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Boer War memorial, Belfast City Hall Gardens

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 Big Fish’ Statue

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…

Assembly Rooms and Exchange Buildings

The Exchange was built in 1769 as a single-storey, arcaded Market House funded by a donation of £4000 from the Earl of Donegall as a celebration of the birth of his son, George Augustus.  In 1776, again at the request…

Arthur Square

Arthur Square is named after Arthur Chichester, the founding father of Belfast. Chichester obtained a charter to establish Belfast as a corporation, or town, from British King James in 1613. The site was originally known as the corn market and…

Greenville Hall Synagogue

The Greenville Hall Synagogue, located on Annesley Street, opened in 1904. It was the second synagogue in Belfast, the first being on Great Victoria Street. The Greenville Hall building was constructed when there were around 700 Jews resident in Belfast.…