News & Events

Library

The Library is open on Wednesday’s and Saturday’s between 2pm and 4pm.

The Society now has a group on Facebook which anyone can join. Group members will post updates on the people they are interested in contacting and information will also be published in the journal.

Meetings and events for 2026

Meetings held usually on the third Friday of the month at Union Mills Methodist Chapel at 7:30pm.  Non-members welcome

January 16- Marion Keelan – ‘T Moore & Sons- The story of a Peel family’

January 25 (Sunday) – Festive lunch – Peel Golf Club

February 20 – Mike Clague – ‘Dr Cannon & his Enchanted Hall’

March 20 – Stella Fletcher – ‘The writing of Arthur Keates Brown’ at iMusuem

March 20, 21 and 22 (Friday 2pm, Saturday and Sunday) – Exhibition: ‘Schools and Education’ Held at the iMuseum

April 17 – Jill Quirk – ‘Eric Cleator: A life with wood’

May 15 – Barbara Greenwood – ‘Who am I today: The many aliases of Phoebe E Mylchreest’

June 21 (Sunday) – Excursion to Maughold Church 

July 6 (Monday) – Tynwald Day stall

July 17 – Carys Owen – ‘Photographs of a political prisoner: James Brown of the IOM Times’

July 25th & 26th (Saturday and Sunday) – Southern Show stall

August 21 at 6.30 – Excursion to Malew Church

September 18- Dean Johnson- ‘Mann of War: The Island’s contribution to WWI’

October 16 – AGM and members evening

November 20 – Sarah Kerruish – ‘John Llewellyn of Milntown’

 

 

Read about previous meetings and events.