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Lisburn Historical Society

Volume 10 • 2005 - 2006

RECENT BOOK LAUNCHES and MEETINGS

The 2003 Chairman of the Society, Finny O'Sullivan, with Mrs Joyce Best at the launch of the reprint of her successful book The Huguenots of Lisburn, the Story of the Lost Colony Mr Fred Kee, founding member of Lisburn Historical Society and author of Lisburn Miscellany, which was first published in 1976.
The 2003 Chairman of the Society, Finny O'Sullivan, with Mrs Joyce Best at the launch of the reprint of her successful book The Huguenots of Lisburn, the Story of the Lost Colony Mr Fred Kee, founding member of Lisburn Historical Society and author of Lisburn Miscellany, which was first published in 1976.

In 1997, Lisburn Historical Society published The Huguenots of Lisburn, the Story of the Lost Colony by Joyce Best, edited and compiled by Dr. Kathleen Rankin. Mrs Best has been a member of the Society for many years and has worked tirelessly on the topic of the Huguenots in the Lisburn area. The publication was sold out and a reprint was ordered in 2003.

The Society also undertook a reprint of Fred Kee's long out of print book, Lisburn Miscellany based on a collection of short articles which first appeared in the Ulster Star between 1970-74.

When first published, these articles evoked a nostalgic world and the subsequent passage of time has seen such changes in the fabric of Lisburn that these pieces provide valuable documentation of a past era. Not surprisingly, the reprint was immediately successful.

RECENT MEETINGS

The following lectures have been given to Lisburn Historical Society in recent years. The Society meets on the first Wednesday of each month in Lisburn Institute of Further and Higher Education.

2003-04    
October 2003 The Irish Guards Captain N.P. Brennan
November 2003 Vernacular Buildings Mr Richard Oram
December 2003 Songs and Stories from the Ulster Countryside John Campbell & Len Graham
January 2004 Gate Lodges of Ulster Mr J.A.K. Dean
February 2004 Tree Rings and Lough Neagh Prof. Mike Baillie
March 2004 Railways — their pre-history Mr David Laing
April2004 The History of Methodism Rev. R.P. Roddie
2004-05    
September 2004 The Inca Trail, Peru Mrs Olive Campbell
October 2004 W.B. Yeats and Sligo Mr Damian Brennan
November 2004 A Century of Moving  Images N.I. Film & TV Commission
December 2004 A War-time Reminiscence  Mr Sam McAughtry
January 2005 Ulster Scots Entrepreneurs in North America Mr Alister McReynolds
February 2005 Sir John Lavery Ms Ann Stewart
March 2005 The Royal Victoria Hospital Prof. Richard Clarke
April2005 The Battle of Moira Dr Ian Adamson
2005-06
September 2005 N.I. and the Spanish Civil War Mr Ken Armstrong
October 2005 The Blessington Estates of the Marquis of Downshire Mrs Kathy Trant
November 2005 War-time Bases around Lisburn Mr Ernie Cromie
December 2005 A Glimpse into the Past War on Want'
January 2006 Six Prime Ministers of N.I. Mr Clive Scoular
February 2006 The History of Bakeries Mr James Davidson
March 2006 The Manchester Family Mr Jason Diamond
April 2006 The Brontës in Ireland Dr Robert Logan