Belfast Buoys
The Buoys were lateral markers to help mariners navigate the safe way up the Victoria Channel in Belfast Lough into Belfast port. The Red Boy was a left side marker, the Black Buoy, a right side marker and the Striped…
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Officially called the Beacon of Hope
The Beacon of Hope or Thanksgiving Square Beacon is a £300,000 public art metal sculpture by Andy Scott and is 19.5 metres high constructed. It was constructed in 2007 and is located in Thanksgiving Square on the River Lagan in…
Titanic Memorial Garden, Belfast City Hall.
The Titanic Memorial Garden has two elements. A memorial erected in 1920 to commemorate the lives of the 22 men from Belfast who died in the disaster when the RMS Titanic sank on 14/15 April 1912. This memorial was funded…
Statue of Sir Edward Harland, Belfast City Hall Gardens
The statue by Thomas Brock was unveiled in 1903. Edward Harland was the founder of the Harland and Wolff shipyard. He was also the Mayor of Belfast from 1885 until 1886 and MP for North Belfast from 1889 until his…
Winecellar Entry
The Belfast Entries are a series of historical narrow alleyways in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, mostly in the vicinity of High Street and Ann Street. When the town was first laid out in the early 17th century, these…