top of page

2024-2025 Programme

See the upcoming talks below or download your copy of the 2024-2025 programme!

  • Christianity in Comber
    Christianity in Comber
    Christianity in Comber
    Mon, 13 Jan
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    13 Jan 2025, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    13 Jan 2025, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us for the first talk of 2025 when our very own Desi Rainey will be talking about Christianity in Comber
  • Ulsterscots Night: William Tennent
    Ulsterscots Night: William Tennent
    Ulsterscots Night: William Tennent
    Mon, 10 Feb
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    10 Feb 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    10 Feb 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us for our free Ulsterscots Night! Our very own William McCullough will be giving a talk on Rev. William Tennant (1673-1746)
  • Balloo: A Hidden History
    Balloo: A Hidden History
    Balloo: A Hidden History
    Mon, 10 Mar
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    10 Mar 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    10 Mar 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us as Moira Concannon & Lesley Simpson will be discussing their research into the nearby town of Balloo, Co. Down
  • A Year in Review
    A Year in Review
    A Year in Review
    Mon, 07 Apr
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    07 Apr 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    07 Apr 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join the Comber Research Group as they examine interesting discoveries they've made in the past year!
  • Votes for Women: The Suffrage Movement in Ulster
    Votes for Women: The Suffrage Movement in Ulster
    Votes for Women: The Suffrage Movement in Ulster
    Mon, 12 May
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    12 May 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    12 May 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Dr Myrtle Hill will be delving into the history of the Suffrage Movement in Ulster
  • Cooking the Goose: The Truth about Christmas Past by Roddy Hegarty
    Cooking the Goose: The Truth about Christmas Past by Roddy Hegarty
    Cooking the Goose: The Truth about Christmas Past by Roddy Hegarty
    Mon, 09 Dec
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    09 Dec 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    09 Dec 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us for our December meeting when Roddy Hegarty will be giving us a talk on Christmas traditions
  • The Man who shot the Great War
    The Man who shot the Great War
    The Man who shot the Great War
    Mon, 11 Nov
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    11 Nov 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    11 Nov 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us on the evening of Remembrance Day 2024, when we will be joined by military historian Mark Scott, who will be delivering his talk on 'The Man who shot the Great War'- Lance Corporal George Hackney (buried in Comber Cemetery).
  • Comber Film Night
    Comber Film Night
    Comber Film Night
    Mon, 14 Oct
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    14 Oct 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    14 Oct 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Come along to a film night celebrating Comber and its local filmakers Len Ball & Roy Spence!
  • AGM & 'The Armagh Rail Disaster' by Philip Donald
    AGM & 'The Armagh Rail Disaster' by Philip Donald
    AGM & 'The Armagh Rail Disaster' by Philip Donald
    Mon, 09 Sept
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    09 Sept 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    09 Sept 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us for our AGM followed by a talk on the Armagh Rail Disaster by Philip Donald

Download our Programme

Comber Walking Tour

This is Comber, or ‘Comar’ - the place where the waters meet - perhaps a reference to the confluence of the Enler and Glen, which merge at the bottom of Park Way to form the Comber River. Equally possible is the meeting of the Comber River with Strangford Lough – the ‘strang fjord of the Vikings’...

Upcoming Dates

bottom of page