{"id":56,"date":"2021-08-03T13:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/front-page\/"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:46:50","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/front-page\/","title":{"rendered":"People &#038; Places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-494\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-494 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"City Centre\" data-height=\"700\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_494\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_494' class='rslides'>\n            <li aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cropped-cropped-Belfast-City-HAll-scaled-1-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-495 msDefaultImage\" title=\"cropped-cropped-Belfast-City-HAll-scaled-1.jpg\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Belfast City Hall, Donegall Square. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Woolworth-Burtons-Castle-Place-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-496 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Woolworth-Burton&#039;s, Castle Place\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Dunnes\u2019 Store, 3-11 High Street, Belast.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Robinson-Cleaver-Building-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-497 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Robinson &amp; Cleaver Building\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Robinson &amp; Cleaver\u2019s (former) Department Store, corner of Donegall Place\/Donegall Square. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Robinson-Cleaver-Building-ballastrade-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-498 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Robinson &amp; Cleaver Building, ballastrade\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Ballatrade of the Robinson &amp; Cleaver\u2019s (former) Department Store, corner of Donegall Place\/Donegall Square. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Scottish-Provident-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-499 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Scottish Provident\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Scottish Provident Institution, 1-11 Donegall Square West, completed in 1902. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/St-Marys-Church-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-500 msDefaultImage\" title=\"St Mary&#039;s Church\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">St Mary's Catholic Church, Chapel Lane, Belfast. erected in 1784. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-6'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/St-Georges-Church-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-501 msDefaultImage\" title=\"St Georges Church\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">St Georges\u2019 Church, High Street. Church of Ireland church, erected in 1816.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-7'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Onion-Rings-Arthur-Sq-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-502 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Onion Rings, Arthur Sq\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The Spirit of Belfast sculpture, Arthur Square, Belfast, known as the 'Onion Rings'.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-8'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Northern-Whig-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-503 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Northern Whig\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Northern Whig Buildings, High Street, Belfast. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-9'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Merchant-Hotel-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-504 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Merchant Hotel\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Merchant Hotel, Waring Street, Belfast, a former bank is now a five-star hotel.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-10'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mayfair-buildings-Arthur-Sq-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-505 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Mayfair buildings, Arthur Sq\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mayfair Building, Nos. 5-11 Arthur Square, Belfast. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-11'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Belfast-Cenotaph-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-506 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Belfast Cenotaph\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Belfast Cenotaph, City Hall, Belfast. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-12'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Belfast-City-Coat-of-Arms-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-507 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Belfast City Coat of Arms\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Belfast Coast of Arms, Belfast City Hall. The Latin motto means \"In return for so much, what shall we give back?\"<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-13'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210210_100821-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-509 msDefaultImage\" title=\"20210210_100821\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Maggie May\u2019s, Malone Rd, south Belfast.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-14'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210106_113225-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-510 msDefaultImage\" title=\"20210106_113225\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Former Northern Bank offices, Victoria Street\/Queen's Square, Belfast. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-15'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1st-Pres-Church-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-511 msDefaultImage\" title=\"1st Pres Church\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">First Presbyterian Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-16'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3977-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-512 msDefaultImage\" title=\"IMG_3977\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Plaque to Belfast born singer Ruby Florence Murray at the Ulster Hall. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-17'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210921_113311-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1293 msDefaultImage\" title=\"20210921_113311\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Clifton House Poor House, north Belfast.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-18'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20201217_112638-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1294 msDefaultImage\" title=\"20201217_112638\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Ulster Museum, Queen's Quarter.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-19'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/St-Annes-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1295 msDefaultImage\" title=\"St Anne&#039;s\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">St Anne\u2019s Cathedral, Cathedral Quarter. Church of Ireland cathedral.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-20'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RIR-memorial-Boer-War-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1296 msDefaultImage\" title=\"RIR memorial, Boer War\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Royal Irish Rifles Memorial to those lost in the Boer War, Belfast City Hall.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-21'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Scottish-Provident-building-facade-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1297 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Scottish Provident building - facade\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Central Panel, Scottish Provident Institution, 1-11 Donegall Square West. completed in 1902. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-22'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Scottish-Provident-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1298 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Scottish Provident\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Scottish Provident Institution, 1-11 Donegall Square West, completed in 1902. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-23'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Q-Vic-Belfast-City-Hall-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1299 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Q Vic, Belfast City Hall\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Memorial to Queen Victoria, Belfast City Hall, unveiled by her son, King Edward VII in 1903. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-24'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/QUB-coat-of-arms-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1300 msDefaultImage\" title=\"QUB coat of arms\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Queen's Univeristy Belfast Coat of Arms, on front gate in front of the Lanyon Building, QUB.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-25'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2015-07-03-15.18.24-scaled-e1652816445181-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1301 msDefaultImage\" title=\"2015-07-03 15.18.24\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Samson and Goliath cranes in the Harland and Woolf ship yard that dominate the Belfast skyline. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-26'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Albert-Clock-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1302 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Albert Clock\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Albert Memorial Clock, Queen's Square, Completed in 1869 and in memory of Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort,<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-27'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_0288-scaled-600x700.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-494 slide-1303 msDefaultImage\" title=\"IMG_0288\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The Titanic Kit is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Tony Stallard, located in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This one-and-a-half hour Belfast history walking tour is an introduction to the story of Belfast; from its foundation by royal charter in 1613 to the present-day city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You will discover the amazing public art, iconic buildings and unique history of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The walking tour will visit the City Hall grounds, the main commercial centre of Belfast and pass through the Cathedral Quarter, the cultural and nightlife hub of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The tour will talk about pivotal individuals whose lives shaped Belfast\u2019s history. These include Mary Joy McCracken, the anti-slavery activist who campaigned against slavery for over 70 years; her brother Henry, executed for treason in 1798; Crawford McCullagh, son of a tenant farmer who became a millionaire draper and was Lord Mayor of Belfast for 17 years; and Waddel Cunningham, a merchant prince of Belfast who tried to establish the Belfast Slave Ship Company in 1786.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Book this Belfast walking tour via email <a href=\"mailto:contact@drtomstours.com\">contact@drtomstours.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">DETAILS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">START: The tour is 1.5 hours long and departs from The Salmon of Knowledge (The Big Fish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">MEET: at The Salmon of Knowledge (The Big Fish), Donegall Quay, Lagan River bank (postcode BT1 3NG). This is by the Lagan Weir footbridge and behind the Customs House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">END: Approximately 1.5 hours later underneath the Statue of Queen Victoria, Belfast City Hall (postcode BT1 5GS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">COST: 20.00 GBP per adult (16 and over); minimum group is 5 adults, maximum is 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">INCLUDED: tour guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">EXCLUDED: refreshments\/transport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one-and-a-half hour Belfast history walking tour is an introduction to the story of Belfast; from its foundation by royal charter in 1613 to the present-day city. You will discover the amazing public art, iconic buildings and unique history of the city. 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