The men’s group meeting will be held in the Parish Room when a talk will be given by Professor Brian M. Walker of Queen’s University, Belfast. The subject of this talk will be the service of two chaplains in wartime; Rev. John Redmond during WW1 and Rev. Leslie Walker during WW2.

Rev. John Redmond ended his ministry in the church as Rector of Kilbride in 1951 before retiring to his home county of Armagh.

Brian M. Walker is an historian and a political scientist. He is professor emeritus of Irish Studies at Queen’s University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and an honorary member of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. He was formerly Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s, Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, President of the Linen Hall Library and President of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society. Currently, he is President of the Belfast Literary Society, President of the Federation for Ulster Local Studies, President of the Belfast Civic Trust and Treasurer of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society. He is on the council of the Irish Association and is a member of the Church of Ireland Working Group on Historical Centenaries.

This should be an extremely interesting talk.

Refreshments will be provided.

All parishioners and friends are welcome to attend.

Rev. John Redmond