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An usual New Years Eve meeting in 1834

2021-01-14T11:22:03+00:00

On New Years Eve 1834 Belfast Charitable Society met, as they did on a weekly basis, to discuss the ongoing running of the Poor House. However, at this meeting they agreed to a request from Dr Drummond, a visiting physician to the Poor House and teacher of Anatomy at the Belfast Academical Institution, to have a single grave in the Strangers Ground. What was so usual about this request? Well, this was no 'ordinary' grave. It was specifically for the burial of dissected remains from Inst which were used for research by the aspiring doctors at the school.  

An usual New Years Eve meeting in 18342021-01-14T11:22:03+00:00

138-Year-Old Christmas Tradition continues at Clifton House

2020-12-18T15:00:25+00:00

George Benn (1801-1882) (National Museums Northern Ireland) Today (16th December 2020) Clifton House hosted the Benn Dinner, a Christmas Tradition which started 138 years ago and has continued through two world wars, a Spanish Flu Epidemic and throughout the Troubles. And this year it prevailed again, despite Covid-19. The tradition started in 1882 when George Benn, a generous philanthropist, historian and benefactor of Belfast Charitable Society, died and left in his Will the sum of £1,000 to enable the residents of Clifton House, the original Poor House and Infirmary, to have a dinner in his memory. Since then the [...]

138-Year-Old Christmas Tradition continues at Clifton House2020-12-18T15:00:25+00:00

David Olusoga to launch the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation

2020-12-07T09:29:14+00:00

On the evening of 20 January 2021, Belfast Charitable Society will launch a new Foundation to raise awareness of the life and legacy of one of our city’s most important, yet least recognised, abolitionists, philanthropists and social reformers – MARY ANN MCCRACKEN. It is more than fitting that the Society has managed to secure, as the key note, Professor David Olusoga – straight from his ‘Talk with President Obama’. In what promises to be an excellent event Professor Olusoga will talk about the ‘Legacies of Slavery’ – a subject he has extensively researched, written and broadcasted on for many years. His [...]

David Olusoga to launch the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation2020-12-07T09:29:14+00:00

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