The Glens of Antrim Historical Society is delighted to welcome Dr William Roulston, a leading voice in Ulster genealogy and local history, to Cushendall Parish Centre this week for his talk: “Land & People: Ulster Life in The Early 18th Century”
Non-Mems Welcome: £5 (Includes Refreshments)
William Roulston began working for the Ulster Historical Foundation in 1997 and was awarded a PhD in Archaeology by Queen’s University Belfast in 2004. He has been Research Director of the UHF since 2006 and is the author of a number of books on aspects of Irish history focused on the province of Ulster. His most recent book is Researching Ulster Ancestors, 1800–1914 (2026).
Other publications include: Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors (2nd edition, 2018) and Researching Presbyterian Ancestors in Ireland (2020). He also co-edited: Transatlantic Lives: The Irish Experience in Colonial America (2019); Lough Neagh: An Atlas of the Natural, Built and Cultural Heritage (2022); and Cultivating a Love for Knowledge: Two Hundred Years of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, 1821-2021 (2023).
