The Honorary Secretary and CEO of the Belfast Charitable Society, Una Macauley and Paula Reynolds were delighted to attend a major donors event held at Northern Ireland Hospice this morning. The event brought together many of the organisations and individuals who had contributed to the building, running and research work of the Northern Ireland Hospice.
Belfast Charitable […]
As we come to the end of the academic year, it is the perfect time to look back on the children of the Poor House and education offered to them.
The first child was admitted to the Poor House in 1775 almost by accident. Ann Curran entered the infirmary and stayed for five months. She sought […]
Captain John McCracken, father of Henry Joy and Mary Ann McCracken, was a seafarer by trade. It was said that the Belfast skyline of those days was broken only by the spire of the Poor House, the cupola of St Anne’s Church, the Market House belfry and when Captain McCracken’s ship was in port her […]
Music and the Poor House may not be an obvious connection, however, it played an important role in both the funding and the education offered within the House. In order to secure funds for the running of the House various dramatic and musical performances were held both in the Board Room of the Poor House […]
We launched our tours at Clifton House in August 2016 and since then we have been delighted with the response. With the summer season almost upon us, we have decided to launch a daily tour of Clifton House during July and August. Tours will run Monday – Friday at 3.00pm.
Built back in 1774, the House […]
The Poor House opened in 1774 in a Belfast which was trying to assert itself on the world map. The emerging middle-classes in the town were working hard to open trade routes and develop markets, but they felt politically neglected and hampered by the laws of the day. Presbyterians suffered under the Penal Laws […]
