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SUMMARY:Exhibition | United States of America : The Road to Independence
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition | United States of America : The Road to Independence \n\n\n\nOn 4 July 2026\, the 250th anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence of the United States of America will be marked. \n\n\n\nIn this exhibition we look at the history of North America in the run up to the official formation of the United States of America. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition will be on display in the Long Room from Monday 12 January until Saturday 4 July 2026.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/exhibition-united-states-of-america-the-road-to-independence/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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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:Morning Closure Library 14 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Tuesday 14 April 2026\, for a Morning on the Hill group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-14-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 15 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Wednesday 15 April 2026\, for a Morning on the Hill group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-15-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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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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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 16 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 16 April 2026\, for a Morning on the Hill group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-16-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 17 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Friday 17 April 2026\, for a Morning on the Hill group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-17-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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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
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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:20260430T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T140000
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 30 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 30 April 2026\, for a Morning on the Hill school visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-30-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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