Martine Madden

Martine Madden

Pilib O Runai

Pilib O Runai

Sweet Memories

Sweet Memories

Mary Robinson – How Universal are Human Rights?

Mary Robinson – How Universal are Human Rights?

Bobby Foster

Bobby Foster

A Century Later: Robin Charley

A Century Later: Robin Charley

Cuideachta ó Thuaidh Clara Gill

Cuideachta ó Thuaidh Clara Gill

A Century Later: Victims & Survivors in Northern Ireland – A Living History

A Century Later: Victims & Survivors in Northern Ireland – A Living History

Robert Ballagh: Talent in Solidarity

Robert Ballagh: Talent in Solidarity

Banquet: Suffragist Mural Unveiling

Banquet: Suffragist Mural Unveiling

Eileen Bell

Eileen Bell

A Rose By Any Other Name

A Rose By Any Other Name

General Collections highlights

The Pensioners Parliament, Belfast

The Pensioners Parliament, Belfast

Older people having their say.

Held in Belfast City Hall on Friday 4th March 2011, this is the first event as part of the Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament. The Pensioners Parliament, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland...

I Remember the Holocaust: Helen Lewis

I Remember the Holocaust: Helen Lewis

A Belfast-based author and choreographer who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp recounts her harrowing story and has been remembered as remarkable, inspirational and brave. Helen Lewis, the Czech-born mother...

Linda Bunting

Linda Bunting

Dealing with trauma

Marie Breen-Smyth, Associate Dean International, University of Surrey, talks to Linda Bunting about her husband Alex Bunting. Alex was injured in an explosion. Linda talks about the hardships she and her family have h...

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...

Heritage Collections highlights

Albert Haslett

Albert Haslett

The Shankill during WW2

As a child, Albert grew up with his parents and 9 brothers and sisters in the Hammer, a poor neighbourhood of Belfast. The area was characterised by poor housing conditions. “The houses were just two up and two dow...

Darren Ferguson

Darren Ferguson

Aid worker and music fan

Darren grew up in Glengormley. He recalls a time when bomb scares were common. “Me and my brother were fascinated when they brought out the robots to defuse these bombs. I have very clear memories of the police com...

Saving Caroline

Saving Caroline

Campaign to save the last surviving battleship from the First World War, HMS Caroline, now resting in Belfast docks. Ex crew members talk about their memories and experiences working on this historic ship. ...

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...