Mary Duffy: Unarmed & Dangerous

Mary Duffy: Unarmed & Dangerous

Joanna McMinn

Joanna McMinn

Una McGurk

Una McGurk

WRDA Lecture – Unionism, Nationalism & Women’s Fight for the Vote

WRDA Lecture – Unionism, Nationalism & Women’s Fight for the Vote

A Century Later: Alfie McCrory

A Century Later: Alfie McCrory

The Zulu War Hero

The Zulu War Hero

Linda Bunting

Linda Bunting

The Rise of the Lower Shankill

The Rise of the Lower Shankill

Stop An Phreas

Stop An Phreas

A Century Later: Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland – Identities and Shared Histories

A Century Later: Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland – Identities and Shared Histories

Glórtha ar an Gheilleagar: Joe Higgins MEP

Glórtha ar an Gheilleagar: Joe Higgins MEP

Journeys & Destinations

Journeys & Destinations

General Collections highlights

A Century Later: John Campbell

A Century Later: John Campbell

A day on Belfast docks, a place filled with lively characters, back breaking work and casual violence, described in vivid detail by a docker turned author. “Although life was hard on the docks I wouldn’t have chang...

WRDA Lecture – Unionism, Nationalism & Women’s Fight for the Vote

WRDA Lecture – Unionism, Nationalism & Women’s Fight for the Vote

Illustrated Talk on Unionism, nationalism and women’s fight for the vote: understanding different views through discussion and debate, held in March 2013. This event looked at Irish women’s campaign for the vote, w...

Men Of Steel: Memories Of Mackies (Part 2)

Men Of Steel: Memories Of Mackies (Part 2)

James Mackie & Sons. Pt 2.

The first ever televised history of James Mackie & Sons, once the world's leading textile machinery manufacturer. Former Mackie employees and local historians tell their stories and explain how Mackies grew fro...

A Tale Of Two Libraries: Part One – Falls Road Library

A Tale Of Two Libraries: Part One – Falls Road Library

Filmed in 2008 during its centenary year, the Falls Road Library organised a series of events that involved the community. The library opens its doors for a look at some of its most interesting aspects, such as, the o...

Heritage Collections highlights

Lynda Walker

Lynda Walker

Chair of the Communist Party of Irl

Lynda Walker grew up in Sheffield, England and came from a working class background. “It was a fairly run down area, we lived in a couple of rooms in the back of a shop, but we moved onto one of the bigger estates ...

Joseph Ricketts

Joseph Ricketts

To Belfast from Jamaica

Born and raised in Jamaica, Joseph’s father was a contractor who believed his sons should be responsible for their own land and be able to manage work on a farm. When they came of age, Joseph and his three brothers ha...

WRDA Lectures – Dr Myrtle Hill

WRDA Lectures – Dr Myrtle Hill

Pioneers, Protestors and Preachers

The second lecture, of the Anna Eggert Lecture Series, took place on 8th December and was delivered by Dr Myrtle Hill from Queen’s University who spoke on “Pioneers, Protestors and Preachers: Belfast’s Forgotten Women...

Ballymurphy – The People’s Co-ops

Ballymurphy – The People’s Co-ops

The story of Ballymurphy Enterprises

Like many cities in Britain, Belfast suffered industrial decline in the 1960s.  High unemployment rates were the norm for many of the housing estates in west Belfast. “Official statistics in Ballymurphy had 37% of ...