Belfast’s Forgotten Graveyard
The forgotten burial place of tens of thousands of Belfast’s working-class people in the nineteenth century and why I think it’s time we remembered it.
Body snatching in Belfast
The gruesome story of how Belfast supplied the human cadaver trade in the early 19th century
The Islandmagee witches
An account of Ireland’s last witchcraft trial - Islandmagee, 1711.
Burying Belfast’s Poor
A guide to the burial grounds of Belfast in the early nineteenth century and where the poor of the town were laid to rest.
Mary Ann McCracken
A remarkable Belfast woman who made a huge difference in the lives of the poor of Belfast and beyond.
The Belfast Lying-In Hospital
Belfast’s first maternity hospital - ahead of its time and unusually clean.