Top 20 Belfast Entries posts – Have you read them all?

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The Top 20 Articles – Updated May 2022

The Top 20 Belfast Entries posts highlight the stories that have been most read since the website started in December 2020. We have 8 New Entries in the chart since the December Chart. Have you read them all?

1. Galboly – The County Antrim Village Lost in Time

In the picturesque glens of Antrim lies the abandoned village of Galboly. Hidden from view, its derelict cottage ruins recall a bygone age

2. Vere Foster – One of the greatest men you’ve never heard of

Vere Foster Grave Full Inscription — *Vere Foster contributed enormously to Ireland’s famine relief, emigration support, charity, health & education only to die forgotten and poor*

3. Nora’s Grave – A True Story of Love & Death

Bodies Illustration at the scene Belfast Telegraph 13th March 1890 — *The love story of Nora Tattersall & George Arthur and their tragic deaths on the Cavehill, County Antrim in 1890 resonates to this day*

4. Ardoyne – The Story of a Village – Belfast Entries

Millie close-up — *Today Ardoyne is a busy working-class district in north Belfast. However it was once a village in beautiful countryside. This is it’s story.*

5. Barney Hughes – The baker “beloved by the working classes”

Belfast Bap - from Rileys Home Bakery — *Barney Hughes is remembered for his desire for social justice, his unstinting generosity and humanitarian reform, but also for the Belfast Bap*

6. Have you seen Charlie Chaplin on Joy Street, Belfast?

Joy Street sign — *Joy Street is one of the best surviving examples of Georgian architecture in the heart of Belfast with a historic link to Charlie Chaplin*

7. Hannahstown & it’s Church on the Hill – A Turbulent History

View from the front of Hannahstown Church — *A brief history of Hannahstown, it’s Church and the turbulent times endured by the people of the parish.*

8. The Crosskeys Inn – Ireland’s Oldest Thatched Public House

Front of Crosskeys — *County Antrim’s Crosskeys Inn is the oldest thatched public house in Ireland and offers a truly authentic traditional Irish pub experience.*

9. Bang Beggars, Vulcans and other old Irish Occupations

10. Unusual Laws in Old Belfast 1613 – 1816

Belfast Long Bridge crossed the River Lagan between 1688 and 1841 — *A look at some of the laws & regulations of old Belfast Town that may appear very unusual or strange to modern eyes.*

11. St Malachy’s Church – “Strangers will look with admiration”

St Malachy's Church Interior — *Saint Malachy’s Church in Belfast is a Grade A listed building near the heart of the city noted for it’s stunning design.*

12. Friar’s Bush Graveyard – A Fascinating History

13. Belfast Street Art – Transforming City Streets

Belfast Street Art - Donegll Street Belfast 2 — *Street Art has long featured on Northern Ireland walls. Now Belfast city centre has been enhanced with a range of sensational street paintings*

14. The Forgotten Town of Coole & the Church of the Holy Evangelists

Tom Scott marker — *The story of Coole parish includes a forgotten town, supernatural pacts, philanthropy & the history of the Church of the Holy Evangelists*

15. Shankill Graveyard – An Intriguing Story

The Watch-House — *Shankill Graveyard has a fascinating 1,500 year history featuring St Patrick, plagues, famine, a bullaun stone & Resurrection Men*

16. Visiting Belfast’s Oldest Pubs

Scotty at Whites Tavern — *A look at some of Belfast’s ‘oldest’ pubs in the city centre. People debate which is the oldest and which is the best. Try them yourself*

17. James Haddock – The Ghost Who Gave Evidence in Court

Courtroom scene — *The strange tale of James Haddock, a man who died in 1657 but whose ghost returned subsequently to give evidence in Carrickfergus Court*

18. Saint Mary’s Church, Belfast – An inspirational story

Scotty at St Mary's Church — *The construction of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Belfast in 1784 with widespread Protestant support reflected the end of the Penal Laws*

19. Body Snatchers – Death, Resurrection Men… and Murder

Dunegore Mort-House — *In 18th century Ireland body snatching was a real problem throughout the country. A variety of tactics were employed to deter the thieves…*

20. Friendly Advice – Do not keep a cow in the house longer than a year

Cow in House - Friendly Advice — *Catherine Alexander’s book “Friendly Advice to Irish Mothers on Training their Children” (1839) aims to educate mothers on parenting and managing their households*

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What are others reading now?

Galboly – The County Antrim Village Lost in Time

By P&P / 30 September 2021 / 4 Comments

Mill chimney - a common sight in Belfast

Ardoyne – The Story of a Village

By P&P / 13 November 2021 / 2 Comments

Nora’s Grave – A True Story of Love & Death

By P&P / 19 March 2022 / 0 Comments

Have you seen Charlie Chaplin on Joy Street, Belfast?

By P&P / 13 August 2021 / 2 Comments

Unusual Laws in Old Belfast 1613 – 1816

By P&P / 11 March 2022 / 0 Comments

Hannahstown & it’s Church on the Hill – A Turbulent History

By P&P / 1 January 2022 / 11 Comments

Old Belfast Castles – What lies beneath our streets?

By P&P / 12 April 2021 / 0 Comments

Pottinger’s Entry – One of Belfast’s oldest streets

By P&P / 9 November 2021 / 2 Comments

Vere Foster – One of the greatest men you’ve never heard of

By P&P / 15 June 2021 / 29 Comments

Barney Hughes – The baker “beloved by the working classes”

By P&P / 3 March 2021 / 4 Comments

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