Monthly Speakers
| Month | 2024 SPEAKER | SUBJECT |
|---|---|---|
| Janurary | Bronagh McAnasty | NI Screen Digital Film |
| February | Maddie Stewart | Byzantine Iconography |
| March 25th | Jane Kirkpatrick | Castleward Period Costume |
| April 29th | Joan Noade | Walking the Kerry Way |
| May 27th | AGM and Debbie Quinn | Fitness for Seniors |
| September 30th | Rob Hill | Triathlon Record breaking in Chile |
| October | ||
| November | ||
| MONTH | 2023 SPEAKER | SUBJECT |
| January | Billy Kohner | Holocaust Memorial Day |
| Feburary | Jason Burke | Clifton House |
| March | Ken Dawson | 1798 Rebellion |
| April | Philip Crawford | Producer of Romeo snd Juliet |
| September | Ken Tate | Joy of Bee Keeping |
| October | Helen Honeyman | Journey to Mongolia |
| November | Bronagh Molloy | Down Museum Artifacts Record Keeping |
| MONTH | 2022 SPEAKER | SUBJECT |
| January | Sheila Magee | Vere Foster |
| Feburary | Hugh Thurgate | National Trust Warden |
| March | Marian and Frank mCGreevy | Flora and Fauna South Africa |
| April | Chris Lynn | Archeology Down High Building Site |
| September | Alan Boud | Artistry and Spirituality |
| October | James Elliott | Mount Stewart Boat Tragedy |
| November | Leo Gurnihan | BBC Outside Broadcast |
| MONTH | 2007 SPEAKER | SUBJECT |
| Mike King | Down County Museum - Building | |
| Florence McFarlane | U3A Movement | |
| Cathie McKimm | Downpatrick Opera Fringe | |
| Terence Bowman | Life & Times at Mourne Observer | |
| Dr Campbell | St PatrickÕs Centre & Life of St Patrick | |
| Eddie McGrady | Life of an MP | |
| George Rice | History of Ardglass | |
| 2008 | ||
| Emma Thorpe | Northern Ireland Screen (Historical Film Clips) | |
| Jim Manly | Artist | |
| Yvette Shapiro | Journalist & Broadcaster | |
| Senator Maurice Hayes | Career | |
| Professor Ronnie Buchanan | Merchants and Planters | |
| Albert Baird | Impact India | |
| Olive Broderick | Voluntary Arts Ireland | |
| 2009 | ||
| John Killen | Linenhall Library | |
| Clive Scoular | Sarah Purser Ð The life of | |
| Pat Devlin | Genealogy | |
| Ed Kilgore | Mourne Mountain Rescue Team | |
| Sean Nolan | The Story of ÒMy Lagan LoveÓ | |
| Walter Love | Life and Times | |
| 2010 | ||
| Dr Phillip Donald | Working in Guinea | |
| Iain Davidson | Down Arts Centre | |
| Clive Scoular | Dr Hans Sloane | |
| 2011 | ||
| Linda McKenna | Crime and Punishment in Co Down 18th & 19th Centuries | |
| Jo Whatmough | A Life in Wildlife Conversation | |
| Howard Goslyn | 18th & 19th Century Plant Collectors | |
| Helen Honeyman | A Tour of Iran | |
| Finbar McCormack | History and Folklore of Holy Wells | |
| Kevin Quinn | A Tour of Ireland Through Poetry | |
| 2012 | ||
| Sarah McCandless | Patient & Client Council | |
| Peter McCann | Rennaisance Art | |
| Madeleine McAlister | History of Underwear | |
| Helen Honeyman | Travels in Uzbekistan | |
| Avril Milligan (Rowallane) | Herbs | |
| Brian Kennedy | History of Modern Irish Art | |
| Janice Holmes | A Social History of Down | |
| David Park | Writing | |
| Michael Healy | Waste Not, Want Not | |
| 2013 | ||
| Susie Millar | Two New Pennies Ð Grandfather lost on the Titanic | |
| Julian Greenwood | Birds of County Down | |
| Brian Black | Sailing in the Artic Ocean | |
| Raymond & Sheila Crea and Maureen Kelly | Travels in Vietnam and Cambodia | |
| Avril Milligan | Spring Plants | |
| Clive Scoular | Henry Blackwood | |
| 2014 | ||
| Stuart Pollard | U3A Trust | |
| Janet McLean | National Gallery Celebrating 150 years | |
| Roma Tomelty | Career Highlights | |
| David Anderson | Hospitality at Hillsborough Castle | |
| Diana Gledhill | Travels in Kamchatka | |
| Julian Greenwood | Birdlife in South of France | |
| 2015 | ||
| Lisa Mallon | AlzheimerÕs Society | |
| Tony & Rose Murphy | Travels in Isreal | |
| Dot Blakely | Water Birds on Quoille | |
| Dr Brian McElroy | Chiropratric Treatment | |
| Maria Noble | History of Black People in the British Isles | |
| Susan Price | Nepal | |
| Tony McAuley | Writer & Broadcaster | |
| George Busby | Secret Listeners of Gilnahirk | |
| Norman Kerr | Harry Ferguson | |
| 2016 | ||
| Frank McGreevy | Camino Walk | |
| Manson Blair | The Sinking of the Titanic Ð the Alternative Story | |
| Alan Drysdale | Ards TT Races | |
| Acting Up Group | ||
| Rosemary Doherty | Father Dan CUmmings | |
| John Hanna | Confessions of a Collector | |
| Neil Porteous | The Development of Mount Stewart Garden | |
| Marie Mullan | The Geneva Window by Harry Clarke | |
| 2017 | ||
| Catherine McAnallen | Volunteering Overseas - Any Granny Can | |
| Ernie Wilson | Mourne Ramblings | |
| Sandy Smith | CS Lewis's links with County Down | |
| Alan Bucknall | Power to our Children | |
| Ernie Cromie | Ulster Aviation Society | |
| Tim Campbell | The St Patrick Way | |
| Anna Lo | Her Life & Political Career | |
| 2018 | ||
| Samuel Reid | The Dogs Trust | |
| Norman Weatherall | How we used to shop in Belfast | |
| Simon Maltman | Crime Fiction Writer | |
| Sheena Wilkinson | Her life story as an author | |
| Gerry Miller | Creating a Memoir | |
| 2019 | ||
| Marie Therese Rogers-Moloney | The Sins of my Mother | |
| Martin Carey | Mourne Heritage Trust | |
| Richard Parkinson | Colditz | |
| Leslie Simpson | Recipes from Down Museum Archive | |
| Maria Noble | The History of Black Music | |
| Richard Gill | Dealing with Scams - Ulster Bank | |
| Nicola MacDougal | Energy Efficiency in the Home | |
| Vicky Chambers | Ulster Wildlife Trust | |
| 2020 | ||
| Michael McKeag | Heraldry | |
| Billy McCullough | Local Cinemas | |
| Helen Honeyman | Travels on the Silk Road | |
| Cecil Lowry | The Life of Frank Pantridge | |
| Anne Donnelly | NI Film Archive | |
| Doreen McBride | Tales from County Down | |
| 2021 | ||
| WRDA | Bowel Screening | |
| Dr Patricia Marsh | 1918/19 Flu Pandemic in Ireland, Ulster & Downpatrick | |
| Hubert Curran | From Killyleagh to the Galapagos Islands | |
| Ken Tait | NI Family History Society | |
| Rev Hector Wanliss | Life as an Army Padre | |
| Dougie Marr | The Story of the St Ayles |