SUBSCRIPTION 2025/2026 – The U3a subscription for the year 01/04/25 –31/03/26 is now due in the sum of £20 per member.
This can be paid by cheque, online bank transfer or in cash. Payment can be made in person at the AGM or if paying by Bank Transfer here are the details:
Ulster Bank Ltd Account name:- ARMAGH & DISTRICT U3A
Ac No 12890474
Sort code 98 01 90
Remember to add your name to the payment reference to allow us to identify who the payment is from.
The committee has decided that due to the Easter Holiday there will be NO meeting in April. The AGM will now be held on Friday 16th May at 10.30 in the O’Fiaich Library.
There are vacancies on the committee. If you would like to be considered for election to the committee you need to be proposed and seconded by any existing members of Armagh U3a (an email will suffice). Please send (email) replies to armagh.u3a@gmail.com by the 25th April and if you have any queries I’m happy to help.
The Speaker for our monthly meeting on Friday 21st March at 10.30am in the O Fiaich Library will be Professor Leanne McCormick who is Co-Chair of the Truth Recovery Independent Panel which is looking into the workings of Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalen Laundries and Workhouses. She will speak about the history of the various institutions as well as the work of the Panel.
You will recall that Professor McCormick, along with her colleague, Professor Elaine Farrell, gave a talk on ‘Bad Bridget’ which was both informative and entertaining.
You can find out more about the work of the panel at: https://www.independentpanel.truthrecoveryni.co.uk/
We are happy to announce that the collection taken up at last month’s meeting for the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust raised £715.
We are holding our regular February meeting in the Cardinal O’Fiaich Library, Moy Road, Armagh on next Friday, 21st February.
Coffee and biscuits will be available from 10.30 onwards (£1 inthe basket please!)
Our speaker will be by Colin Bell, from the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.
For more information about the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust see their website at https://kbrtrust.com/about-kbrt/
Due to the very poor weather forecast for this Friday morning (80mph winds!!) the committee has decided it would be wiser and safer to postpone our “Christmas Lunch” to a later date.
We will discuss it at the next committee meeting at the beginning of February and will let everyone know of the new date.
Obviously if the new date does not work for anyone who has already paid you will receive a full refund and conversely those unable to attend this week may well be able to attend on the new date.
Full details of the rearranged lunch will be circulated to everyone in due course.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause but….you can’t mess with the weather!
The line dancing classes which took place on Fridays in Dobbin Street community centre will be discontinued until after the summer when we hope there will be enough interest to start again”.
For information contact Florence.johnston25@btinternet.com.
We are holding our regular January meeting in the Cardinal O’Fiaich Library, Moy Road, Armagh on Friday, 17th January. Coffee and biscuits will be available from 10.30 onwards (£1 in the basket please!)
Our talk will be by Roddy Hegarty, Director of The O’Fiaich Library, who is going to give a talk entitled “Spinning Yarns”. It covers aspects of the textile industry, the workers and the clothes they produced.
Don’t forget there are 2 more opportunities to pay for and reserve your place for our “Christmas Lunch” on Friday, 24th January in the Armagh City Hotel.
First, this coming Monday 13th January between 11am and Noon in the Foyer of the Armagh City Hotel and secondly, at our monthly meeting in the O’Fiaich Library on Friday 17th January.
There are still places available if you would like to sign up – contact Tim Hanna (timbohanna1953@gmail.com) by Thursday 17th April at the latest, after which our attendee list will be closed.
Apple Blossom Lunch
now on Friday, 9th May in the Armagh City Hotel.
Pre-lunch Mulled Wine at 12.15 followed by lunch at 1pm. Tickets are £25 each (subsidised).
The menu is below and you will be asked when booking to indicate your choice of starter/main/alcohol or non-alcohol mulled wine. If paying by cheque please make payable to: Armagh & District U3A.
This month’s talk on Friday next, 15th November, in the O Fiaich LIbrary at 10.30 a.m. will feature Irish women who found themselves on the wrong side of the law in the USA during the nineteenth and early 20th centuries.
It will be delivered by Professors Leanne McCormick and Elaine Farrell. Their groundbreaking research has led to television appearances, radio interviews, a podcast, a book, and many talks all over Ireland. Those of us who have already heard them speak can vouch for a fascinating, informative and highly entertaining event.
