Opera House This photograph shows a packed audience at the Opera House in Belfast. Its beautiful interior made it a comfortable venue for wealthy ...
The Park, Kingstown This is a photograph of a park in Kingstown. It was a popular venue for the nannies of well-off children and, as you can see, the ...
The Old Clothes and Remnant Market This photograph of Belfast’s old clothes and remnant market in 1899 shows how popular a meeting place it was for those working class ...
Pickpockets’ Harvest Large crowds regularly attracted gangs of pickpockets. The photograph shows 3 policemen holding some of the 100 empty purses and ...
Belfast Cells This 1909 photograph shows a ‘court missionary’ working with prisoners in the cells underneath Belfast Police Court. He had been ...
Judge’s Escort In going to and from court hearings judges travelled in coaches which were accompanied by RIC men. The photograph shows mounted ...
Courthouse This impressive 19th century building is the courthouse in Omagh, Co. Tyrone. It was the venue for the county court which sat once per ...
Masonic Hall In the second half of the 19th century there was a revival of freemasonry in Ireland. It had changed in that it was now exclusively ...
Orange Hall The political crisis which engulfed Ireland in general, and Ulster in particular, at the beginning of the 20th century led to increased ...
Hibernian Hall The growth of the Orange Order in the early part of the 20th century was mirrored by a rapid increase in Hibernian activity. The Ancient ...
