A Belfast Memorial to the Forgotten Dr Thomas Thompson- Royal Hotel – ‘The most excellent hotel’ in Belfast
- Who were the Hearts of Steel?
- Lost Mansions: The Grove, Belfast
- Greyabbey – “The first Gothic building in Ireland”
- Old Irish Proverbs and Sayings 1832
- The Smithfield Mill Disaster, 20th January 1902
- From Hercules Lane to Royal Avenue, Belfast
- Banbridge – Pearls, Mail Coaches & the World’s First Flyover!
- WW2 – Pocket Guide for Visiting American GIs
- Movilla Abbey: International Fame & a Copyright Case
- A Belfast Christmas Walk 2022
- Redmond O’Hanlon – A formidable 17th Century Outlaw
- The Execution of Rev James Porter
- The Story of Belfast’s Very Beautiful Warehouse
- Four Lives to Remember – From Ejector Seats to the Stars
- Winecellar Entry and its Historic Tavern
- Half-hung McNaughten – A Victim or a Villain?
- WW2 – The US Flying Fortress Crash on the Cave Hill
- One Belfast Street , 400 Years of History- Millfield
- Killyleagh Castle – Vikings, Sieges, a Ghost and a Suspicious Death
- The Mystery of the Cave Hill Ghost
- Hy Brasil – The True Story of a Mythical Island
- Rathlin Island – An Eventful History, Beautiful Scenery and Puffins!
- From Lios na gCearrbhach to Lisburn – The Story of a City
- Loughareema – The Vanishing Lake
- The Cave Hill, McArt’s Fort, Games & Thrones, the Sleeping Giant and more
- The Opening of St Peter’s Cathedral in Belfast
- Kelly’s Cellars – Step Back in Time in this Old Belfast Pub
- Belfast’s Extraordinary Inventor – Samuel Davidson (Sirocco Works)
- Kinbane Castle – A Hidden Gem on County Antrim’s Coast
- Betsy Gray and the Battle of Ballynahinch
- Templecorran, Ballycarry – Churches, Rebellion and Poetry
- Elizabeth Gould Bell – A Forgotten Heroine
- Belfast’s Donegall Place and the Imperial Hotel
- Olderfleet Castle, Larne – Vikings, Invasion & Rebellion
- Cairndhu House – Wealth, Charity, Dereliction & Hauntings
- The Disappearance of Captain Francis Crozier – Frozen in Time
- Life Lessons – Proverbs, Wit and Wisdom from 1858
- Bonamargy Friary – War, Treasure & the Black Nun’s Ghost
- Cushendun – Game of Thrones & an Iconic TV Series
- Body Snatchers – Death, Resurrection Men… and Murder
- Belfast’s Theatre Royal – Built 3 Times, Destroyed 3 Times
- Black Francis – The Highwayman of Fermanagh & Donegal
- The Fuldiew Deaths – Romance on the Stone
- Crown Liquor Saloon – ‘One of the great bars of the world’
- Castle Place – The Inn, the Jailhouse & Robb’s Store
- Ardglass, County Down – Battles, Tower Houses and Herrings
- The Linen Hall Library-A History of Education, Philanthropy & Rebellion
- St Malachy’s Church – “Strangers will look with admiration”
- Nora’s Grave – A True Story of Love & Death
- Unusual Laws in Old Belfast 1613 – 1816
- Shankill Graveyard – A Fascinating History
- A Walk on Carnmoney Hill, County Antrim
- Rules for a Happy Marriage – Published in 1858
- The Prosecution of the Carnmoney Witch
- Ligoniel – The Village by the River
- Sinclair Kelburn – The Tale of the Minister with a Musket
- The story of Ormeau Park and it’s ‘Lost’ Mansion
- The Forgotten Town of Coole & the Church of the Holy Evangelists
- James Haddock – The Ghost Who Gave Evidence in Court
- The Story of Saint Brigid
- Waring Street Belfast – One of Belfasts Oldest Streets with links to Gulliver’s Travels.
- Ballymacarrett – From a Rural Village to a Shipbuilding Giant
- Castle Robin – From a Bronze Age Rath to a Motte and Castle
- Friendly Advice – Do not keep a cow in the house longer than a year
- Hannahstown & it’s Church on the Hill – A Turbulent History
- Ann Street, Belfast – The Early Days
- The Three Presbyterian Churches of Rosemary Street, Belfast
- The Games Children Played
- Michael Andrews – Champion of the Poor, the Working Classes & the Disabled
- A Belfast Christmas Walk – December 2021
- The Life & Art of Frank McKelvey
- Belfast Sea Sculptures – Celebrating our maritime history
- Old Banagher Church and the Last Dragon in Ireland
- Shipwreck! The Story of the Girona
- Ardoyne – The Story of a Village
- Pottinger’s Entry – One of Belfast’s oldest streets
- Shane Crossagh – The Outlaw of the Glen
- Thomas McCabe – Champion of the Poor & the enslaved
- Saint Joseph’s Church – The Chapel on the Quays
- North Street, Belfast – From the Ashes?
- Roughfort, County Antrim – A Tale of Dolmens and Dragoons
- The Crosskeys Inn – Ireland’s Oldest Thatched Public House
- Layde – County Antrim’s Hidden Church
- Cantrell & Cochrane – From Belfast’s Castle Place to a Global Brand
- Galboly – The County Antrim Village Lost in Time
- Mahee Castle – A Fortified Tower House at Strangford Lough
- St Nicholas Church, Carrickfergus
- The Tale of Luke White and Biddy Farrelly
- Who Remembers Arnott’s Department Store, Belfast?
- The Crumlin Meteorite
- Nendrum – An ancient Monastery with the oldest tide-mill in the world
- The Last Witch Trial in Ireland
- James McDonnell – The Father of Belfast Medicine
- Belfast Walk – Sailortown, Lagan side and Clarendon Dock
- Galloper Thompson – Belfast’s Phantom Horseman
- Sugarhouse Entry – Belfast’s Forgotten Lane with a past
- Saint Patrick’s Church – One of Belfast’s Landmark Churches
- The Giant’s Ring – A Neolithic Mystery
- Have you seen Charlie Chaplin on Joy Street, Belfast?
- Bang Beggars, Vulcans and other old Irish Occupations
- How a Belfast Company helped defeat a killer disease
- Rosamond Praeger – Holywood’s trail-blazing Artist/ Sculptress
- Ireland’s Great Hurricane of 1839 – “The Big Wind”
- Sinclair Seamen’s Presbyterian Church – A Remarkable Belfast Church
- The War Goddess of Boa Island
- Ballygally Castle Hotel and it’s Ghost Room
- Naoise O’Haughan, Antrim’s “Gentleman Outlaw”
- Queen’s Arcade – The last remaining Victorian Shopping Arcade in Belfast.
- Belfast – A walk around the Queen’s Quarter
- Dundrum Castle, the village and the beaching of a famous ship
- The Dark Hedges
- The Holy Well of Saint Olcan – Every Tatter Tells a Story
- The Story of Belfast City Cemetery
- Dunseverick Castle, The Causeway Coast – Saint Patrick, The Vikings, Crusades and Destruction
- Vere Foster – One of the greatest men you’ve never heard of
- Sir John Lavery – The Belfast Painter of Peace and War
- Sherlock Holmes and the Ulster Tailor
- Have you heard the ‘singing sands’ of White Park Bay?
- Bushmills – Whiskey from the oldest licensed distillery in the world
- The Holestone of Doagh – A History of Mystery & Marriage
- From Bellevue Pleasure Gardens to Belfast Zoo
- The Dunville Family – Whiskey, charity, football and a Belfast Park
- A walk with spectacular views at the Knockagh Monument
- Anderson & McAuley Ltd, Belfast
- George Benn – Historian and Philanthropist
- St George’s Market – Belfast’s Victorian Market
- The Farset – Belfast’s Hidden River
- Clifton Street Cemetery – The New Burying Ground
- Botanic Gardens Belfast – An Eventful History
- O’Hanlon’s Belfast – Walks Among the Poor 1852
- Belfast Harbour Walk
- Francis Joseph Bigger, His Life and Times
- Anyone remember Robinson & Cleaver?
- Street Directories – a valuable source of family information
- Old Belfast Castles – What lies beneath our streets?
- Belfast Waterworks – The Days of Mermaids, Monsters and Sea battles
- Mallusk Burying Ground, County Antrim
- Visiting Belfast’s Oldest Pubs
- Saint Mary’s Church, Belfast – An inspirational story
- The Cave Hill Diamond
- Newspaper Obituaries in Family Research
- The Albert Memorial Clock – The leaning clock tower of Belfast
- Harry Ferguson – Planes, Tractors and Formula 1
- Old Medical Terms in Irish Genealogy
- Saint Patrick, Ireland’s Patron Saint
- Belfast’s “Big Fish” – the Salmon of Knowledge
- From Capello de Vado 1306AD to St George’s Church, Belfast
- Carrickfergus Castle – A brief history
- Francis Calder – The Calder Fountain Memorial
- Valuation Revision Books in Ireland
- Researching Family Wills in Northern Ireland
- Barney Hughes – The baker “beloved by the working classes”
- Catholic Parish Records Online
- Edward Benn – Three Belfast Hospitals
- Belfast Castle, Cave Hill, Belfast
- WW2 Normandy – Utah Beach
- Brownlow HQ – Remembering World War 2
- Brownlow House Lurgan – A house, a dog & World War 2
- Rinty Monaghan – Belfast’s boxing hero
- Andrew Malcolm – Physician and Public Health Reformer
- Not On Today’s High Street
- Friar’s Bush Graveyard – A Fascinating History
- Otto Jaffe – Belfast’s First Jewish Lord Mayor
- Clifton House – Belfast’s Poor House
- Mary Ann McCracken -A remarkable woman
- Thomas Andrews – A Titanic story
- Frank Pantridge – the Father of Emergency Medicine
- David Manson – Belfast’s Enlightened Schoolmaster
- Alexander Mitchell – The blind engineer with a vision
- Belfast Streets with a Military Connection
- Belfast Streets at the races
- Squeeze Gut Entry and other old Belfast street names
- Belfast Street Art – Transforming City Streets
- Make use of free access to Irish Civil Records
- Using Griffith’s Valuation to find where people lived
- Trace your ancestors in the Irish Census Records
- Getting started on your family tree
Belfast Entries now includes over 200 posts on a range of subjects ranging from places to see, forgotten heroes, Belfast’s old department stores and products from the past. We try to add articles that are quirky & of interest to anyone living or visiting Belfast and beyond.
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