The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North and is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Northern Ireland. A subscription library is financed by private funds either from membership fees or endowments.…

The Kings Hall at the Balmoral Showgrounds was constructed in 1933-34 as a permanent exhibition hall for the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society and was officially opened in 1934. The RUSA immediately put the Kings Hall to use for a variety…

The park’s main attraction is the Belfast Wheel, a bronze map of the city which was donated by the New Belfast Community Arts Initiative. The 12 segments of the wheel contain a design from different community groups, with each piece…

The National Bank was founded in 1835 by Daniel O’Connell. The High Street branch was built in the early 1890s and is built in the Baroque revival style.[1] It features red and white brick façade features pilasters with Corinthian capitals,…

The old Belfast Castle burnt down on 25 April 1708. It was located on a site to the south of the High Street and north of Castle Place. The first castle building on this site was established in the 1170s…

Holy Cross Church is a Catholic Church in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast. Designed by Walter G. Doolin and completed by his partner Rudolph Maximilian Butler after Doolin’s premature death aged 52. It was consecrated in 1902. Do you…

HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw combat service in the First World War and served as an administrative centre in the Second World War. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At…

The Belfast Harbour Office has been the headquarters for the Harbour Commissioners for more than 150 years. B The building was designed by engineer George Smith and opened in 1854. An additional section was designed by celebrated Belfast architect William…

McDonnell was born in Cushendall on 14 April 1763, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Stewart). Under his mother’s influence James and his brothers were brought up as Protestants although their father was a Catholic. James was educated in the Red…

Located on the Titanic Walkway, the Great Light is one of the largest lighthouse optics of its kind ever built. The optic is around 130 years old, weighs 10 tonnes and measures 7 metres tall. The Great Light served two…