Kirkcudbright History Society

Phone 01557330193
Email secretary@kirkcudbrighthistorysociety.org.uk
Website http://www.kirkcudbrighthistorysociety.org.uk

Events from this organiser

Today

  • ‘John MacTaggart: Out of Borgue and into the World’

    Kirkcudbright Parish Church Hall 8 St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway

    At our next talk Mike Duguid will present a talk on John Mactaggart, not only the author of the informative, but controversial ‘Gallovidian Encyclopaedia,’ but also an accomplished civil engineer, playwright, poet, and an all-round fascinating individual. The talk will feature his biography, an examination of the Encyclopaedia published in 1824, his interaction with another...

    £5

  • Kirkcudbright and the Isle of Man

    Over the last decade Manx National Heritage has digitalised newspapers from 1790s to the 1950s. Edmund Southworth, former Director of Manx National Heritage, discusses how the newspaper archive reveals new insights into connections between Kirkcudbright, Galloway, and the Isle of Man. With over 5,000 references to Kirkcudbright—mainly on maritime trade—the archive also includes everyday events,...

    £5

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