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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…

Holy Cross Church is a Catholic Church in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast. Designed by Walter G. Doolin and completed by his partner Rudolph Maximilian Butler after Doolin’s premature death aged 52. It was consecrated in 1902. Do you…

HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw combat service in the First World War and served as an administrative centre in the Second World War. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At…

The Belfast Harbour Office has been the headquarters for the Harbour Commissioners for more than 150 years. B The building was designed by engineer George Smith and opened in 1854. An additional section was designed by celebrated Belfast architect William…

McDonnell was born in Cushendall on 14 April 1763, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Stewart). Under his mother’s influence James and his brothers were brought up as Protestants although their father was a Catholic. James was educated in the Red…