Belfast tours with historian & resident Dr Tom Thorpe

Today marks the Jewish Festival of Yom Kippur. Many Jews in Belfast would have celebrated this festival at the Greenville Hall Synagogue, located on Annesley Street. This was opened in…

Arthur Square is named after Arthur Chichester, the founding father of Belfast. Chichester obtained a charter to establish Belfast as a corporation, or town, from British King James in 1613.…

The public sculpture in the centre of Arthur Square is officially called ‘The Spirit of Belfast’. By Dan George, it was unveiled in 2009. The sculpture reflects the two major…

The Arc is a residential development located beside Abercorn Basin in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Constructed between 2007 and 2009, it contains 474 residential properties, a hotel,…

Francis Anderson Calder served in the Royal Navy between 1803 and 1815. After leaving the Navy, he helped set up the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…

📚 Unlock the Fascinating Social History of Belfast! 🌆 📆 Mark your calendars for the Autumn of 2023 because I’ve got an unforgettable ten-week journey waiting for you as part…

The Albert Memorial Clock (AMC)  commemorates  Queen Victoria’s late Prince Consort, Prince Albert, who died in 1861. The decision of the leading citizens of Belfast to erect a monument to…

Union Theological College is the theological and ministerial training college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. It was founded in 1853 and built in a Renaissance Revival style with a…

The Whitla Hall was opened in 1949 and was named after Sir William Whitla. It is a meeting hall and lecture theatre at Queen’s University Belfast. Whitla was a prominent…

The White Star Line (WSL) in the late 19th century became one of the most prominent shipping lines in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire…