Belfast Entries has been running for over 2 years now with nearly 200 articles published covering forgotten heroes, fascinating histories, ghosts, myths & legends and the histories of our towns, streets, hotels. We avoid the contentious ‘big’ histories, we’ll let the history books cover those. Instead we look at the events of those day from the common man’s perspective – what was it like to live in those times or walk those streets?
The most popular articles are shown at the foot of each post but we are sometimes asked about our personal favourites. As in all things, some of the most popular would be among our favourites but there are others that we loved that do not make the most popular list.
The list below includes some of our favourite posts.
Vere Foster – One of the greatest men you’ve never heard of
How a Belfast Company helped defeat a killer disease
Hy Brasil – The True Story of a Mythical Island
Nora’s Grave – A True Story of Love & Death
Barney Hughes – The baker “beloved by the working classes”
Galboly – The County Antrim Village Lost in Time
Getting started on your family tree
Saint Mary’s Church, Belfast – An inspirational story
James Haddock – The Ghost Who Gave Evidence in Court
Shankill Graveyard – A Fascinating History
O’Hanlon’s Belfast – Walks Among the Poor 1852
Naoise O’Haughan, Antrim’s “Gentleman Outlaw”
The Last Witch Trial in Ireland
Ardoyne – The Story of a Village
Shipwreck! The Story of the Girona
The Forgotten Town of Coole & the Church of the Holy Evangelists
The Inn, the Jailhouse and Robb’s Department Store, Belfast
Body Snatchers – Death, Resurrection Men… and Murder
Ballymacarrett – From a Rural Village to a Shipbuilding Giant
Belfast’s Theatre Royal – Built 3 Times, Destroyed 3 Times
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