Monday, October 05, 2009

Ulster-Scots lecture week in Markethill

I'm off to Markethill in County Armagh this evening to give a 40 min Powerpoint / illustrated talk on the Hamilton & Montgomery Settlement of 1606. It's the first in a series of talks being given every night this week in the Old Courthouse. The full list is:

Monday 5th October - Mark Thompson
1590s - 1625 (Hamilton & Montgomery Settlement)

Tuesday 6th October - William Roulston
1625 - 1660 (Covenants)

Wednesday 7th October - Knox Hyndman
1660 - 1689 (Persecution)

Thursday 8th October - Harry Coulter
1690 - 1811 (Covenanters to Reformed Presbyterians)

Friday 9th October - Robert McCollum
1811 - Present (19th & 20th Centuries)

The events have been organised by the local (Ballenon and Ballylane) Reformed Presbyterian churches. Each talk begins at 7.30

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