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2025-2026 Programme

Come along to our 2025-2026 programme! 

  • A Festive Evening of Mumming
    A Festive Evening of Mumming
    Mon 08 Dec
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    08 Dec 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us for our Christmas evening when we'll be joined by the Armagh Rhymers who will give a talk on the history of mumming as well as a performance!
  • Heritage at Risk around Comber
    Heritage at Risk around Comber
    Mon 12 Jan
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    12 Jan 2026, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Sebastian Graham, Heritage Projects Officer at Ulster Architectural Heritage will deliver a talk about heritage buildings at risk in the locale!
  • The TT Races
    The TT Races
    Mon 09 Feb
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    09 Feb 2026, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Simon Thomas will be telling us all about the TT races which passed through Comber, 1928-1936
  • Ulsterscots Night: Herstory- Ulsterscots Women
    Ulsterscots Night: Herstory- Ulsterscots Women
    Mon 09 Mar
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    09 Mar 2026, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Dayna Scott of the Ulster-Scots Community Network joins us to talk about some of the often overlooked contributions of Ulsterscots women
  • Con O'Neill
    Con O'Neill
    Mon 13 Apr
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    13 Apr 2026, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Roy Greer will be giving us an insight into the life of Con O'Neill, the last Gaelic Lord of Upper Clandeboye
  • 'Informers & Spymasters in County Down, 1798'
    'Informers & Spymasters in County Down, 1798'
    Mon 10 Nov
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    10 Nov 2025, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Ken Dawson, local expert in the 1798 rebellion will be telling us about the networks of informants and spies that operated throughout County Down in 1798!
  • 'Vote for Women: The Suffrage Movement in Ulster' by Dr Myrtle Hill
    'Vote for Women: The Suffrage Movement in Ulster' by Dr Myrtle Hill
    Mon 13 Oct
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian
    13 Oct 2025, 20:00 – 23:00
    Smyth Hall, 2nd Comber Presbyterian, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us when Dr Myrtle Hill will give us an insight into the Suffrage movement in Ulster and discover how local women fought for their right to vote!
  • AGM 2025 & 'Comber History Society: 25 years on' by Desmond Rainey
    AGM 2025 & 'Comber History Society: 25 years on' by Desmond Rainey
    Mon 08 Sept
    Smyth Hall, Comber
    08 Sept 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
    Smyth Hall, Comber, 5 Killinchy St, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5AP, UK
    Join us for our AGM as well as a special talk to mark the 25th anniversary of Comber Historical Society!

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

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  • EHOD: Walking Tour of Comber
    EHOD: Walking Tour of Comber
    Sat 13 Sept
    The Square
    13 Sept 2025, 10:00
    The Square, The Square, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5DU, UK
    Join us on a walking tour of Comber's history and heritage with local expert Desmond Rainey. Visit monuments, churches, graveyards and more. See fonts made from Mediterranean stone and other Comber mysteries. A town steeped in story and memory.
  • EHOD: Dirt, Disease & Death- A walking tour of Comber’s Medical History
    EHOD: Dirt, Disease & Death- A walking tour of Comber’s Medical History
    Sun 14 Sept
    The Square
    14 Sept 2025, 14:00
    The Square, The Square, Comber, Newtownards BT23 5DU, UK
    Take a walk back in time with Dr Rebecca Watterson and discover how Comber people faced disease, death, and the Doctor! From smallpox to cholera, surgery to quackery, this tour covers birth, death, and everything in between!
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