Charles McKimm, the head gardener of Botanic Gardens in the latter part of the Victorian age, built the Ravine in 1889. It is the only one of its size in Europe and it is divided into a temperate and a…

Titanica is a sculpture by Irish artist Rowan Gillespie. It takes the form of a diving female figure. The figure is mounted atop a slender base, and takes its inspiration from the traditional female ship figureheads mounted on the prows…

The Titanic Studios are where a number of well-known TV hits have been filmed including HBO’s Game of Thrones. The space comprises two large clear span studios which are connected by a large acoustic door allowing for a combined use…

Completed in 2009, it is a bronze and steel sculpture of the RMS Titanic, 14 metres tall and 4 metres wide and takes the form of an oversized Airfix plastic model kit and has a number of components recognizable as…

The Titanic Hotel is a luxury hotel. It website says it is ‘located at the heart of Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the legendary Harland & Wolff Headquarters and Drawing Offices is now the world’s most authentic Titanic hotel, offering an unforgettable…

Titanic Belfast  opened in 2012 as a museum, visitor attraction and monument to Belfast’s maritime heritage. It is built on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city’s Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was constructed.…

The Thompson Graving Dock was constructed by the Belfast Harbour Commissioners and opened in 1911. It was designed to accommodate the new mammoth White Star liners Olympic and Titanic that had been built by Harland and Wolff. The docks were…

If a city has an area named a ‘quarter’ then it would be logical to suggest that any such place would have four such zones. From the brief research carried out for this article, Belfast has eight quarters. Wikipedia defines…

The SSE Arena is owned by the Odyssey Trust Company.  The complex originated in 1992 and opened in December 2000. The complex consists of: a multipurpose arena, science centre and shopping centre. The shopping centre houses a movie theatre and…

Tuberculosis (TB) was a major killer in late 19th century and early 20th century Belfast. In the early 1900s an epidemic of the disease led to 13,000 deaths in Ireland. TB is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria…