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Emma Duffin memorial, University Square

On the 2017 commemoration of International Women’s Day, the Ulster History Circle unveiled a blue plaque for Emma Duffin at her former University Square home in south Belfast. Duffin was best known for her work as a nurse and was…

ECO statue

The public art piece is in front of the McClay Library at Queen University Belfast and was created by the Breton artist Marc Didou. It is made of bronze and is in response to the artist’s investigation of  digital imaging…

Dunnes Store, 1-15 High Street

The original four storey building was constructed in 1929-30 for F.W. Woolworth. It is a fine example of Art Deco design and occupied by Woolworth’s until 2003.[1][2] Henry Joy McCracken was executed in July 1798 on the corner of Dunnes…

Dr James Murray

Murray was Born at Culnady, Co Londonderry. Educated in Edinburgh, at the age of nineteen he was appointed apothecary at Belfast’s Dispensary and Fever Hospital (later the General Hospital and then Royal Victoria Hospital) but left after a year to…