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SUMMARY:Lecture | Imagining Independence: Ulster\, Ireland and America in 1776
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Ian McBride exploring the influence of the Scots-Irish\, particularly the enlightenment philosopher Francis Hutcheson and his students\, on the American Revolution\, and tracing the impact of American independence on Ulster. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, with booking essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImagining Independence: Ulster\, Ireland and America in 1776\n\n\n\nThe American Revolution transformed the political imagination of Irish people\, especially in Ulster\, where ties with the colonies were closest.  \n\n\n\nThe Rev. William Campbell of Armagh described the pride of Irish Presbyterians when they heard that their relatives composed ‘the flower of Washington’s army … still\, as their fathers had been\, the determined enemies of tyranny and arbitrary power\, which ever pursued them\, and by a strange fatality from the same quarter\, England’.  \n\n\n\nContemporaries experienced the War of American Independence as a civil war\, dividing a proud transatlantic community that regarded itself as Protestant\, maritime\, commercial and uniquely free.  \n\n\n\nThis lecture begins by exploring the influence of the Scots-Irish\, particularly the enlightenment philosopher Francis Hutcheson and his students\, on the American Revolution. It then traces the impact of American independence on Ulster\, focusing on the Presbyterians who formed the backbone of the Irish Volunteers raised in 1778\, and who went on to found the Society of United Irishmen \n\n\n\nA lecture in a series of six\, Armagh and USA 250\, exploring intellectual and historical links between Armagh and early America\, highlighting thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson\, David Hume\, John Locke and Thomas Paine. \n\n\n\nOrganised by Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh County Museum and Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker | lan McBride\n\n\n\nIan McBride was born in Keady and educated in Armagh. Since 2016 he has been Foster Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford.  \n\n\n\nHis books include The Siege of Derry in Ulster Protestant Mythology (1997) and Scripture Politics: Ulster Presbyterians and Irish Radicalism in the Late Eighteenth Century (1998)\, both short-listed for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize; and Eighteenth-Century Ireland: The Isle of Slaves (2009)\, a ‘book of the year’ in History Today and the Spectator. He recently finished a book entitled The Origins of the Northern Ireland Peace Process\, which will be published by the Royal Irish Academy in November this year. He is currently writing a book on Irish Catholics under the Penal Laws\, based largely on archival sources in Rome.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/imagining-independence-ulster-ireland-and-america-in-1776/
LOCATION:Armagh Robinson Library\, 43 Abbey Street\, Armagh\, BT61 7DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Lecture | A Spanish Ulster Scot in the early United States
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Roddy Hegarty on Admiral Enrique MacDonnell\, descendant of the Earls of Antrim\, who was stationed in Havana in the late 18th century when European powers were watching with interest the emergence of the newly independent United States. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, with booking essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Spanish Ulster Scot in the early United States. The visit of Admiral Henry Randal MacDonnell\n\n\n\nLecture on Admiral Enrique MacDonnell\, descendant of the Earls of Antrim\, who was stationed in Havana in the late 18th century when European powers were watching with interest the emergence of the newly independent United States. \n\n\n\nTo gain a better understanding of this post-colonial society\, MacDonnell spent upwards of a year there recording his thoughts on the military\, political\, economic and internal affairs of this new player on the trans-Atlantic stage. \n\n\n\nA lecture in a series of six\, Armagh and USA 250\, exploring intellectual and historical links between Armagh and early America\, highlighting thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson\, David Hume\, John Locke and Thomas Paine. \n\n\n\nOrganised by Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh County Museum and Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker | Roddy Hegarty\n\n\n\nRoddy Hegarty has previously been Development Officer and later\, Chair of the Federation for Ulster Local Studies and was a ministerial appointee to the Northern Ireland Museums Council for several years.  \n\n\n\nCurrently a trustee of the Ulster Local History Trust\, and regular speaker on topics of local history\, he is the Director of the Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/a-spanish-ulster-scot-in-the-early-united-states/
LOCATION:Armagh Robinson Library\, 43 Abbey Street\, Armagh\, BT61 7DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Jaipur Literature Festival International | Music Workshop & Sound Healing
DESCRIPTION:Jaipur Literature Festival International \n\n\n\nMusic Workshop & Sound Healing by Kartikeya and Makrand. \n\n\n\nKartikeya and Makrand are eclectic artists\, transcending known realms by amalgamating elements of ancient\, classical\, and contemporary movements with their music.  \n\n\n\nThis workshop aims to provide a transformative experience\, harnessing the therapeutic power of Indian classical music to promote healing\, relaxation\, and emotional well-being. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo attend\, please register on the Festival Eventbrite Page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jaipur Literature Festival\n\n\n\nThe iconic annual Jaipur Literature Festival\, held each year in the fabled Pink City of Jaipur\, is the grand dame of international literary festivals. JLF International carries the Festival’s arc\, sparkle and spirit across continents: an inspiring literary series spanning America\, Britain\, and continental Europe. \n\n\n\nJLF came to Belfast in 2019\, an encounter of rich literary traditions from Northern Ireland and across the world\, supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. This year\, from 22- 31 May\, JLF returns to Ireland for one of its most ambitious projects yet: JLF Island of Ireland\, a cross-border literary festival supported by the Government of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. \n\n\n\nTravelling from Belfast to Dublin\, stopping in Armagh and Dundalk\, JLF Island of Ireland will bring a taste of the world-class Jaipur festival experience to Ireland: colour and spectacle\, music and poetry\, words and ideas\, free and open to all. \n\n\n\nFor the first time\, the JLF caravan will cross a border\, connecting North and South\, Ireland and India. With its trademark mix of debate\, dialogue\, music\, and the unique power of literature\, JLF Island of Ireland will explore what we have in common: the ties between our histories and our people\, the legacy of empire and partition\, our love of words and performance\, and our shared global challenges today. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJFL 2026\n\n\n\nAs the full festival programme is unveiled in the coming weeks\, a sneak preview reveals an exciting line-up – international speakers will include world-renowned historians like William Dalrymple and Caroline Elkins\, fearless journalists like Roger Cohen and Jeff Goodell\, and some of India’s most wellknown authors like Jeet Thayil and Tishani Doshi. Sharing the Festival stage with them will be a collection of the finest thinkers and writers on the island of Ireland\, including David McCullagh\, Eoin McNamee\, Jane Ohlmeyer\, Fintan O’Toole\, and Jan Carson. \n\n\n\nMost of all\, JLF Island of Ireland\, an exciting new part of the JLF International family\, will be a celebration of pluralism\, an invitation – and a challenge – to hear each other’s stories and to see the world\, and this island\, from another angle. \n\n\n\nVenues\n\n\n\n\nUlster University\, Belfast\, 22-24 May\n\n\n\nMarket Place Theatre and Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh\, 26-27 May\n\n\n\nLouth County Library\, Dundalk\, 28 May\n\n\n\nTrinity College Dublin and St Patrick’s Cathedral\, Dublin\, 29-31 May
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/sound-healing-workshop/
LOCATION:Armagh Robinson Library\, 43 Abbey Street\, Armagh\, BT61 7DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Jaipur Literature Festival International | The Book of Everlasting Things
DESCRIPTION:Jaipur Literature Festival International\n\n\n\nThe Book of Everlasting Things: Aanchal Malhotra in conversation with Paul McVeigh. \n\n\n\nSet against the cataclysm of the Partition of India and Pakistan\, oral historian and author Aanchal Malhotra’s debut novel The Book of Everlasting Things explores the power of memory through scent\, art\, and desire. With prose “guided by the senses”\, Malhotra conjures the history of modern South Asia through a love story that lives in the memory and fragrance of love. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo attend\, please register on the Festival Eventbrite Page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jaipur Literature Festival\n\n\n\nThe iconic annual Jaipur Literature Festival\, held each year in the fabled Pink City of Jaipur\, is the grand dame of international literary festivals. JLF International carries the Festival’s arc\, sparkle and spirit across continents: an inspiring literary series spanning America\, Britain\, and continental Europe. \n\n\n\nJLF came to Belfast in 2019\, an encounter of rich literary traditions from Northern Ireland and across the world\, supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. This year\, from 22- 31 May\, JLF returns to Ireland for one of its most ambitious projects yet: JLF Island of Ireland\, a cross-border literary festival supported by the Government of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. \n\n\n\nTravelling from Belfast to Dublin\, stopping in Armagh and Dundalk\, JLF Island of Ireland will bring a taste of the world-class Jaipur festival experience to Ireland: colour and spectacle\, music and poetry\, words and ideas\, free and open to all. \n\n\n\nFor the first time\, the JLF caravan will cross a border\, connecting North and South\, Ireland and India. With its trademark mix of debate\, dialogue\, music\, and the unique power of literature\, JLF Island of Ireland will explore what we have in common: the ties between our histories and our people\, the legacy of empire and partition\, our love of words and performance\, and our shared global challenges today. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJFL 2026\n\n\n\nAs the full festival programme is unveiled in the coming weeks\, a sneak preview reveals an exciting line-up – international speakers will include world-renowned historians like William Dalrymple and Caroline Elkins\, fearless journalists like Roger Cohen and Jeff Goodell\, and some of India’s most wellknown authors like Jeet Thayil and Tishani Doshi. Sharing the Festival stage with them will be a collection of the finest thinkers and writers on the island of Ireland\, including David McCullagh\, Eoin McNamee\, Jane Ohlmeyer\, Fintan O’Toole\, and Jan Carson. \n\n\n\nMost of all\, JLF Island of Ireland\, an exciting new part of the JLF International family\, will be a celebration of pluralism\, an invitation – and a challenge – to hear each other’s stories and to see the world\, and this island\, from another angle. \n\n\n\nVenues\n\n\n\n\nUlster University\, Belfast\, 22-24 May\n\n\n\nMarket Place Theatre and Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh\, 26-27 May\n\n\n\nLouth County Library\, Dundalk\, 28 May\n\n\n\nTrinity College Dublin and St Patrick’s Cathedral\, Dublin\, 29-31 May
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/the-book-of-everlasting-things/
LOCATION:Armagh Robinson Library\, 43 Abbey Street\, Armagh\, BT61 7DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Lecture Armagh County Museum| Voices of Conscience: Women\, Faith and the Moral Imagination Behind the American Founding
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Valerie Bronson examining the often overlooked influence of women whose convictions\, correspondence\, and spiritual frameworks helped shape the ethical landscape of the early United States.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that this event does NOT take place in Armagh Robinson Library\, but in Armagh County Museum. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, with booking essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVoices of Conscience: Women\, Faith and the Moral Imagination Behind the American Founding\n\n\n\nThe lecture will examine the often overlooked influence of women whose convictions\, correspondence\, and spiritual frameworks helped shape the ethical landscape of the early United States. This lecture traces how their moral imagination informed debates on liberty\, responsibility\, and the common good\, and how their voices continue to challenge and inspire our understanding of civic life today. It invites listeners to consider the founding era not only as a political moment\,but as a human story shaped by conscience\, courage\, and the quiet power of belief. \n\n\n\nA lecture in a series of six\, Armagh and USA 250\, exploring intellectual and historical links between Armagh and early America\, highlighting thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson\, David Hume\, John Locke and Thomas Paine. \n\n\n\nOrganised by Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh County Museum and Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker | Valerie Bronson\n\n\n\nValerie Bronson serves as the Organizing Regent of the Hercules Mulligan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Ireland\, where she leads a growing international community devoted to education\, historic preservation\, and patriotism. \n\n\n\nHer work focuses on building meaningful connections among members and associates\, strengthening historical understanding\, and creating programmes that honour the moral and human dimensions of the American founding. \n\n\n\nShe is also known for her writing of prayer and reflection\, offering words that support\, encourage\, and unite her chapter in shared purpose and service.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/lecture-voices-of-conscience-women-faith-and-the-moral-imagination-behind-the-american-founding/
LOCATION:Armagh County Museum\, The Mall\, East\, Armagh\, BT61 9BE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T213000
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SUMMARY:Lecture | Transatlantic Lives : Emigrants from Ulster and the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by William Roulston exploring the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the years leading up to the American War of Independence\, and considering the contribution of those born in the province to the American Revolution\, whether as soldiers\, politicians\, printers\, philosophers and financiers\, among many other roles. \n\n\n\nPlease note that this event does NOT take place in Armagh Robinson Library\, but in the Cardinal Tomás O Fiaich Library and Archive. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, with booking essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTransatlantic Lives : Emigrants from Ulster and the American Revolution\n\n\n\nThis talk begins with an exploration of the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the years leading up to the American War of Independence before going on to consider the contribution of those born in the province to the American Revolution\, whether as soldiers\, politicians\, printers\, philosophers and financiers\, among many other roles. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nA lecture in a series of six\, Armagh and USA 250\, exploring intellectual and historical links between Armagh and early America\, highlighting thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson\, David Hume\, John Locke and Thomas Paine. \n\n\n\nOrganised by Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh County Museum and Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker | William Roulston\n\n\n\nDr William Roulston has been Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation since 2006.  \n\n\n\nAmong his other books\, he is the author of Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors\, 1600–1800 (2nd edition\, 2018)\, the co-author of Exiles of ’98: Ulster Presbyterians and the UnitedStates (2018)\, and the co-editor of Transatlantic Lives: The Irish Experience in Colonial America (2019). He has undertaken a number of lecture tours in the United States.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/lecture-transatlantic-lives-emigrants-from-ulster-and-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Library & Archive\, 15 Moy Road\, Armagh\, BT61 7LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T110000
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SUMMARY:Lecture Armagh County Museum | We hold these Truths: Presbyterians\, Puritans and the American Declaration of Independence (Armagh County Museum)
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Ronnie Hanna explaining the particular circumstances of the time that led to the crafting of the American Declaration of Independence\, as well as the influence of English Puritanism. \n\n\n\nPlease note that this event does NOT take place in Armagh Robinson Library\, but in Armagh County Museum. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, with booking essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe hold these Truths: Presbyterians\, Puritans and the AmericanDeclaration of Independence\n\n\n\nThis lecture will initially explain the particular circumstances of the time that led to the crafting of the American Declaration of Independence\, but will then explore two lines of antecedence that had a profound influence on the spirit and content of that document. One of these influences was the mass migration of Presbyterians\, mainly from Ulster\, to the American colonies in the eighteenth century – and the mindset and belief system they carried with them across the Atlantic. \n\n\n\nThe second factor to be considered is the influence of English Puritanism\, predating the Presbyterian presence in America by about one hundred years. These two sources gave the American patriots their democratic focus and their prioritisation of the rights of the individual\, as embedded in the famous declaration. \n\n\n\nA lecture in a series of six\, Armagh and USA 250\, exploring intellectual and historical links between Armagh and early America\, highlighting thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson\, David Hume\, John Locke and Thomas Paine. \n\n\n\nOrganised by Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh County Museum and Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker | Ronnie Hanna\n\n\n\nRonnie Hanna is the author of Land of the Free: Ulster and the American Revolution (1992). He has been a lecturer in the Open Learning programmeat Queen’s University Belfast since 1994\, specializing in British\, American and international history. To mark a previous notable American anniversary in 2020 – 400 years since the sailing of the Mayflower – Ronnie presented the course ‘A City Upon a Hill: The Pilgrim Fathers and America’s English Puritan Legacy’.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/we-hold-these-truths-presbyterians-puritans-and-the-american-declaration-of-independence/
LOCATION:Armagh County Museum\, The Mall\, East\, Armagh\, BT61 9BE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T213000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
CREATED:20260324T144041Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture | Every breeze from the west brings news of fair liberty – Ulster and the American Revolution (Ó Fiaich Library)
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by John Gray on the influence of Ulster Presbyterians on the American revolution\, and the influence of the American revolution on radicalism in Ulster. \n\n\n\nPlease note that this event does NOT take place in Armagh Robinson Library\, but in the Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Library and Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, with booking essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery breeze from the west brings news of fair liberty – Ulster and the American Revolution\n\n\n\nDuring the 18th century\, up to 200\,000 Ulster Presbyterians emigrated to what would become the United States\, fleeing religious and economic hardships. Many supported the American Revolution\, which was widely welcomed by Presbyterians and praised by both the United Irishmen and moderates\, despite the constitution allowing slavery. Some migrants helped build democratic institutions\, while others moved westward\, sometimes becoming slave owners or participating in conflicts with Native Americans.  \n\n\n\nThe ideas which propelled the United States to Independence then flowed back across the Atlantic fostering a renewed sense of radicalism in Ulster. \n\n\n\nA lecture in a series of six\, Armagh and USA 250\, exploring intellectual and historical links between Armagh and early America\, highlighting thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson\, David Hume\, John Locke and Thomas Paine. \n\n\n\nOrganised by Armagh Robinson Library\, Armagh County Museum and Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker | John Gray\n\n\n\nBelfast born John Gray is the former long-standing librarian of the city’s historic Linen Hall Library. He is Chair of Reclaim the Enlightenment\, a charity formed in 2017 to celebrate the town’s progressive era and as a trigger for radical interventions in the present. As a social historian he has been widely published.     
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/armagh-and-usa-250-every-breeze-from-the-west-brings-news-of-fair-liberty-ulster-and-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Library & Archive\, 15 Moy Road\, Armagh\, BT61 7LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T160000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | St Mark’s Church\, Portadown 1826-2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will host the book launch of the St Mark’s Church\, Portadown 1826-2026 on Friday 6 March 2026 at 2pm. \n\n\n\nOn behalf of St Mark’s Parish Church\, Portadown\, you invited to attend the book launch of the history of St Mark’s Parish Church Portadown to mark the Church’s bi-centenary. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, but please book your place with the Library via admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk or 028-37523142 by Monday 2 March 2026.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/book-launch-st-marks-church-portadown-1826-2026/
CATEGORIES:Book launch,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T210000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:World Book Day | Stuart Neville
DESCRIPTION:The City Chapter is twenty-five years old this year and keen to celebrate in several ways. The first event is a celebration of World Book Day 2026 with a reading by the author Stuart Neville on Thursday 5 March 2026 at 7.30pm in Armagh Robinson Library.Stuart supported the City Chapter on two previous occasions: once in 2009 when he gave a reading prior to the publication of his debut novel ‘The Twelve’. It is also known as ‘The Ghosts of Belfast’ which won the Mystery/Thriller category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was also picked as one of the top crime novels of 2009 by both the New York Times and the LA Times. He gave a second reading on crime fiction in 2013 in the former Armagh Gaol building. \n\n\n\n\n\nShortlisted for various awards\, including the MWA Edgar\, CWA Dagger\, Theakstons Old Peculier Novel of the Year\, Barry\, Macavity\, Dilys awards\, as well as the Irish Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year\, Stuart has since published twelve more critically acclaimed books\, two of which were under the pen name Haylen Beck\, as well as a short story collection. \n\n\n\nSpeaking ahead of World Book Day\, Stuart said\,  \n\n\n\n\nIt’s always a pleasure to do an event for the City Chapter. Libraries have played an important role throughout my life\, from borrowing my first books as a child to providing a quiet place to work as an adult. I support libraries because they support me\, and I would never have become a writer without them. \n\n\n\n\nThe City Chapter\, which is the partnership of Armagh City Library\, Armagh Robinson Library\, the Cardinal O Fiaich Library and Archive and the Cultural Heritage Service Library\, is delighted to welcome Stuart back\, to hear him talk about and read from his work\, to highlight twenty-five years of the collaboration of the Armagh libraries\, and to celebrate the National Year of Reading. The partnership is also most grateful to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for their support in making this event possible.Admission is free with donations welcome to the City Chapter. To book a place\, please contact Armagh Robinson Library by telephone 028 37523142 or e-mail admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk#worldbookday2026 #WorldBookDay
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/world-book-day-stuart-neville/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260221T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260221T113000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:Playful Museums Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library is delighted to take part in the Playful Museums Festival 2026 with two sessions\, ‘Willow the Warbler’s Journey’\, for pre-school children and their carers. The Festival is made possible by grants and support from the Northern Ireland Museums Council (NIMC). \n\n\n\nThe sessions will take place from 10.30am to 11.30am on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 February 2026. \n\n\n\nBoth sessions will be offered free of charge and are open to families with children under 5 years old. \n\n\n\n Booking is essential by telephoning 028 37523142 or e-mailing admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe sessions will be run by facilitator Ursula Monaghan: \n\n\n\n\nWe will look at the journey of a willow warbler\, a bird which travels from Africa in spring to spend the summer here. The story will include physical movements and singing with the children. We will have colouring-in activities and a little booklet for the children to take home\, so that carers and children can continue to explore the importance of caring for small birds and the vital role they play in our environment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Library’s Assistant Keeper\, Carol Conlin\, said\,  \n\n\n\n\nWe are very pleased to participate in the Playful Museums Festival for another year. We have been successful in gaining grants and publicity with the previous festivals but do not take such support for granted. It is a marvellous boost for us as we are a small independent museum which is keen to encourage families with young children to visit us. It will be a pleasure to have Ursula back with us to facilitate the sessions.  \n\n\n\nWe hope that we may welcome local families\, and staff members and families of ArKe Sure Start who have encouraged us to be a ‘playful museum’.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/playful-museums-festival-2026-2/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T113000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:Playful Museums Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library is delighted to take part in the Playful Museums Festival 2026 with two sessions\, Willow the Warbler’s Journey\, for pre-school children and their carers. The Festival is made possible by grants and support from the Northern Ireland Museums Council (NIMC). \n\n\n\nThe sessions will take place from 10.30am to 11.30am on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 February 2026. \n\n\n\nBoth sessions will be offered free of charge and are open to families with children under 5 years old. \n\n\n\n Booking is essential by telephoning 028 37523142 or e-mailing admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe sessions will be run by facilitator Ursula Monaghan: \n\n\n\n\nWe will look at the journey of a willow warbler\, a bird which travels from Africa in spring to spend the summer here. The story will include physical movements and singing with the children. We will have colouring-in activities and a little booklet for the children to take home\, so that carers and children can continue to explore the importance of caring for small birds and the vital role they play in our environment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Library’s Assistant Keeper\, Carol Conlin\, said\,  \n\n\n\n\nWe are very pleased to participate in the Playful Museums Festival for another year. We have been successful in gaining grants and publicity with the previous festivals but do not take such support for granted. It is a marvellous boost for us as we are a small independent museum which is keen to encourage families with young children to visit us. It will be a pleasure to have Ursula back with us to facilitate the sessions.  \n\n\n\nWe hope that we may welcome local families\, and staff members and families of ArKe Sure Start who have encouraged us to be a ‘playful museum’.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/playful-museums-festival-2026/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251130T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:Georgian Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:Armagh Robinson Library will be open for the Georgian Festival on Sunday 30th November 2025. \n\n\n\nThe building was part of Archbishop Robinson’s plans for Georgian Armagh. The Library was built in 1771 as a public library and is the oldest library in Northern Ireland. All events are drop in – no booking required – free of charge\, donations welcome. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nLibrary staff and volunteers will be to answer any questions about the Library’s treasures. They will have help from one of our Georgian characters\, Mrs Smith. \n\n\n\nA Georgian Silhouette cutter will be in the Library to capture your silhouette between 2 and 4.30pm.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArmagh Robinson Library and No 5. the former Registry will also be open on Georgian Day\, Saturday  29th November\, from 11.00pm to 5.00pm.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/georgian-festival-2025/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251129T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:Georgian Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Georgian buildings of the Library and No 5 Vicars’ Hill\, the former Registry\, will be open for Georgian Day on Saturday 29th November 2025.  \n\n\n\nBoth buildings were part of Archbishop Robinson’s plans for Georgian Armagh. The Library was built in 1771 as a public library and is the oldest library in Northern Ireland. The 1772 Registry used to hold precious documents and records\, on Georgian Day you can learn about Wax Sealing. Armagh Robinson Library will also be open on Sunday 30th November from 2.00pm to 5.00pm. \n\n\n\nAll events are drop in – no booking required – free of charge\, donations welcome. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nLibrary staff and volunteers will be to answer any questions about the Library’s treasures. They will have help from one of our Georgian characters\, Mrs Smith.  \n\n\n\nA Georgian Caricaturist will be in the Library to capture your character between 12 noon to 4.30pm.  \n\n\n\nSt Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral will host Choral Evensong at 5.00pm in the Cathedral.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/georgian-day-2025/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T210000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:Rokeby Lecture 2025 | The Other Bishop's Library: Thomas Percy's Books\, Ballads\, Elks and Pikes
DESCRIPTION:The Rokeby Lecture 2025\, The Other Bishop’s Library: Thomas Percy’s Books\, Ballads\, Elks and Pikes\, by Dr Frank Ferguson\, will be held on the first day of the Georgian Festival\, Thursday 27 November 2025. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Dr Ferguson will explore the impact of Bishop Thomas Percy of Dromore\, County Down. History has not been kind to Percy. He has not enjoyed the same renown as Archbishop Robinson of Armagh or Bishop Hervey of Downhill. However\, it could be argued that Percy’s literary endeavours as collector\, editor and patron shaped the cultural landscape of Ireland and Britain in multiple and profound ways.  \n\n\n\nFrank Ferguson will suggest that Percy’s work and approach\, set amid a time of political upheaval in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century in Ireland\, offered a means to use song and poetry as a means to find common ground\, religious tolerance and reconciliation. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nFrank Ferguson is the Research Director for English Language and Literature at Ulster University. An experienced researcher in Irish literary studies\, he has written and edited a number of publications on Irish and Northern Irish literature including\, Ulster-Scots Writing\, an Anthology\, (Four Courts\, 2008) Revising Robert Burns and Ulster: literature\, religion and politics\, c.1770-1920 (Four Courts 2009) John Hewitt\, A North Light (Four Courts\, 2013. He is the editor of Balancing Acts: Conversations with Gerald Dawe on a Life in Poetry (Irish Academic Press 2023). He has managed a number of major projects on Irish writing. He is the current Chair of the John Hewitt Society\, a Governor of the Linen Hall Library and a Committee Member of the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/rokeby-lecture-2025-the-other-bishops-library/
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251024T160000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:An Art Exhibition with a Difference: Icons on Ammo Boxes
DESCRIPTION:The Library is pleased to be the first venue in Northern Ireland to host a special exhibition\, Icons on Ammo Boxes\, with art works by Ukrainian artists Sonya Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko. The artworks are painted on the bases of empty ammunition boxes from Ukraine.  \n\n\n\nThe exhibition will run from Thursday 9 October to Friday 24 October\, following the Library’s normal opening hours. \n\n\n\nThe artists Sonya Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko (Kyiv\, Ukraine) chose to combine two contrasting objects in their artwork: ammunition boxes and religious icons. Their aim is to transform death\, linking with the ammunition box\, into life\, shown in Ukrainian life by an icon. The artists believe that the icons\, painted on boxes brought from the war zone\, are silent yet eloquent witnesses of the war. The boxes also play another important role: the artwork is for sale\, with proceeds going to buy ambulances and evacuation vehicles on the front line in Ukraine.  \n\n\n\n\n\nThe exhibition has been on display in a wide range of venues throughout Europe\, and most recently in Scotland. Armagh Robinson Library has had the pleasure of working with Ukrainian families who are living in County Armagh and the Library wants to continue this valued link with them. We will hold a special open night  on Thursday 9 October 2025 from 7.30pm in the Library. The exhibition will run until Friday 24 October\, following the Library’s normal opening hours. \n\n\n\nSpeaking ahead of the open night\, one of the Ukrainian mothers\, Inna Shynkevich said\, \n\n\n\n\nThis exhibition is very special to us because it shows how even in the darkest times\, life and hope can be born out of destruction. We are honoured to bring it to Northern Ireland for the first time\, and I sincerely hope that more venues across the region will open their doors so that as many people as possible can see these powerful works. \n\n\n\n\nThe Keeper of the Library\, the Very Revd Shane Forster\, added\, \n\n\n\n\nWe are deeply humbled to receive and have the opportunity to display these beautiful Ukrainian icons. They tell a story of a war-torn land\, of death\, destruction and despair\, but also of hope\, faith and light in the midst of the darkest of times.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/an-art-exhibition-with-a-difference-icons-on-ammo-boxes/
CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251002T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251002T213000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
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SUMMARY:National Poetry Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:The City Chapter’s National Poetry Day 2025 event with poets Wendy Sinnamon and Paul Jeffcutt will be held at Armagh Robinson Library on Thursday 2 October 2025 at 7.30pm. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nPrior booking is requested by contacting Armagh Robinson Library on telephone 028 37523142 or by e-mail admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk  \n\n\n\nAdmission to the event is free\, with donations to the City Chapter most welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWendy Sinnamon is a poet\, writer\, facilitator and special educational needs teaching assistant from Portadown.  \n\n\n\nShe obtained a BA Honours in Creative Writing and English Literature in 2022 and recently she achieved a Masters with Distinction in English Literature.  \n\n\n\nWendy is a recipient of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for Individual Artists Programme and has received several bursaries from The Irish Writers Centre and The John Hewitt Society.  \n\n\n\nHer debut fiction manuscript was shortlisted for the 2022 Penguin Random House WriteNow competition. She was shortlisted for the 2023 and the 2024 Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing.  \n\n\n\nHer poetry has been published in Abridged\, The Honest Ulsterman\, The Waxed Lemon and Poetry Bus and several of works were also included in the Fusion anthology published earlier this year by Broken Spine Press. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy poetry often blurs the lines between fantasy and reality\, the past and the present. I seek to explore the complex relationship between identity and memory\, what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget. I dive into history\, personal and shared\, ancient and recent\, to uncover truths\, if any\, about the connections we develop with each other and the wider world and how these coalesce and become the self\, whatever that means. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Jeffcutt is a writer from Banbridge. He has won thirty-three awards for poetry in competitions in Ireland\, the UK and the USA. He has three full collections of poetry: ‘True’\, Black Spring Press (2025)\, ‘The Skylark’s Call’\, Dempsey & Windle (2020) and ‘Latch’\, Lagan Press (2010). He is widely published in literary journals and anthologies. \n\n\n\nPaul will launch his third collection of poetry\, ‘True’\, published by Black Spring Press at the event. It will be on sale at the special price of £10 during this event.  \n\n\n\n\nThe poems were all inspired by true stories from real lives. The sources were news reports\, exhibitions\, diaries\, brochures\, sagas\, public notices\, journals\, broadcasts\, obituaries and word of mouth. They are not ‘found poems’ – instead\, each real-life story provided the launch pad for new work. Ciaran Carson called them ‘discovered poems’. ‘True’ brings together my discovered poems\, twelve of which have won awards. The book is dedicated to the late Ciaran Carson\, founding Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre in Belfast. \n\n\n\n– Paul Jeffcutt \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Jeffcutt’s poetry has always been tempted by the coincidental and the accidental\, finding strange wonders in juxtaposition and enigma. With ‘True’\, this risk-taking reaches a new stage of fluency\, insight and daring. Along the pathways of these literally ‘out-of-the-ordinary’ poems\, the big themes are explored\, in the company of other artists\, pioneers\, adventurers and plain folk like ourselves. A joy to read. \n\n\n\n– Damian Smyth\, Head of Literature and Drama at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/national-poetry-day-2025/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250925T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250925T203000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
CREATED:20250909T135227Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch | The Unbroken Covenant: Could Ulster Unionists have controlled a nine-county Northern Ireland?
DESCRIPTION:Book launch by Dr Samuel Beckton\, a historian from Belfast\, of his new book\, The Unbroken Covenant: Could Ulster Unionists have controlled a nine-county Northern Ireland?\, that commemorates the centenary of the 1925 Irish Boundary Commission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring discussions for the Government of Ireland Act 1920\, Northern Ireland as we know it was created. But there were discussions of the Irish boundary line\, including partitioning the full province of Ulster.  \n\n\n\nThis raises a fundamental ‘what if’ within Irish Studies\, could Ulster Unionists have controlled nine-county Northern Ireland? This a counterfactual history to mark the centenary of the 1925 Irish Boundary Commission\, as a reflection of the impact of partition\, and subsequent questions of what the knock-on impact would have been. In particular\, how would this altered timeline have affected the border counties? Could Ulster Unionists have controlled Monaghan County Council? Would Border County Unionists have been able to return representatives to Stormont? How would a nine-county Northern Ireland have influenced the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II?  \n\n\n\nThese questions\, and much more\, will be answered in this work as it looks at how history could have taken a different turn. \n\n\n\n\nQuote from The Unbroken Covenant\, by Dr Samuel Beckton\n\n\n\n\n\nThe book will be on sale at a special price of £25.00.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/book-launch-the-unbroken-covenant/
CATEGORIES:Book launch,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250209T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251231T160000
DTSTAMP:20260621T175519
CREATED:20250221T142035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T115542Z
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Exhibitions in Armagh Robinson Library
DESCRIPTION:For over a decade the Library has hosted a variety of temporary exhibitions\, drawing objects from its own collections. \n\n\n\nThe subjects ranged from the beautiful\, extraordinary\, unknown\, interesting to the thought-provoking. \n\n\n\nIn our current temporary exhibition some of the works that were on display in the past decade have returned.  \n\n\n\nWe have highlighted different objects represented in our collections: marbled papers\, gems\, prints\, medals and medieval bronze bells. \n\n\n\n\n\nWe have also displayed some of the books that have evoked surprise and awe amongst our visitors during past exhibitions. \n\n\n\nThere are Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica\, Paxton’s Magazine of Botany\, and Register of Flowering Plants\, the 1770 Census of Armagh\, the Breeches Bible\, a 16th century Book of Hours and Roman Missal\, a late 17th century collection of maps\, and two works by 18th century women writers\, Bluestocking Society Elizabeth Montagu and mathematician Maria Agnesi.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/a-decade-of-exhibitions-in-armagh-robinson-library/
LOCATION:Armagh Robinson Library\, 43 Abbey Street\, Armagh\, BT61 7DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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