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Sinclair’s Building, Royal Avenue

This site was the home of Sinclair’s department store and was built in two phases. Number 89-93 was constructed in 1926 using faience (glazed ceramic ware) in the art deco style building.[1] Designed by James Scott, it features giant ionic…

Balmoral Cemetery

Balmoral Cemetery was declared open to the public on 13 October 1855. The cemetery was built after Reverend Henry Cooke and Reverend Joseph Mackenzie of Malone were refused permission to carry out a ‘proper’ Presbyterian funeral in another churchyard. The…

Greenville Hall Synagogue

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 1904 and was the second synagogue in Belfast, the first…