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I’m delighted to announce that I have a new tour of Belfast; ANTI SLAVERY BELFAST, it tells the story of the city’s role in the slave trade, and in its abolition. In the 18th century, Belfast merchants exported linen clothing,…

The park’s origin can be traced by to 1828 when the Belfast Botanic and Horticultural Society was founded and Botanic Gardens opened by private subscription. This was part of a wider public movement amongst educated Georgians and early Victorians to…

The Belfast Boer War Memorial takes the form of a statue of a private of the Regiment in khaki uniform, with topee and puttees, with a rifle and fixed bayonet at the ready. It lists 130 names of the officers,…

The News Letter is one of Northern Ireland’s main daily newspapers and the world’s oldest English-language general daily newspaper still in publication, having first been printed in 1737. The newspaper’s editorial stance and readership, while originally republican at the time…

The Big Fish is a printed ceramic mosaic sculpture by John Kindness. It was established in its current place in 1999. It is a 10 metre long representation of The Salmon of Knowledge (in Irish: bradán feasa), an animal figuring…