In 1752 the Belfast Charitable Society was founded by a group of mostly Presbyterian merchants and industrialists who sought to erect a Poor House and an Infirmary. Over 20 years later, land was donated by the local aristocrat Arthur Chichester, the…
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I led the first tour of the Festival for Social Sciences around Belfast today. Despite the rain and cold, we did a range of sites. Thanks to Raymond O’Regan, the historian of the First Presbyterian Church for his hospitality and…
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Saturday (6.11.21) marks the start of a series of walking tours as part of this year’s Festival of Social Science run by Queen University Belfast and Ulster University throughout November 2021. The Festival is run by the Economic and Social…
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In Botanic Gardens, in Belfast’s Queen’s Quarter, stands the Gift of Life sculpture commemorating those who have given people a chance to live through organ donation. The candle-shaped memorial was placed in the Gardens in June 2016 and gifted to…
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This display covers two important documents that underpin the eventual partition of Ireland in 1921, creating the Irish Free State, which later became the Republic of Ireland and what became Northern Ireland. The Solemn League and Covenant were signed on…
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