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Bank Buildings

Today, marks the first anniversary of the reopening of Bank Buildings, damaged by fire in 2018. The Bank Buildings  was designed and built between 1899 and 1900 by W. H. Lynn as a department store and warehouse. It was owned…

Assembly Rooms and Exchange Buildings

The Exchange was built in 1769 as a single-storey, arcaded Market House funded by a donation of £4000 from the Earl of Donegall as a celebration of the birth of his son, George Augustus.  In 1776, again at the request…

Winecellar entry

The Belfast Entries are a series of historical narrow alleyways in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, mostly in the vicinity of High Street and Ann Street. When the town was first laid out in the early 17th century,…

Robinson and Cleaver buildings

Robinson and Cleaver was a former department store located on the corner of Donegall Place and Chichester Street. They were renowned for being the most famous store in the world for Irish Linens. They also had a thriving postal order…

Pirrie Bust, Belfast City Hall Gardens

William Pirrie was the Managing Director of the Harland and Wolff shipyard and also served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1896 and 1898. He was instrumental in the conception of Olympic class liners built at Harland and Wolff. The…

Operation Banner Memorial, Belfast City Hall Gardens

This small sculptural bench was placed here in memory to the servicemen and women who served as part of Operation Banner (1969 – 2007). This was the operational name for the British Armed Forces’ deployment in Northern Ireland from August…