FROM 1750 - 1830 > GATHERING PLACES               1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40               High Street Belfast By the late 18th century Belfast had grown into an important commercial centre. Each building in High Street looks to have its own ...     Dublin Society This 1820 drawing shows members of Dublin's fashion society strolling over Carlisle Bridge at the corners of D’Olier Street and ...     Assembly Room, Belfast The Assembly Rooms in Belfast were opened in 1777. The venue was used to hold the Belfast Harp Festival which attracted large crowds of ...     Pony Races at the Theatre Royal This engraving of pony races in Crow Street’s Theatre Royal gives some idea of the popularity of all forms of horse racing at the time. ...     The Kilruddery Hunt Hunting with hounds was a popular pastime for the wealthy landowning class. The ‘Ascendancy’ class spent much of their time on various ...     Irish House of Commons The chamber of the Irish House of Commons is where the leading figures in Irish politics assembled for debates. In 1800, however, these ...     Police Station This three-storey building in Lisburn was originally designed as a town house but was later turned into a Police barracks. Built in 1750 ...     The Battle of Ballynahinch The Battle of Ballynahinch took place in June 1798. A government force of nearly 3,000 men commanded by Major-General George Nugent ...     Commercial Buildings, Belfast These commercial buildings at the corner of Waring Street and Bridge Street in Belfast were built at the beginning of the 19th century. ...     Town Dock This view of High Street taken from the Town Dock was sketched around 1830. This was a popular meeting place for the town’s traders.     <>             1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40