On the former Robinson and Cleaver department store building on Donegall Square opposite the City Hall are a series of carved heads set between the 1st and 2nd floor (see red circles). These images were of leading store patrons, celebrities…
ByadminI’m delighted to announce that to mark the 81st anniversary of the 1941 Belfast Blitz, I will lead 4 walking tours will be held in April & May 2022 to tell Belfast’s story of raids. Tickets can be booked for…
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Tuberculosis (TB) was a major killer in late 19th century and early 20th century Belfast. In the early 1900s an epidemic of the disease led to 13,000 deaths in Ireland. TB is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria…
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The Ormeau Avenue Public Baths date from the late 1880s. They were designed by Robert Watt and contained two swimming pools and 36 private baths. For local people, they were an important as many working class houses lacked running water…
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Miss Isabella “Ella” Barbour Pirrie was the first nurse in the Belfast Union Workhouse Infirmary, now the Belfast City Hospital, and established a nursing school there. She was born in 1857 and her father was a doctor at both Belfast City Hospital…
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