Talks and events at PRONI

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) located in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, hosts free talks and events on themes that include local and family history/ genealogy. All welcome.

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To find out more information of forthcoming talks, events and new resources you can subscribe to PRONI’s monthly eNewsletter, the PRONI Express and visit our Eventbrite Page.

To find out more details about an event or book a place, visit the relevant event page below.

October 2025

Wednesday 29 October - The Korean War: An Ulster Rifles Perspective

November 2025

Saturday 1 November - Getting Started at PRONI Workshop
Thursday 6 November - Lorna Gough Artist and Theatrical Designer
Friday 7 November - The 1925 Irish Boundary Commission Conference
Monday 10 November - 29,200 Stitches
Wednesday 12 November - HERoNI Lecture Series - Gratitude in Glass: War Memorial Windows by Clokey of Belfast
Thursday 20 November - Getting Started Workshop at PRONI
Friday 28 November - The Story of Charles Thomson and the Declaration of Independence

December 2025

Thursday 4 December - Getting Started Workshop at Ballymena Library
Wednesday 10 December - HERoNI Lecture Series - Pict'n'Mix: Art and Identity in Ireland and Scotland's Iron Ages

February 2026

Wednesday 15 February - HERoNI Lecture Series - Ruin to Revival

March 2026

Wednesday 11 March - HERoNI Lecture Series - Nutts Corner in War and Peace 1941-1963

April 2026

Wednesday 15 April - HERoNI Lecture Series - Hidden in plain sight? Mapping medieval urban landscapes in Ireland

May 2026

Wednesday 20 May - HERoNI Lecture Series - The Workhouse Fever Hospital in the North of Ireland

June 2026

Wednesday 17 June - HERoNI Lecture Series - An archaeology of the coarse earthenware industry in Ulster

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