ROCK & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY TRUSTEES REPORT Structure, Govern2nce & Management in Northern Irelgnd The current Trustees and members ot" thc Committee are: Mr John McNally (Chairperson) Mr Frank Mullan Mr Aeneas Quinn Mr Eugene Grimes Mr Peter McLemon Miss Ellen Doris Mrs Kathy Doughety Thc day to day runnin¥ of the charity is managed by Mr John McNally. Charitable Status The Club has been accepted &s a charity for tax purposes by the Inland Revenue. The Club has been registered with the Charity Commission for Northem Ireland from Ih 7 July 2015 under the Charity number: NIC103180 Statement of Compliance In setting nur objectives and planning our activities for the year the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities have helped to achieve the charitv's purposes and provide a benefit to the beneficiaries. Principal Activities Th¢ Rock & District Historical Society is established to adN'ance public education through the promotion. development and dissemination of knowledge of the hisiory: archaelogy. folklore. traditional crafts and antiquities of the Rock and its environs. The societ), also carries out research by collecting. recording and publishing infonnation on all aspects of local history of the Rock and local area. Due to ongoing Covid restrictions, most of the society"s programmes for the ear were carried out via Zoom online videoconferencing. In November 2021, Dr Michael Simms. from National Museums Northern Ireland. gave a presentation on Meteorites of Northern Ireland. This was followed in December by Johnn). Dooher and his talk on 'Politics and the Partition Issue in T)'rone 1900-1940-. In January 2022 our online presenter was Donal McAnallen who presented "Echoes of thc Past in T)'ron¢ . ULifoiLundL¢ly, the Society-s annual music night, typically held in February, had to be cancelled due to the Covid restrictions. In its place, Frank Mayes gaic a talk titled McDonald O'Neill & Co. Chartered A¢countants
ROCK & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 'Asian Volcano Erupts: Ireland Suffers.. and in March, local historian Eoin Boyle gave a presentation on "Lime Kilns in the Rock Area." The Society also organized a one-day outing to Belfast in October. The day includ¢d visits to the Cruinlin Rodd Gaol and the Ulster Folk Museum and a shared meal. Approximately 30 people participated in this educational tour. When the new programme season began in October 2022. we were able to meet again at the Old School in the Rock. That month. local author Maura Johnston gave a pies¢iitalioii un lh¢ - hearth language. Seamus Heaney used in his writings. Fingncial Review The Trustees have a procedure in place to review the accounts annually. Tli¥ Lhdrity's accounis will be prepared each year to 31 Uctober. 'I'hese accounts cover the year to 31 October 20?? and reveal a defIcit of £550 SIGNED: DATE: ..I.Z - ustee SIGNED: Trustee McDonald O'Neill & Co. C114rl¥red Accountanls