The hospital first opened in 1797 as the Belfast Fever Hospital and General Dispensary, located in Factory Row. It then moved to West Street two years later and finally to Frederick Street in 1817. It was originally a four-story building…
John Killen’s A History of the Linen Hall Library 1788-1988 is a solid and worthy chronological narrative of the first two centuries of the Linen Hall Library (LHL). He starts by setting out how the library came of the intellectual…
Lyn Gallagher’s The Albert Memorial Clock is a short pamphlet on the design, building and restoration of the building after which her publication is named. It was written to mark the completion of restoration work on the Albert Memorial Clock…
J.C. Beckett’s Belfast, The Making of a City is an anthology of 12 essays by different historians on the social, political, economic and cultural development of Belfast during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The nineteenth-century marked the period when the…
My Green Badge has arrived today and I’m very proud. The Green Badge is a qualification awarded by the Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG) that assesses the skills and knowledge of guides and certifies them to lead tours in a designated geographical…
The free walking tours, titled the story of Belfast’s streets, were the most popular events held in Northern Ireland as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Science. The Festival ran through the entire month of…
I am delighted to announce that I have completed and been awarded my Belfast Green Badge tour guiding qualification. The Green Badge is a qualification awarded by the Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG) that assesses the skills and knowledge of…
Francis Higgins’ book, Religion, Riots and Rebels, examines the social and economic history of Brown Square and its residents from its establishment in the late eighteenth century to the present day. Today, this area is located in the centre of…
Belfast’s first maternity hospital was established in 1794 due to the efforts of a small group of philanthropists. They opened in a house rented to them by the Belfast Charitable Society at 25 Donegall Street. The aim of the hospital…
Great turn our again for the 3rd weekend of Story of Belfast’s Streets walking tour as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. We had 58 people attend over Saturday 20 November and Sunday 21 November. Still places left…
