S4 History Class Attend Lecture At Somme Heritage Centre
On Monday 26 November Mr. McEvoy’s S4 history class attended a lecture, at the Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, from leading Irish historian and author of numerous A-Level history textbooks, Dr. Russell Rees.
Dr. Rees, who is now Head of the History department at Omagh Academy, offered an insight into the subject area of Irish Nationalism and Unionism in the period 1800-1900. The S4 students gained a lot from the lecture, noting many of Rees’ own views and thoughts in preparation for their examination in January.
The boys made a lasting impression on Dr. Rees in enjoying lunch and posing for a photograph with the established historian following the lecture.