Meetings & Events

Place Names of the Barony of Coleraine Speaker: Dr Niall Comer Located on the North-Eastern coast of Ireland lies the market town of Coleraine. It is situated just over three miles from the northern coastline with the North Atlantic Ocean. Coleraine or Cúil Raithin means ‘corner of bracken’ and its surrounding barony has a rich

Coleraine Historical Society AGM and Talk on The Gaelic Harp by Mark Doherty The Meeting, which is open to Coleraine Historical Society members only, will see the election of Committee and Office Bearers. Nominations and new committee members are welcome and we would encourage Coleraine Historical Society members to consider taking an active role in

From Belfast to Bendigo: The life and work of Dr William Graham 1859-1917 Talk by Mary Heffernen   Mary Heffernan is a doctoral research student at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her special interest is in the history of psychoanalysis in Ireland from 1911-1998. She is a practicing psychotherapist working in London. A graduate of

 History of Coleraine FC Guest speaker – Hunter McClelland Coleraine Historical Society will continue their monthly programme with a talk on The History of Coleraine FC. The speaker will be Hunter McClelland. Hunter McClelland was born in Coleraine, in a year when Coleraine played in an Irish Cup final and grew up in Limavady where

The Robert Anderson Memorial Talk ‘A Thorny Subject’   7.30 pm  – 8.30 pm  Speaker: Neal Anderson   Coleraine Historical Society is delighted to host the third, annual Robert Anderson Memorial Talk on Tuesday 16th November. The talk is entitled ‘A Thorny Subject’ and will be given by guest speaker Neal Anderson, the son of

21 September 2021 Emigration from Ireland DR LINDE LUNNEY                                                           Biopic Linde Lunney grew up in north Antrim, and after Bushmills Grammar school, went on an exchange programme

The Castlerock Poisoning Sensation Speaker Geoff Warke, Chair Coleraine Historical Society Tuesday 15th June 2021 7.30pm  Geoff`s story tells of a dramatic incident, described in many newspapers as a `sensation`, that gripped the small village of Castlerock in 1892.  Seeking to purchase an ingredient for a summer cordial, the local Presbyterian minister Rev Dr William

Tuesday 18 May 2021  The History of the NW 200  Mervyn White The talk covers the race from its inception in 1929 up until the 90th anniversary which took place in 2019. It contains very interesting information covering the 90 years with up to date details on the management of the North West 200 today.

Tuesday 20 April 2021 Homes for Heroes Nigel Henderson   In this presentation, Nigel Henderson will be talking about the cottages built for veterans of in the Coleraine and Portrush districts in the 1920s. The talk will include a brief background to the cottage-building scheme and brief details of the numbers of cottages built in

  16 March 2021 – AGM  (Annual General Meeting) and Some Light “Varied” Entertainment double act The Two B’s BILLY BONES & BRIAN SIMPSON   Watch this Space!

16 February 2021 – `The First 100 Years of C.R.F.C & H.C. – More Than a Rugby John Logan will talk on One Hundred Years of Coleraine Rugby Football, Cricket and Hockey Club. John is a Retired School Principal, University Teacher and Education Adviser and has been a Member of C.R.F. C and H.C. since

Professor Thomas G. Fraser MBE is Emeritus Professor of History at Ulster University.  Educated at the University of Glasgow (MA, Ewing Prize) and the London School of Economics (PhD in International History), he came to the New University of Ulster in Coleraine in 1969, retiring as Provost of the University of Ulster’s Magee campus in