Current programme
2025/26 Programme
Location and times of lectures vary - see table for more details.
Major T.J. Atkinson
9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Killed in action near Hamel, France on 1st July 1916 while serving with the Ulster Division.
A generous bequest from the Atkinson family helps fund the society's programme.
Earlier programmes
Date and time
Title
Speaker
Venue
Sat. 27 Sept. 2025 @ 11:00am
Guided tour of Shankill Graveyard, Lurgan
Jim Conway
Shankill Graveyard, Deans Walk, Lurgan
Tues. 14 Oct. 2025 @ 7:30pm
Gathering, not Grandeur: Exploring Evangelical Meeting Halls in the Craigavon Area
Dr Kevin Miller, University of Ulster
Craigavon Civic Centre
Tues. 21 Oct. @ 7:30pm
Screening of new film: ‘
Craigavon, new city
’ followed by Q & A
Northern Ireland Screen
Omniplex Cinema, Craigavon
Tues. 11 Nov. 2025 @ 7:45pm
Northern Ireland’s volcanic landscapes and a new view of the Giant’s Causeway
Dr Michael Simms, National Museums Northern Ireland
Craigavon Civic Centre
Tues. 9 Dec. 2025 @ 7:00pm
AGM, followed @ 7:30pm by lecture ‘Falls, Brawls & Town Halls: History of Wrestling in Northern Ireland’
Nick Campbell
Craigavon Civic Centre
Tues. 10 Feb. 2026 @ 7:30pm
WW2 Nurses- the Ireland contribution
Margaret Graham
Craigavon Civic Centre
Tues. 24 Mar. 2026 @ 7:30pm
Surveying Ireland's bogs 200 years ago -
the work of the Bogs Commissioners of 1809-13
Dr Arnold Horner, University College Dublin
Portadown Town Hall
Sat. 11 April 2026 10am to 3pm
Seminar: 'An Island Conversion: The Making of Irish Christianity'
Various speakers
Seagoe Parish Centre
Saturday 16 May 2026 @ 11:00am
Tour of Ballinteggart Farm, Orchard and Cider Making Facility with refreshments
Troughton Family
Ballinteggart House, 73 Drumnasoo Road, Portadown, BT62 4EX
May 2026 – date tbc @ 7:30pm
Digging Deeper into Kilmocholmóg – Results of the 2025 Community excavation
Katy McMonagle, Northern Archaeological Consultancy
Grace Hall, Dollingstown
Tues. 10 June 2026 @ 11:00am
Summer Outing: Guided tour of Navan Fort, Armagh