Monday 28 October 2024: Lecture on ‘Placing Knowledge Within Reach of Lurgan’s Weavers’: Education and Mechanics Institutes
Lecture: ‘Placing Knowledge Within Reach of Lurgan’s Weavers’: Education and Mechanics Institutes by Professor Joanna Bourke
Date: Monday 28 October 2024, Start time: 7.30pm
Venue: Lurgan Mechanics Institute, 69 Market Street, Lurgan
Admission: Free
Join us for this talk at which Professor Joanna Bourke will provide an insight into the origins and purpose of the Mechanics Institute movement, the early history of the Lurgan Mechanics Institute and how it compares with other Institutes in Britain and Ireland.
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