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 provided included Gospel services and a Sunday school, music sessions; a cafe with affordable meals and trips to the seaside. […]
Sweet Memories
Mullan Mews and Sydenham Court are bespoke supported housing schemes developed in partnership with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust by Clanmil Housing. The design and ethos of these supported housing schemes, where the needs and choices of the tenant is central, is key to providing a unique housing option. A significant feature is […]
Insider Revisited: Cairn Lodge Amateur Boxing Club
“Our enjoyment is seeing the kids do well, at all levels. From school to intermediate and senior. That’s our aim, if they do well then we do well.” Tommy Waite Senior. Formed in 1982, the Cairn Lodge Amateur Boxing Club has produced a wealth of boxing talent through the decades. When the Insider first visited […]
A Century Later: 1980 – the day I captured life
Over thirty years of photography from a man determined to keep the history of the city he loves alive.
A Century Later: 1972 – my bloody friday
A funeral procession makes its way through a warzone. This show is part of the Northern Visions/NVTV series ‘A Century Later’ – there’s more information on the project microsite. “WE WENT FROM PILLAR TO POST RIGHT THROUGH THAT ENTIRE EPICENTER OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS HAPPENING.”
A Century Later: 1971 – McGurk’s bar bombing
Proving innocence for the victims of a bomb that ripped through the heart of a North Belfast community, killing men, women and children.
A Century Later: 1971 – the day the three jocks were murdered
The murders of three young soldiers in Belfast in 1971 would influence military legislation in other areas of conflict throughout the world. One community in Belfast was determined these three young men were never forgotten. This show is part of the Northern Visions/NVTV series ‘A Century Later’ – there’s more information on the project microsite. “ON […]
A Century Later: 1997 – the day Darren died
The murder of a colleague forces a Police Sergeant to confront the attitudes of the police to the gay community in Belfast.
A Century Later: ethnic minorities in northern ireland
The history and impact of British colonialism across the globe and its part in shaping the multicultural society that Northern Ireland is today.
A Century Later: 1993 – the day of the Shankill bomb
Searching for survivors amongst the rubble of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.