QUAKER COLLECTION

 

This is recognised as one of the most extensive libraries of Quaker books in Ireland and records the history of the Religious Society of Friends from their earliest beginnings. It is made up of over 700 separate volumes of tracts, obituaries, biographies, journals, periodicals and travels in ministry and reflects the long association with the area since their first meeting in Ireland took place in Lurgan back in 1654. This collection is not just useful to those interested in the Religious Society of Friends, but can be used to study family history, social issues, business practice, politics, town and village development and travel during the last three and a half centuries.