The Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT) is an independent cinema in University Street, opposite Queen’s University Belfast. It was founded in 1968 and now is an important venue for events such as the Belfast Festival at Queen’s, the Belfast Film Festival…
ByadminThe peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that keep apart predominantly republican and nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from mostly loyalist and unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. Although temporary peace walls were built in Belfast in…
ByadminThe Palm House is a greenhouse located in Botanic Gardens. It is one of the oldest examples of curvilinear iron and glass structures still surviving in the world. It was built by Richard Turner of the Hammersmith in Dublin in…
ByadminPrior to the building of the weir, the river Lagan was tidal and low tide would expose mudflats, which were unsightly and emitted a strong smell, particularly in the summer months. It was built in 1994 and contains a footbridge.…
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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…
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