southern brothers and sisters in time to catch the…
Federations Enjoy Big Success at Joint Seminar in Inniskeen Co.Monaghan by Larry Breen, FLHS The normally quiet village of Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan came alive with a great buzz of activity at the Patrick Kavanagh Centre in the heart of the village on Saturday, 1st December when local historians from all over the island gathered to…