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Brendan McAnallen RIP
It is with great regret and sadness we learn of the passing of Brendan McAnallen, founding member and past Chairman of The O’Neill Country Historical society and historical journal DÚICHE NÉILL . Brendan was a frequent contributor to the journal … Read More
A Divided if not A Foolish People? by Michael McLoughlin
‘A Divided, if not A Foolish People’ by Michael McLoughlin ISBN 978-0-9554524-9-9 Hardback, 492pp, £25, December 2019. A REVIEW by Dr Darragh Curran In the years immediately following the Famine, there was little to mark the town of Dungannon apart from … Read More
Pathways to the Past a survey of townlands of the Armagh/Tyrone border. Benburb Priory Library on Tuesday the 12th of November 2019 @ 8pm
The ONeill Country Historical Society’s next talk of the year is Pathways to the Past a survey of townlands of the Armagh/Tyrone border Do you ever wonder what your local area looked like in the past? Why does that road … Read More
THE FORTS ON THE BLACKWATER RIVER “THE COCKPIT OF THE NORTH” Tuesday 8th May in O’Neills GFC Community Sports Complex An Port Mór/Blackwatertown at 8.00pm
THE FORTS ON THE BLACKWATER RIVER – “THE COCKPIT OF THE NORTH” The ONeill Country Historical Society commences its summer lecture series with a talk on ‘The Forts on the Blackwater River’ delivered by Dr James O’Neill. The Nine Years War … Read More
THE O’NEILLS OF KINNARD AND SIR PHELIM O’NEILL- Talk on Tuesday 10th April at 8.00pm in the Old Court House Caledon.
THE O’NEILLS OF KINNARD AND SIR PHELIM O’NEILL, Speaker: Dr David Brown T.C.D. This talk on Caledon is a synthesis of these two interests and relates how Sir Phelim O’Neill’s estate, forfeited due to his participation in the rebellion of … Read More
Shane ONeill seminar Saturday 24th of March in the Priory Library in Benburb @ 9.30 am
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James Bruce talk on Wednesday 28th Feb has been postponed due to bad weather. A new date will be set in due course.
JAMES BRUCE-The Belfast industrialist who purchased the Northern Wingfield/ Powerscourt estate and built his Manor House (nowBenburb Priory). Wednesday 28th Feb 8.00pm
This talk has been postponed due to the inclement weather. A new date will be rescheduled. Talk on Wednesday 28th February at 8.00pm in the new Library at Benburb Priory. Speaker: Mr James Kane JAMES … Read More
Engineering Roots – Reflections of over fifty years as a Civil Engineer by Prof Adrian Long – Tue 21st Feb 8.00pm Eglish Presbyterian Hall
Professor Adrian Long will deliver a talk on his life as an engineer, from his early days in his father’s blacksmith shop in Carrowbeg, Eglish, to become a world leader in Civil Engineering. Adrian attended Dungannon Royal School before entering … Read More
Rev William Richardson of Clonfeacle – Political Parson & would be Horticulturalist Tuesday 27th Sept 8.00pm Church of Ireland Parish Hall, Benburb
Rev William Richardson of Clonfeacle – Political Parson & would be Horticulturalist The ONeill Country Historical Society commences its Autumn Lecture Series with a talk on Rev William Richardson of Clonfeacle delivered by Dr Allan Blackstock. Reverend William Richardson, who, despite his … Read More