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.…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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