Dead Centre Tours https://deadcentretours.com/ 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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]]> The Belfast Suffragettes https://deadcentretours.com/2024/05/12/the-belfast-suffragettes/ Sun, 12 May 2024 21:02:51 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2909 Our grannies’ grannies lived in interesting times. While the main political issue in Belfast leading up to World War I was definitely Home Rule, the campaign for equal votes led some women to launch attacks on Unionist homes and public properties.

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]]> The 1974 Ulster Worker’s Strike, Fifty Years On https://deadcentretours.com/2024/04/24/1974-ulster-workers-strike-fifty-years-on/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:38:52 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2884 There will undoubtedly be a lot written about the Ulster Workers’ strike this year, as we mark its fiftieth anniversary. I was interested in looking at it from a civilian perspective, because that’s what we do at DC Tours. Most of us were young children when it happened, and of course we felt far [...]

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]]> PTQ – What Shall We Give….. https://deadcentretours.com/2024/04/02/ptq-belfast-queens-rag-magazine/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:04:33 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2843 The one thing that makes James Ellson's chest swell with pride when he talks about it during our Best of Belfast tour is the fact that, along with two of his former Methody pals, he edited PTQ in 1988.

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]]> Take a private tour of Belfast with us! https://deadcentretours.com/2024/03/29/private-tour-of-belfast/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:51:16 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2837 Our private tours are not just for large groups, they are also a great way for you to see Belfast at a time that suits you. And you get the guide all to yourselves!

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]]> Introducing a new feature: The Best of Belfast Map! https://deadcentretours.com/2024/02/23/introducing-a-new-feature-the-best-of-belfast-map/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:58:16 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2808 Whether you're a local or a visitor, our Best of Belfast tour aims to showcase the very best that Belfast has to offer. And now, we're excited to introduce a fantastic addition to the tour: The Best of Belfast Map!

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]]> The history of Belfast’s Europa Hotel in three great videos https://deadcentretours.com/2024/01/20/the-history-of-belfasts-europa-hotel-in-three-great-videos/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:12:57 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2726 Donzo recently made a video with Irish travel website Ireland Before You Die about the history of Belfast’s famous Europa Hotel. Watch his three minute potted history and then dive a little deeper with a BBC archive report from the 1970s and an in-depth documentary by Al-Jazeera.

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]]> The Belfast home bakery – a visitor’s guide https://deadcentretours.com/2023/11/14/the-belfast-home-bakery-a-visitors-guide/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:01:49 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2695 Have you ever wondered how our guides maintain their incredible stamina and athletic physiques? Complex carbohydrates are a vital source of energy for tour guides, and the best place to find them - whether you’re a guide or a guest - is in a home bakery, a uniquely Northern Irish institution.

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]]> Colin Middleton – Belfast’s surrealist painter https://deadcentretours.com/2023/10/30/colin-middleton-belfasts-surrealist-painter/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:08:11 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2678 There are plenty of us who would say that you need to have a fair level of surrealism about you to live in Belfast. But Colin Middleton, who is the subject of a new exhibition in the Ulster Museum, was once described as Ireland’s Greatest Surrealist, so this show bound to be worth a visit.

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]]> We are finalists in the Arival Spotlight Awards! https://deadcentretours.com/2023/10/04/dc-tours-finalists-arival-spotlight-awards/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:33:45 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2660 We are absolutely delighted to be named as finalists in the Tour Innovator category of the Arival Spotlight Awards, our first ever global award category. We are the only finalists representing the UK and Ireland across all five categories.

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