belfast city cemetery
took these photo,s about an month ago not bad orb,s what do you think
Lives Lost at Sea, Belfast City Cemetery
I've returned once again to Belfast City Cemetery on the Falls Road to catalogue and film graves of interest for Youtube. This time I have my friend Peter McCabe to guide me along. Here Peter and I locate some of the graves of those who lost their lives at sea. We come across headstones remembering relatives lost on the
RMS Titanic 1912,
RMS Lusitania 1915,
SS Sherbro, ? I cannot find a reference to this ship
HMS Foylebank,
On 4 July 1940 whilst the majority of her crew were at breakfast, unidentified aircraft were reported to the south. These were originally thought to be Allied aircraft returning to base but they turned out to be 26 Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers. These aircraft had the objective of disabling the Foylebank which was seen as a threat to their plans to destroy Britain's coastal shipping. In an eight-minute attack, two aircraft were shot down by the Foylebank but an estimated 22 bombs hit the ship and the ship listed to port, shrouded in smoke. She sank on 5 July 1940. 176 out of a total crew of 298 were killed. Many more were wounded. One of the ship's company, Jack Foreman Mantle, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in defending the ship from aircraft whilst mortally injured
Come and check BCC graveyard it out for yourself. It is full of history and deeds of valour.
C S Lewis Parents Grave Belfast City Cemetery
Here lie the parents of famous Belfast author C S Lewis of Little Lea Strandtown Belfast
Cross of Sacrifice War Graves Belfast City Cemetery
I'm way up near the stream in Belfast's City Cemetery. There are a probably 500+ war graves in a number of plots dominated by this magnficent Cross of Sacrifice.
I followed up this visit and video by looking up the records on line.
commonwealth War Graves Commission
Country:
United Kingdom
Locality:
County Antrim
Identified Casualties:
565
Historical Information
The cemetery has commemorations from both world wars and a Cross of Sacrifice is erected within the site.
There are now 296 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 274 of the 1939-1945 war commemorated here. Of the 1939-1945 burials 5 are unidentified. There are also 3 Norwegian Foreign Nationals and 7 non world war burials here. Those of the 1914-1918 war whose graves are not marked by headstones are named on a Screen Wall memorial in Plot H.
Belfast City Cemetery Noticeboard, Falls Road
This is the informative large noticeboard all about Belfast City Cemetery positioned just outside the old graveyard on the Falls Road. I find old cemeteries fascinating places for a whole lot of reasons.Thankfully there are a whole lot of people like me! lol
I'm up again to dander round Belfast City Cemetery to find the most interesting graves to record to film for Youtube. Come and check it out for yourself. You might be very surprised to know just who, from Belfast's past, is buried in there.
Clifton House & Clifton Street Cemetery, Belfast
A tour of Clifton House and the neighboring Clifton Street Cemetery. Clifton House opened its doors to the poor in the 1770 s and was run by the Belfast Charitable Society
I Get into the Old Cemetery at Knock Belfast 1644
I meet up with my learned chum Peter McCabe and we get a look round Knock old Cemetery. Unfortuantely this fascinating old cemetery is usually locked due to persistent vandalism and anti social behaviour.
About the cemetery
Knock Burial Ground is one of the most ancient sites in Belfast. The land itself is believed to date back to at least the 13th century, while the graveyard became public property in 1896.
Burials no longer take place at the site, which is enclosed by a high stone wall. It contains 18th century headstones inscribed with the names of local townlands such as Ballyhackamore, Ballymacarrett, Bloomfield, Castlereagh, Dunover, Gilnahirk, Knock, Mountpottinger and Tullycarnet.
Although these areas lie within Belfast today, they were once regarded as countryside and farmland.
The oldest gravestone in Knock Burial Ground dates from 1644. Other more recent headstones refer to those killed in World War I, for example, Privates J Corbett and Henry Best who were killed in action at Dunkirk on 28 May 1940.
History
Knock Burial Ground is located on top of a hill overlooking Belfast, which explains its name - the Gaelic word 'cnoc' means 'hill’ in English.
A church at Knock, known as Dundela, passed from the Anglo-Normans to the Clandeboye O’Neills in the 13th century. The taxation of 1306 shows that it was valued at 40 shillings at the time. A traveller, writing in the 16th century, later referred to a church dedicated to St Columba, sometimes called Knock Columkille, on the site.
By 1622, Knock Columkille was transformed for Anglican worship and used until 1637 when it was abandoned in favour of a new parish church, now known as Knockbreda, in the nearby townland of Breda. The money to build the church came from Lady Middleton who lived in Belvoir Park and was a member, by marriage, of the Hill family.
The 'union' between Knock and Breda was completed in 1657 during the time of Oliver Cromwell but it was almost 100 years before the church was completed in 1737. Although an engraving in the Dublin Penny Journal of 1834 shows two ruined gable walls within the cemetery's modern boundaries, there are no visible remains of Knock Columkille today.
The extension of Belfast's boundary in 1896 brought Knock Burial Ground under the control of Belfast Corporation (now the council). All the plots had been allocated by this time and only the reopening of some graves was permitted. In 1905, a caretaker was employed to look after the graveyard.
Famous burials
William Nichol (1794-1840), a Belfast-born painter whose works were exhibited in the Ulster Museum, is buried in the cemetery. His brother Andrew, who was also a painter, is believed to be buried in London.
Elisha Scott Liverpool F C Goalkeeper, Belfast City Cemetery
I'm back up at Belfast City Cememtery on the Falls Road.
This is the last resting place of, arguably Liverpool Football Club's finest goalkeeper, Elisha Scott from Belfast.
Elisha Scott (24 August 1893 – 16 May 1959) was an Irish football goalkeeper who most notably played for Liverpool from 1912 to 1934 (still holding the record as their longest-serving player).
Elisha Scott was born on 24 August 1894
Playing Position Goalkeeper
Joined Liverpool 1912
Liverpool Debut 1 January 1913
Last Appearance for Liverpool 21 February 1934
Left Liverpool 1934
No. of Games Played for Liverpool 468
Honours Won by Elisha Scott with Liverpool
First Division 1922; 1923
Other Clubs Broadway United; Linfield; Belfast United; Belfast Celtic
Ireland Caps 31
Belfast City Cemetery - Jewish Section.flv
A tour of the Jewish Section of the Belfast Jewish Cemetery by Stanley Coppel
3 Extraordinary 19th C Soldiers, Belfast City Cemetery
I'm in Belfast city Cemetery on the Falls road. Here are the graves of 3 remarkable fighting men from Belfast.
Colonel John Clancy 14th Prince of Wales Own Regiment
-with his pith helmet ( now in cemetery office for safe keeping ) displayed on his grave.
Captain Francis Lovell Spied the Black Watch
-with his belt, sword, Scottish thistles and medals carves into his headstone.
Peter McKay One of the Thin Red Line
-The Thin Red Line was a military action by the British Sutherland Highlanders 93rd (Highland) Regiment at the Battle of Balaklava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. In this incident, the 93rd, aided by a small force of 100 walking wounded, 40 detached Guardsmen, and some Turkish infantrymen, led by Sir Colin Campbell, routed a Russian cavalry charge. There were more Victoria Crosses presented to the Highland soldiers at that time than at any other. The Times correspondent, William H. Russell, wrote that he could see nothing between the charging Russians and the British regiment's base of operations at Balaklava but the thin red streak tipped with a line of steel of the 93rd. Popularly condensed into the thin red line, the phrase became a symbol of British composure in battle. The battle is represented in Robert Gibb's 1881 oil painting The Thin Red Line, which is displayed in the Scottish National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle.
Milltown Cemetery. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Irish Republican Army plot. Grave of Bobby Sands
Milltown Cemetery. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Irish Republican Army plot. Grave of Bobby Sands
west belfast city cemetery ghost box session 109m 10.wmv
triedthe new infrared flash light in our cemetery
Ghost box session belfast city cemetery
Ghost box session scary spooky creepy evil spirits ghosts evp spirits evil scary ghostbox spooky creepy evil spirits creepy spooky
Clifton Street Cemetery and the Old Belfast Poor House
Introduction of the Clifton Street Cemetery by Joe Baker of the Glenravel Local Project (glenravel.com)
Cemetery Website cliftonstreetcemetery.com
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Old Balmoral Cemetery Stockmans Lane Belfast
I'm at the Lisburn Road end of busy Stockmans Lane in Belfast. Just opposite the entrance to Musgrave Park hospital is the tranquail historic Balmoral cemetery.
Balmoral Cemetery is a cemetery in the Malone area of South Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1855 by Presbyterian church men Rev. Henry Cooke and Rev. Joseph Mackenzie, on land owned by Mackenzie, after they had been refused burial by a Church of Ireland rector in another cemetery. The cemetery was controlled by a board of trustees which included three Presbyterian ministers. While most of the burials were for Presbyterians, other denominations were buried there.
Three Commonwealth soldiers (one each of British, Australian, and Canadian armies) of World War I are buried in the cemetery, their graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. In 1953, the cemetery was taken over by Belfast Corporation. the cemetery is no longer open for burials and remains locked due to fears of vandalism etc It can be accessed by applying to Belfast City Council.
Notables buried in Balmoral Cemetery
Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody (1821 - 1869), Commander of the Royal Engineers in China and Belfast
Reverend Joseph Mackenzie (1811–1883), Presbyterian Minister and co-founder of the cemetery
Reverend Henry Cooke (1788–1868), Presbyterian Minister and co-founder of the cemetery
Dr Wilberforce Arnold (1838–1891), founder of the Presbyterian Orphan Society
William Batt (1840–1910), architect
Prof. John Creery Ferguson (1802–1865) Physician and Fetologist, Professor of Medicine, Queen's College, Belfast
Henry Cooke statue- Samuel Ferris Lynn (1834-1876) 1876
Bronze Belfast
This statue of Dr. Henry Cooke (1788-1868), leader of Belfast's Evangelical Presbyterians, replaced a work by Patrick McDowell, the so-called Black Man statue of the young Marquess of Belfast, which now resides in City Hall
Cooke was largely instrumental in weaning the Presbyterians of Ulster away from their old alliance with the Liberals and Catholics against the [Anglican] Establishment, and substituting a new alliance with the Unionist Episcopalians against the Catholics. He is depicted in clerical and academic dress; it was inaugurated on 24 April 1876 by a great demonstration of Orangemen from all parts of Ireland
City of Belfast Crematorium
This video takes you on a tour of the City of Belfast Crematorium.
You'll see the non-denominational church and find out about the types of services we offer. You'll also see the floral tribute hall, the family room and Reflections Coffee Shop where funeral catering can be arranged.
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Belfast Walking Tour
Experience Belfast provides 2 city tours, one long, one short. See the sights and understand what makes Belfast special, from history, to the troubles to punk music! We're the original walking tour and deliver unique personal experiences that people love. We have small groups and local guides and you'll leave with a smile on your face and better insight into our wonderful city. Group sizes are small limited to 10 people, don't delay, for more info and to book see experiencebelfast.com
My Self Guided Tour Round Dundonald Cemetery Belfast.
( Wesley Thompson local East Belfast historian has written a wonderful History of Dundonald Cemetery entitled, 'If Stones could speak. I'm not sure how you might come by this history but I recommend contacting East Belfast Historical Society. )
I live under 2 miles away from Dundonald Cemetery, Upper Newtownards Road Belfast, yet I have never been in it until today. I was surprised at how large it turned out to be. I reckon it must be in the top 3 biggest Belfast cemeteries as regards size/numbers of graves.
Dundonald Cemetery opened as a municipal burial ground in 1905. n 1895, Belfast Corporation (now Belfast City Council) realised that more burial space was needed to cope with the city's growing population. Two years later, it bought 45 acres of land at Ballymiscaw, Dundonald, for £5,600. The site was known locally as Donall’s Fortress because of a nearby fort.
In 1904, plots were allocated out and a quarter of the cemetery was set aside for Roman Catholic burials, a decision which was later revised.
There are no new grave plots available in the cemetery, but burials still take place in existing graves.
Dundonald Cemetery in a Commonwealth War Grave. There are around 100 servicemen buried here from WW1 and WW2 in particular.
The entrance to the cemetery is marked by an imposing set of black and gold double gates. At the highest point stands a grey limestone war memorial ( the Cross of Sacrifice ), around five metres high. It is embedded with large bronze Excalibur-type swords which form the shape of a cross at the top of the monument.
The engraving below them reads: This cross of sacrifice is one in design and intention with those which have been set up in France and Belgium and other places throughout the world where our dead of the Great War are laid to rest. Their name liveth for evermore.
Famous burials
John Carey (1861-1943) – landscape artist
Sir Thomas Dixon (1868-1950) - High Sheriff for Co. Antrim in 1912 and Co. Down in 1913. Dixon also served as Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast between 1924 and 1950
Lady Edith Stewart Dixon (1871-1964) - wife of Sir Thomas Dixon. Lady Dixon was made a Dame of the British Empire for her work with soldiers during World War I. She donated her family estate, now Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, to the people of Belfast. The Dixons are buried in section B3 of the cemetery and their grave is marked with a very large, imposing black granite memorial
Dr Thomas Fleming Stevenson Fulton (1887-1974) - founder of Fleming Fulton School.
Oscar Heron (died 1953) - famous gypsy horse dealer
John McCandless (died 1913) - managing director of Belfast Ropeworks Ltd
Sir Frederick Ernest Rebbeck (1877-1964) - chairman of Harland and Wolff from 1930 to 1962
William John Stewart (1868-1946) - MP for south Belfast.
NORTHERN IRELAND: TOURISTS RETURNING TO BELFAST
English/Nat
Three decades of sectarian violence in Belfast had traditionally served to keep the tourists away.
But now it seems the legacy of those very troubles may in fact be Northern Ireland's main attraction.
Tour guides are catering to tourist demands to see the sites that for so long dominated television news.
And some residents are even turning their homes into bed & breakfasts to cash in on the new tourist boom.
Shankhill Road - Belfast's Protestant area and domain of the Ulster Loyalist paramilitaries.
For nearly three decades, sectarian killings and violence deterred even the most adventurous tourist.
But since the ceasefire, the number of visitors venturing to Northern Ireland has increased.
Many seem to be keen to witness the scenes where much of the trouble that kept them away for so long took place.
Northern Ireland is renowned for its spectacular coastline, but some tourists are looking for something that only Belfast can offer.
George Grimley is one bus driver who operates tours to bring tourists to some of the city's infamous hot spots.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Well, Belfast unfortunately, having the history that it has, you'll find a lot of the tourists want to go into the areas that they've seen on their televisions over the years. So our aim is to bring the tourists into that area and give an unbiased view of both sides.
SUPER CAPTION: George Grimley, bus driver and tour operator
The twice-weekly bus tours of the Catholic and Protestant areas have become a must-see and are even recommended in travel guide books.
The tourists seem to enjoy the drive through some of Belfast's notorious areas.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
To actually drive down there and see the way these people live, it's just crazy living behind barbed wire and bricks.
SUPER CAPTION: David Edwards, Australian tourist
VOXPOP: (English)
It's just chilling to think of all the people who have died here because of this conflict.
SUPER CAPTION: Jean Stewart, tourist from Denver, Colorado, U-S
Taxi drivers have also been cashing in, offering more individualised tours.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
You can tell it's a Protestant area. You'll see all the pavements are painted red, white and blue.
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Johnston, taxi driver and tour guide
The murals around Belfast are becoming something of an art form.
Even so, the tours are not for the faint hearted since the sites mark the scenes of atrocities still very real to local residents.
On the site of this wallpaper shop in the Shankhill Road stood a fish shop which was bombed by the I-R-A in 1993.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
That was one of the worst bomb attacks on the Shankhill Road, a lot of women and kids were killed. An I-R-A man left the bomb on the floor.
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Johnston, taxi driver and tour guide
The Catholic-Republican area is only a stone's throw from the Shankhill Road.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
These are the famous peace gates between the Falls and the Shankhill and they separate both sides from rioting and fighting.
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Johnston, taxi driver and tour guide
Milltown Cemetery gained notoriety when it was the scene of a deadly shooting in 1988.
Loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone attacked and killed three mourners attending the funerals of three I-R-A members shot by the British military in Gibraltar.
Within the cemetery are plots dedicated to fallen Republicans, including those killed in Gibraltar.
There is also a plaque commemorating the death of Bobby Sands and other inmates of the Maze Prison who died while on hunger strike protesting for political rights.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Johnston, taxi driver and tour guide
SOUNDBITE: (English)
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The Corporal Killings
British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes[1] were killed by the Provisional IRA on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what became known as the corporals killings. The undercover soldiers—wearing civilian clothes and in a civilian car—drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member by mistake.[2][3] Three days before, loyalist Michael Stone had attacked an IRA funeral and killed three people. Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stone's attack,[4] dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car. During this, Corporal Wood drew his service pistol and fired a shot in the air. The soldiers were then dragged from the car and taken to a nearby sports ground where they were beaten, stabbed, stripped and searched. They were then driven to nearby waste ground where they were shot dead.[4]