A Million Bricks

After a night of violence in 1971, during which six people were killed in the area, scores of Catholic and Protestant families left the last mixed street in West Belfast. In the optimism of the …

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Edenderry Village: Past & Present

Built between 1866 and 1911 by the linen manufacturer John Shaw Brown, Edenderry is an excellent example of a semi-planned industrial community. Now a conservation area, Edenderry retains all of the charm and many of …

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Last Days of the Shankill Mission

The Shankill Road Mission, at the corner of Carlow Street, was completed in 1898 to a design by William Roome who also designed Mountpottinger YMCA. The pioneering urban mission work that the Shankill Road Mission …

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