Belfast

  • Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were prominent passengers aboard the Titanic. Isidor Straus was born in Germany in 1845 and immigrated to the United States with his family—when he was a child. He eventually became a successful businessman and co-owner of Macy’s department store in New York City, along with his brother Nathan. Isidor

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  • Just to make it clear for all non-Irish, it is Saint Patrick’s Day or St. Patrick’s Day. Not Paddy’s Day, St Pat’s Day, St Paddy’s Day, etc. These are just some impressions of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations during World War II. Above is a photograph of St Patrick’s Day in Brooklyn, 1943. St. Patrick was

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  • Robert William Gary Moore was born in Belfast on 4 April 1952,the son of Winnie, a housewife, and Robert Moore, a promoter who ran the Queen’s Hall ballroom in Hollywood. He grew up near Belfast’s Stormont Estate with four siblings. He credited his father for getting him started in music. When Moore was six years

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  • Derry Girl

    Technically you weren’t a Derry Girl , you were born and raised in Belfast. But you made Derry your home, you became one of its daughters. Like the show Derry Girls, witty, sharp and funny, so were you. But what happened today is not funny, It is rotten to the core. A talented young prime

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  • The republic of Ireland remained neutral during WWII although it did specify the era as the “Emergency”, Northern Ireland however, as part of the UK, was not neutral. On January 26, 1942, the first American soldiers  to land in the European theatre of operations in World War Two disembarked their troop ships in Belfast docks.  

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  • Although the Republic of Ireland was neutral and was left largely unscathed during the war, Northern Ireland as part of the UK was not that lucky. Belfast being the biggest city of Northern Ireland was hit by German bombers 4 times, between the 7th of April and 6th of May 1941. Northern Ireland was ill

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