Recent Posts on Belfast Entries
A list of our most recent posts are shown below.
Whether you want to know more about our people, places and stories or trace your family roots we hope you will find something of interest.
Belfast’s First Museum – Where the Giant’s Causeway meets Athens
Belfast's first museum, located in College Square North, was the first museum in Ireland to be finan…
Glenarm Castle – A History
A popular tourist destination, Glenarm Castle has been home to the Earls of Antrim and the McDonnell…
Laura Bell – An Extraordinary Life of two Halves!
Laura Bell was a noted Irish beauty, who led a somewhat flamboyant and notorious life, with an unexp…
August 1876 – Severe Gales, Theft of Feathers and the Days of Coaches
The news in 1876 – August 1876 – Severe Gales, Theft of Feathers, Injury of Clothes and the Days of …
Groomsport, County Down – Vikings, Wealth, Smuggling and Tragedy
Groomsport, Co. Down, popular with retirees, week-end visitors and sailing enthusiasts , has a histo…
Crown Entry – A History of Schools, Houses, Business and Rebellion
Today Crown Entry is only a sad reflection of what it once was, when schools, and shops and houses a…
Queen Street’s Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
Queen Street's Belfast Hospital for Sick Children opened in April 1879 funded through donations and …
July 1876 News – Custer Massacred, Damaged Manure and a Baby Washer
What was being reported in our local newspapers 150 years ago? Read some of the news & stories of Ju…
Edward Bunting – A precious gift of the melodies of our native bards
Edward Bunting was a celebrated musician who gifted us a precious inheritance of the matchless melod…
Marquis Street, Belfast – Let There Be Light!
Marquis Street today is an abandoned thoroughfare, its long history forgotten but it played a surpri…
James Gill – The Extraordinary Tale of Newry’s Defiant Steeplejack
The extraordinary true story of Newry's James Gill, a steeplejack who became a national celebrity fo…
June 1876 News – A Body Found at Clogher and a Car Accident at Meigh
What was being reported in our local newspapers 150 years ago? Read some of the news & stories of Ju…
The House of Correction – Belfast’s terrifying city centre prison
How many walking down Howard Street in Belfast today realise that it once hosted Belfast's "House of…
May 1876 News – Blazing Billiard Balls and a Flight to Remember
What was being reported in our local newspapers 150 years ago? Read some of the news & stories of Ma…
Cushendall – A Colourful Village with a Colourful History
Cushendall, County Antrim is a pretty, friendly, colourful and busy village with a colourful history…
April 1876 News – “Walking on the Moon”
What was being reported in our local newspapers 150 years ago? Read some of the news & stories of A…
Church Lane, Belfast – Skeletons, bars and ‘Bullseye Braithwaite’
A small 17th‑century street, Church Lane has an impressive history featuring a myriad of occupants, …
The Ancient Church of Ardclinis, its Crozier and its Fairy Tree
Travelling along the Antrim Coast Road, the ancient church of Ardclinis (and its Fairy Tree) in a pi…
William Sampson – Equality Advocate on both sides of the Atlantic
Lawyer William Sampson dedicated his life to the ideals of democracy and justice both in Ireland and…
Belfast’s Forgotten Streets and Corners
Belfast has ‘lost’ many quirkily named streets, lanes and alleys over the years, among them Cooney's…
March 1876 News – A Duel, a Ghost and the “Pretty Girls’ Fund”
The newspapers of March 1876 delivered a variety of stories including deadly duel, a Newfoundland Gh…
The Newtownstewart Murder Trial – An “extraordinary case”
The Newtownstewart Bank Murder Trial – “the most extraordinary case ever tried in this or any other …
February 1876 News – The Courts, Curiosities and the Macabre.
The newspapers of February 1876 covered a range of stories including court proceedings, "babes" in t…
Edward Benn – A Tale of Three Belfast Hospitals
Despite enduring poor health during his own life, Edward Benn's charitable donations did much to rel…
The Giant’s Causeway Hydroelectric Tramway – A World’s First!
The Giant's Causeway Hydroelectric Tramway was the world's first example of renewable-powered public…
January 1876 News – The Donegall Place Fire in Belfast
January 1876 News – The Great Belfast Donegall Street Fire, Armagh's Ghostly Resurrection and Love'…
Lombard Street – Legg’s Lane, the Curiosity Shop & Gutta-percha
Lombard Street, Belfast replaced Legg's Lane and Caddell's Entry as a popular business location fea…
The Unforgettable Dunluce Castle – A Brief History
The picturesque ruins and history of Dunluce Castle "are not surpassed by any on the entire coasts o…
December 1875 – Whitewell Fire, Balloo Poaching & Drunkenness
December 1875 News – The Whitewell house fire, Poaching in Balloo, Guidance for Parvenues and Degree…
Academy Street, Belfast – Teenage Rebellion, Oddfellows Hall and the Blitz!
Today Academy Street, Belfast is an unremarkable thoroughfare. Its forgotten history has much of int…
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