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May 2013 right left

  
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Retrofitting – Realising the Advantages

Thursday 2nd May
CITB–Construction Skills NI, Nutts Corner Training Centre, 17 Dundrod Road, Crumlin, BT29 4SR
Cost: £85 plus VAT (£75 for CIH members)

Crisis and the Northern Ireland Heritage Revolution of the 1960s

Friday 3rd May
Monuments and Buildings Record, Waterman House, 5 – 33 Hill Street, Belfast
Free

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Leaf–Beetles

Wednesday 8th May
Crom, Fermanagh
£10

A Sense of Place: Sense in Place Names

Thursday 9th May
Naíscoil Charn Tóchair, Tír Chiana, Machaire Rátha
Free

Fifth Annual Maguire History Weekend

Friday 10th May
Enniskillen Castle Museums
£100 (£80 for Friends of Fermanagh County Museum)

Series of Natural History Courses

Friday 10th May
Field Studies Council Derrygonnelly
TBC

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Down Heritage Network Conference

Saturday 18th May
Down County Museum
Free

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Presentation on oil and gas extraction, fracking and the Lock the Gates Movement with Dr Mariann Lloyd–Smith

Saturday 25th May
The Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Belfast
Free

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January

      

New Years Day Winter Woodland Walk

Sunday 1st January
Mount Stewart
Adult £10, Child £3, Family £22

New Years Resolution Get Fit

Sunday 1st January
Murlough NNR
£5

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February

  
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Glasswork Stained or Otherwise

Friday 3rd February
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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Stakeholder Roadshows in Enniskillen

Thursday 16th February
Main Hall, Enniskillen Campus, County Fermanagh
Free

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Viking Crafts

Saturday 18th February
Down County Museum
£3

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RCN Member Training

Wednesday 22nd February
RCN offices, 38a Oldtown Street, Cookstown
Free

Asset Transfer

Thursday 23rd February
Farset International Centre, Springfield Road, Belfast
Free

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Excavations at a newly discovered 16 –17c fort at Ballycarry

Monday 27th February
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

Stakeholder Roadshows in Claudy

Tuesday 28th February
Main Hall, Diamond Centre, Claudy
Free

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March

   
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An Archaeological Survey of Divis and The Black Mountain

Saturday 3rd March
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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Series of Talks for 2012

Wednesday 7th March
Hotel Carlton, Belleek
No charge, donations welcome

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St Patricks Bus Tour

Saturday 10th March
Leaving from Down County Museum
£12

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The Archaeology of the Hill of Down

Friday 16th March
Down County Museum
£15.00

St Patricks Day Celebrations

Saturday 17th March
Down County Museum
Free

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One Hundred Years On

Friday 23rd March
Down County Museum
£5/£3 concession

Barn Owl Identification

Saturday 24th March
Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
Free

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The Geoarchaeology of Newgrange

Monday 26th March
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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Titanic Crafts

Saturday 31st March
Down County Museum
£3

April

      

Spring into Action for a Beach Clean

Sunday 1st April
Murlough NNR
Free

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Easter Trail

Friday 6th April
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Easter Monday Fun Day

Monday 9th April
Down County Museum
Free

Easter Monday Fun Day

Monday 9th April
Florence Court
Normal Admission, Members Free

Easter Egg Trail

Monday 9th April
Wellbrook Beetling Mill
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Four Peaks Challenge

Sunday 22nd April
Divis and the Black Mountain
Adult £3

Oliver Davies Lecture

Monday 23rd April
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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Introduction to Ground Beetles

Wednesday 25th April
Peatlands Park, Dungannon
£10

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Music in the Garden

Sunday 29th April
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

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May

 
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Introduction to Water Beetles

Thursday 3rd May
Peatlands Park, Dungannon
£10

Antrim Castle Gardens, a Premier Heritage Site

Friday 4th May
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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The Academy of Urbanism Annual Congress

Wednesday 9th May
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin on first day
See registration from

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Wild about Nature – Dawn Chorus

Tuesday 15th May
Castle Ward
Adult £7

The Archaeology of Slieve Donard A Cultural Biography of Ulsters Highest Mountain, by Sam Moore

Tuesday 15th May
Tollymore Outdoor Centre
Free Talk, Book £10

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Bio Blitz 2012

Friday 18th May
Crawfordsburn Country Park
Free

New Light on the Vikings in Ireland

Friday 18th May
Down County Museum
£20

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Archaeological Day

Sunday 27th May
Divis and the Black Mountain
Adult £3, Child £3

From Crossan to the Acre

Monday 28th May
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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June

    

Archaeology Project

Friday 1st June
Downhill Demesne and Hezlett House
N/A

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Introduction to Macro Moths

Wednesday 6th June
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra
£10

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The Geoarchaeology of Newgrange

Friday 8th June
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

Crafty Works Going on at Moira

Saturday 9th June
Moira Depot
Free

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Walk into the Past

Sunday 17th June
Castle Ward
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Introduction to Ladybirds

Wednesday 27th June
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra
£10

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July

      

Conservation Skills Series Butterflies and Moths

Sunday 1st July
Murlough NNR
Normal Admission, Members Free

History in the Heart of the Hills

Monday 2nd July
Belfast Castle
Free

Go Potty for Prehistoric Pottery

Tuesday 3rd July
Lisburn Island Arts Centre
Free

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Recent Archaeological Investigations

Friday 6th July
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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Night at The Museum

Friday 13th July
Castle Ward
Adult £7, Member Adult £7

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Introduction to Micro Moths

Wednesday 25th July
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra
£10

Seminar on Solar PV

Thursday 26th July
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
£50 (including VAT)

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Music in the Garden

Sunday 29th July
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

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August

  
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A Lost World

Friday 3rd August
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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The Annual Belfast Trust Feile Lecture Food Poverty

Tuesday 7th August
St Marys College, Falls Road, Belfast
N/A

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Archaeology and Wildlife of Greyabbey Bay

Saturday 11th August
Mount Stewart
Adult £5, Child £3

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September

     

Giants Ring Ramble

Saturday 1st September
Minnowburn
Adult £3, Child £1.50

Bus Tour of Patrician Sites

Saturday 1st September
Starting at Down County Museum
Free

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Downhill Archaeology Project

Friday 7th September
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

Wartime Archaeology Walk

Saturday 8th September
Orlock, Groomsport
No charge, donations welcome

Heritage Open Day

Saturday 8th September
Various
Free

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Introduction to Fungi

Thursday 13th September
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra
£10

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An Archaeological Survey of Divis and the Black Mountain

Friday 21st September
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

The Annesley Inheritance

Friday 21st September
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

The Use of Aerial Photography in Archaeology

Friday 21st September
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

Historical Tours of the Cathedral Quarter

Friday 21st September
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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A Tale of Five Sites

Monday 24th September
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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Introduction to Land Snails

Wednesday 26th September
Roe Valley Country Park, Limavady
£10

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Right Skills for the Repair and Maintenance of Traditional Buildings

Friday 28th September
CITB– Construction Skills NI, Nuts Corner Training Centre, 17 Dundrod Road, Crumlin, BT29 4SR
Free

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October

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Mapping, Monitoring and Visualising our Built and Natural Heritage in 3D

Friday 5th October
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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Introduction to Lichens

Wednesday 10th October
Crawfordsburn Country Park
£10

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Gaelic estates of South Derry

Wednesday 17th October
An Carn
Free

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Early Steps Women Into Business

Thursday 25th October
Corrick House, Clogher
Free

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Ballymacormick Point Ramble

Saturday 27th October
Strangford Lough
N/A

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The Archaeology of Witchcraft and Superstition in Ireland

Monday 29th October
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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November

   
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Carrickfergus Castle Barracks

Friday 2nd November
Monuments and Buildings Record Public Reading Room, Waterman House, Hill Street
Free

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Culture Matters 2012

Wednesday 14th November
Norwich
TBC

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The Economic and Social Value of the Historic Environment in Northern Ireland

Monday 19th November
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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Dry Stone Walling

Saturday 24th November
Drumnaph Farm (Maghera)
N/A

Armagh Georgian Day

Saturday 24th November
Armagh City Centre
Free

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Increasing the value of Northern Irelands Archaeology to the public: What can NIAF members do?

Wednesday 28th November
Downpatrick Museum
Free

Landscape Layers & Mapping through Time

Wednesday 28th November
An Carn
Free

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December

     
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Harland and Wolff: The drawing offices The forgotten artefact.

Friday 7th December
Monuments and Buildings Record, Waterman House, 5 – 33 Hill Street, Belfast
Free

Christmas at the Old Gaol

Saturday 8th December
Down County Museum
Free, £7.50 for Santa visit, present and photo

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Oakgrove Cemetery

Monday 10th December
Lecture Theatre, School of Geography, Elmwood Building
Free

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Solstice Lectures

Wednesday 19th December
Monuments and Buildings Record, Waterman House, 5 – 33 Hill Street, Belfast
Free

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