Forgotten Folk
Fortwilliam Park and its Rich History
The story of Fortwilliam Park from it's earliest times featuring a past fort, it's wealthy merchants and a famous actress.
The story of Fortwilliam Park from it's earliest times featuring a past fort, it's wealthy merchants and a famous actress.
Stories of the life and exploits of County Tyrone's cunning outlaw, 'Toothless' Shane Bernagh remain popular today.
The tale of the ancient Dobbins Inn in Carrickfergus and its tumultuous past including an ill-fated romance and ghostly inhabitants
The history of Bangor Castle on the site of the earlier Abbey which was once renowned as 'The Light of the World'
The tragic loss of life at Lucifers Matchstick Factory in Belfast 1882 serves as a reminder of the poor working conditions of our ancestors
The Abbey at Whiteabbey has undergone several major transformations in its time but now lies derelict, another lost mansion.
Today it is hard to imagine the grandeur of 19th century Victoria Street, once central to Belfast commerce. A few notable buildings remain.
Glynn, from the Irish ‘glean’ meaning ‘the valley’ is a small picturesque village in County Antrim in the barony of Lower Belfast.
The story of two famous Belfast restaurants - The Carlton Restaurant in Donegall Place and Café and the Lombard Café in Lombard Street.
A selection of quotations by Irish authors on life and it's lessons, love & relationships, family and death.
Kilclief Castle, an old tower-house on the shore of Strangford Lough County Down, is often remembered for a scandalous occupant, Bishop Sely
A look at old newspaper adverts from 1899-1920. Some are curious to modern eyes, others untrustworthy and many are funny.
The story behind Purdysburn mansion, later to become Belfasts Mental Health and Infectious Diseases hospital.
On the night of 21st to 22nd December 1894 the north of Ireland was battered by a ferocious storm leaving devastation in its wake.
Round towers are early mediaeval stone towers predominantly found in Ireland. Antrim Round Tower is one of the finest surviving examples.