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. […]
A Tour Of The Half Bap
Archival film with Joe Baker who takes the public on a tour of the Half Bap, more latterly known as Cathedral Quarter, in Belfast
A Tribute to Geoff Harden
Tribute night to Geoff Harden. Geoff Harden (8 July 1943 – 4 September 2006) was a journalist, broadcaster, recording engineer and folk music promoter. Born in Kent, England, Harden moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1966. He became well-known on the music scene in Belfast after setting up the Sunflower Folk Club in Parliament Street, […]
A Tale Of Two Libraries- Falls Road Library
Archive film made during the centenary of the Falls Road library in 2008.
A Tale Of Two Libraries-Shankill Road Library
Archive film from 2008, the year of the Falls Road Library centenary.
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 […]
Mary Duffy: Unarmed & Dangerous
Artist extraordinaire Mary Duffy explores aspects of her work, lifestyle, philosophy and examines the hurdles and political difficulties she has faced throughout her career as an individual affected by the misuse of Thalidomide given to expectant mothers in 1960s. In conversation with Mo McDevitt in Co. Wexford we find the source of her expansive collection […]
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: 1941 – the night my friends died
A boy on the Shankill Road experiences the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, a night that would live in his memories forever.
A Century Later: 1912 – my grandfather
A grandson discovers his grandfather and the part he played in two important historical events, the signing of the Ulster Covenant and the fight in France during World War One.