Places Archives - Dead Centre Tours https://deadcentretours.com/category/places/ DC Tours: Belfast's No.1 Walking Tour Company Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 The Belfast Workhouse and the Famine https://deadcentretours.com/2024/07/04/belfast-workhouse-famine/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:09:02 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2945 A look at the history of the Belfast Workhouse and how the city was affected by the famine in 1845-46, followed by the typhus epidemic in 1847 and the cholera epidemic in 1849.

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]]> Things To Do In Belfast On Sundays https://deadcentretours.com/2022/06/27/things-to-do-in-belfast-on-sundays/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:51:18 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2123 Some people think there isn’t much to do or that the city isn’t much fun on a Sunday morning before the shops and pubs open.  But they would be wrong.  Very, very wrong.

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]]> The Millisle Kinder Farm https://deadcentretours.com/2021/11/29/the-millisle-kinder-farm/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:10:18 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2002 During the Second World war a derelict farm in Millisle, County Down, would become home to hundreds of Jewish refugee children fleeing the war in Europe.

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]]> Lunch In Belfast https://deadcentretours.com/2021/11/27/lunch-in-belfast/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 16:29:08 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1993 Where are the best and closest places at the end of the tour to get a tasty lunch? Here's a few of our favourite recommendations.

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]]> Dr. William Drennan https://deadcentretours.com/2021/11/23/dr-william-drennan/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:56:12 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1958 Dr. William Drennan, a United Irishman centuries ahead of his time in many ways, comes under the microscope of our lead guide Paul Donnelly.

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]]> Belfast and the Cinema (or the ‘Picture House’) https://deadcentretours.com/2021/11/13/belfast-and-the-cinema-or-the-picture-house/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 20:45:41 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1948 Donzo's blog about the lost cinemas of Belfast

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]]> Donzo’s Ma, Belfast, and the ‘Swinging Sixties’… https://deadcentretours.com/2021/09/23/donzos-ma-belfast-and-the-swinging-sixties/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:10:55 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1934 Donzo interviews his Ma about Belfast's nightlife before the Troubles really got started...

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]]> Line Of Duty – All Aboard The Belfast Bandwagon! https://deadcentretours.com/2021/08/13/line-of-duty-all-aboard-the-belfast-bandwagon/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:20:51 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1903 Film & TV tourism is big business in Belfast these days, much to the delight of our tour guide James....

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]]> Barry’s Amusements – The Only Thing To Do In Portrush https://deadcentretours.com/2021/08/11/barrys-amusements-the-only-thing-to-do-in-portrush/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:25:31 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1893 All empires crumble and fall and so it seems to come to pass in Portrush, County Antrim.

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]]> The Belfast Blitz https://deadcentretours.com/2021/07/23/the-belfast-blitz-1941/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:01:25 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1870 Donzo looks back at the impact of the Belfast Blitz. How and why it happened and how it is remembered (or not) in the city to this day...

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