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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 27 February 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Friday 27 February 2026\, for a Morning on the Hill school visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-27-february-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 4 March 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Wednesday 4 March 2026\, for a private event.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-4-march-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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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:20260306T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260306T160000
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Closure 6 March 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this afternoon for casual visitors\, Wednesday 4 March 2026\, for the book launch of the St Mark’s Church Portadown 1826-2026.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/afternoon-closure-library-6-march-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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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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SUMMARY:St Patrick's Day Closure
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed for St Patrick’s Day\, Tuesday 17 March 2026.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/st-patricks-day-closure/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Easter Closure 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed for Easter from Friday 3 April until Tuesday 7 April 2026 inclusive.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/easter-closure-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Lecture | Every breeze from the west brings news of fair liberty – Ulster and the American Revolution
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 O 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:20260423T100000
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 23 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 23 April 2026\, due to the quarterly Governors and Guardians meeting taking place in the Long Room.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-23-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T181820
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SUMMARY:Lecture | We hold these Truths: Presbyterians\, Puritans and the American Declaration of Independence
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: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:20260516T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260516T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T181820
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SUMMARY:Lecture | 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:20260603T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260603T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T181820
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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\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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T181820
CREATED:20251209T085840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T101657Z
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 4 June 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 4 June 2026\, due to the quarterly Governors and Guardians meeting taking place in the Long Room.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-4-june-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T181820
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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:Morning Closure 17 September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 17 September 2026\, due to the quarterly Governors and Guardians meeting taking place in the Long Room.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-17-september-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 26 November 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 26 November 2026\, due to the quarterly meeting  of the Governors and Guardians.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-26-november-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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