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…
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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 site was originally known as the corn market and…
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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 industries of Belfast, shipbuilding and linen and the design aims…
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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, and a number of retail units, split across three buildings.…
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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 and paid for the construction between 1843 and 1855 of…
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