During the months of October and November 2019 the Lurgan THI organised a series of public lectures which explored different aspects of Lurgan’s early history and origins in the 17^th century. Delivered by range of expert speakers, the lectures proved popular with each venue packed with the people eager to hear about Lurgan’s distant past. The lecture programme was as follows:

• ‘Researching Lurgan’s History through the PRONI Archives’ by Des McCabe of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). Tuesday 8th October 2019 at Lurgan Library.
• ‘Lurgan Place Names’ by Prof. Micheál O’Mannion and Dr. Frances Kane. Monday 14^th October 2019 at Brownlow House.
• ‘Lurgan’s First Century: The development of a town in the Lagan Valley’ by Prof. Raymond Gillespie of Maynooth University. Monday 28^th October at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, North Street.
• ‘Lurgan and 1641 Rebellion’ by Dr. Naomi McAreavey of University College Dublin. Tuesday 5^th November 2019 at Lurgan Town Hall.
• ‘Lurgan in Action 1670–1713 ’ by Dr. Francis X. McCorry. Monday 11^th November at the Friends (Quaker) Meeting House.