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
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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
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'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
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McDonald O'Neill & Co.
C114rl¥red Accountanls