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Lecture | A Spanish Ulster Scot in the early United States
FeaturedArmagh Robinson Library 43 Abbey Street, Armagh, United KingdomEventLecture 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 [...]
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Lecture | Imagining Independence: Ulster, Ireland and America in 1776
FeaturedArmagh Robinson Library 43 Abbey Street, Armagh, United KingdomEventLecture 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. Date & Time [...]
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Exhibition | Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World : Gulliver’s Travels at 300
FeaturedEvent2026 marks the 300th anniversary of the first edition of Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. This work, written by Jonathan Swift, is commonly known as Gulliver’s Travels. The first edition of Gulliver’s [...]
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Rokeby Lecture 2026 | Gulliver’s Travels Now
FeaturedEventThe Library will host the 2026 Rokeby Lecture on Thursday 26 November 2026 at 7.30pm at the start of this year’s Armagh’s Georgian Festival. In this year’s Rokeby Lecture, Brean Hammond, Emeritus Professor of Modern [...]
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Georgian Festival 2026
FeaturedEventArmagh Robinson Library & No 5 Vicars' Hill will be open for the Georgian Festival on Saturday 28th November and Sunday 29th November 2026. All events are drop in - no booking required - free [...]
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