Federation Events
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Month |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Booking |
Event/Speakers |
Fees |
Report |
October 2017 |
Tuesday |
31st |
2.00 pm |
Letterkenny Library and Arts Centre |
Not needed |
Launch of the Hidden Gems & Forgotten Gems Exhibition & Project |
Free |
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October2017 |
Saturday |
14th |
10.00 a.m |
Kilcronaghan Activity and Conference Centre, Tobermore |
£17.50 |
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July 2017 |
Saturday |
8th |
Joint FULS/FLHS Armagh Trip |
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 |
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May 2017 |
Friday to Sunday |
26th to 28th |
FLHS AGM, Galway |
AGM and Programme |
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April-May 2017 |
Sunday to Thursday |
30th to 4th |
Trip to North Wales |
Visiting historic locations |
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February |
Thursday |
9th |
2.00 pm |
Derry Central Library |
Launch of the Hidden Gems & Forgotten Gems Exhibition & Project |
By Invitation |
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November |
Monday |
21st |
2.00 pm |
Ballymena Central Library |
Launch of the Hidden Gems & Forgotten Gems Exhibition & Project |
By Invitation |
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November 2016 |
Saturday |
19th |
Cardinal O’Fiaiach Library and Archive, Armagh |
FULS AGM 2016 |
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November 2016 |
Saturday |
5th |
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk |
Years of Endurance: Personaliities and Events and their impact on Irish Family Life 1912-1922 |
£25/€25 |
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September 2016 |
Monday to Friday |
26th to 30th |
Joint FULS/FLHS Battlefields Trip |
Visiting the European Parliament, West Flanders, Somme and Waterloo |
On the Booking form |
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September |
Thursday |
23rd |
1.00 pm |
Belfast Central Library |
Launch of the Hidden Gems & Forgotten Gems Exhibition & Project |
By Invitation |
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July 2016 |
Saturday |
9th |
Joint FULS/FLHS Dublin Trip |
Visiting Kilmainham Jail and Glasnevin Cemetery |
£40 |
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April 2016 |
Sunday to Thursday |
10th to 14th |
Trip to the ‘Heart of England’ |
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March 2016 |
Saturday |
12th |
10.00am |
Kilcronaghan Centre, Tobermore |
Developing a Local History Programme -Dr Brian Turner -Graham Mawhinney -Roddy Hegarty -Maghera History Society |
£15/ €20 (including lunch) |
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November 2015 |
Saturday |
7th |
10.00am |
Annual General Meeting |
In Strabane Library |
Richard Doherty, Military Historian
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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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July 2015 |
Saturday |
4th |
10.00am to 4.00pm |
Trip to North Down & Ards |
Joint trip with FLHS
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£25/€35 |
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May 2015 |
Saturday |
16th |
10.00am to 4.00pm |
Omagh Library |
Helping Your Society to Grow
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£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 |
Tours, Visits and Talks
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November 2014 |
Saturday |
8th |
10.00am – 1.00 pm |
Clotworthy House, Antrim |
Speaker: Eamon Phoenix A Decade of Centenaries 1912-1923 |
Lunch (optional) £10 |
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October 2014 |
Saturday |
11th |
9.00am – 5.00 pm |
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk |
Hidden Histories: The unfolding Story of Ireland in WW1 Speakers: Prof. Brian Walker Padraig Yeates Quincy Dougan Dr Donal Hall Dr Des Marnane |
Including Lunch £20 / €25 |
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June 2014 |
Monday to Friday |
2nd to 6th |
10.00 a.m. at Stena Line Terminal, Belfast |
Scotland Tour |
Guided Tours and Visits
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May 2014 |
Saturday |
24th |
10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. |
Divided Loyalties – Ulster and the Great War |
Dr Peter Collins and Dr Fergal McCluskey
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£15.00 (includes light lunch) |
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October 2013 |
Saturday |
12 |
10.00 a.m. start |
Derry/Londonderry City of Culture |
Guided Tour and Visits
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July 2013 |
Tuesday |
2 |
Aras an Uachtarain |
N/A |
Garden Party
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June 2013 |
Saturday |
29 |
11.00 am start |
Joint Event with FLHS in Dublin |
‘The Irish at War 1914-18’
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£25 |
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April 2013 |
Monday to Friday |
15 to 19 |
Visit to Bath |
Ferry leaves Rosslare at 8 am |
Visits and Day Trips to historic sites
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€410 PPS |
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April 2013 |
Saturday |
13 |
Ranfurly House Arts and Visitor’s Centre, Dungannon |
Doing Local History – A Practical Approach |
Ian Montgomery – PRONI Joanne Devlin Trew – University of Ulster Bill McAfee – former Lecturer at UU |
£10 |
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December 2012 |
Saturday |
1 |
Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan |
Celebrating Local History and Folklore |
Not applicable
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£20/€16 |
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July 2012 |
Saturday |
7 |
See Timetable for bus pickup |
Joint Titanic Trip |
Not applicable
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£40/€50 |
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April 2012 |
Monday to Friday |
23 to 27 |
Ferry leaves 8.00 am |
Joint Trip to York |
Visits and local historians
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£295/€350 plus &105/€120 single supplement |
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July 2011 |
Saturday |
2 |
Bus Trip-start 8.30 am |
Banbridge, Co. Down |
Local historians
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£20/€23 |
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April 2011 |
Saturday |
16 |
10.00 a.m. start |
Grosvenor House, Glengall Street, Belfast |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Local historians
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£35/€40 |
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April 2010 |
12th to |
15th |
Belgium |
Joint visit to European Parliament and other sites |
Members of FULS and FLHS
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March 2010 |
Saturday |
13 |
10:00 a.m. |
Rural College, Draperstown |
Dr. Bill McAfee, Dr. William Roulston and others
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£15/€18 |
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September 2009 |
Saturday |
19 |
10:30 a.m. |
Parliament Buildings, Stormont and Belfast |
Roddy Hegarty & Doreen McBride
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£26 |
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April 2009 |
Saturday |
25 |
10:00 a.m. |
Parish Centre, Chapel Road, Cushendall, Co Antrim |
Jonathan Bell
Andrew McClelland, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
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£15 or €18 |
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October 2008 |
Saturday |
25 |
10:00 a.m. |
PRONI, Balmoral Avenue, Belfast |
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 |
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September 2008 |
Saturday |
13 |
10:30 a.m. |
Tara and the Boyne Centre, Co Meath |
Available later |
£25 or €33 |
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March 2008 |
Saturday |
1 |
10:15 a.m. |
Central Library, Omagh |
Dr Bill McAfee, formerly UU
Dr William Roulston, UHF Valerie Adams, PRONI |
£10 or €15 |