12/10/2026
October Lecture: Land & People: Ulster Life in the EARLY 18TH CENTURY. Dr William Roulston. Cushendall Parish Centre. Friday 16th October at 7.30pm. All Welcome.
October 12, 2026 by GOAHS
The Glens of Antrim Historical Society is delighted to welcome Dr William Roulston, a leading voice in Ulster genealogy and local history, to Cushendall Parish Centre this week for his talk: “Land & People: Ulster Life in The Early 18th Century”
Non-Mems Welcome: ÂŁ5 (Includes Refreshments)
William Roulston began working for the Ulster Historical Foundation in 1997 and was awarded a PhD in Archaeology by Queen’s University Belfast in 2004. He has been Research Director of the UHF since 2006 and is the author of a number of books on aspects of Irish history focused on the province of Ulster. His most recent book is Researching Ulster Ancestors, 1800–1914 (2026).
Other publications include: Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors (2nd edition, 2018) and Researching Presbyterian Ancestors in Ireland (2020). He also co-edited: Transatlantic Lives: The Irish Experience in Colonial America (2019); Lough Neagh: An Atlas of the Natural, Built and Cultural Heritage (2022); and Cultivating a Love for Knowledge: Two Hundred Years of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, 1821-2021 (2023).
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