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Native Bird Life at Belfast Zoo
Belfast Zoo plays host to many species of native wild birds -
Merlins and Spitfires
The story of Ballyhalbert fighter station -
Leonard Lawson, Portaferry Lifeboat Station
Karen Brown talks to a founding member of Portaferry Lifeboat Station -
Laganside Courts Complex
Opened in 2002, the complex is Belfast’s most recent civic building -
Long Tower Church
Derry’s oldest church is also one of the prettiest -
William Pirrie
’A Napoleon of industry’ -
Long Kesh 'Half town'
The story of an airfield -
Wartime Air Crashes
John Quinn investigates where aircraft came to grief on Ireland's hills and mountains -
Lazy Beds
Doreen Moody remembers growing her first crop of potatoes -
Lock Up Your Wife
The tale of Lady Cathcart and Colonel Hugh Maguire -
Kilcranny House
Local volunteer Aoife Rafferty describes life at Kilcranny House -
Kelly's Cellars
Kelly’s Cellars, Belfast, had a grand re-opening on September 24, 2004 -
JC Beckett
The first professor of Irish history at Queen’s University, Belfast. -
Joe Baker and the Glenravel Local History Project
The aim of the project is to ’reclaim history for ordinary people.’ -
Jewels in the Crown
National Trust properties in and around Belfast -
Jim Devlin remembers building and thatching
'He was a fearful sight to us at first...' -
James Jemmy Hope
Hope was a United Irishman and a socio-religious radical -
James Magennis VC
Winner of Northern Ireland’s only second world war Victoria Cross -
Joseph Devlin
Devlin was the leader of constitutional nationalism in the early 20th century -
Joseph Gillis Biggar
A Belfast tradesman of Presbyterian stock who became a leader of 19th century nationalism -
James Samuel Davidson
Heir to the Sirocco Works who died on the first day of the Somme -
Jonathan Bardon
The pre-eminent historian of Belfast -
John McBride Neill
Foremost architect of cinema’s golden age in Northern Ireland -
John Hume
Founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party -
John Doran
Red’s memoirs chart his time in the army, merchant navy and his travels -
John de Courcy
Anglo-Norman soldier-adventurer who conquered eastern Ulster -
John Boyd Dunlop
Inventor (or re-inventor) of the pneumatic tyre -
Isaac W Ward
Important Belfast-born Victorian astronomer -
NI Bread Continues to Rise
Nicky Cahill explains the enduring popularity of NI bread -
Ireland and Europe in the Eighteenth Century
A series of talks to complement this year’s festival theme, Journeys and Migrations. -
Industry and Commerce in Belfast
An historical overview of the industrial heritage of the city -
Isabella Tod
Tod was a prominent campaigner for many of the social issues affecting Victorian women -
Margaret Byers
Byers was an advocate for women’s education and founder of Belfast’s Victoria College -
Instrument Makers
Artisans who coax a 'living soul' from a piece of wood -
It's Nashville, Sister
What you didn't know about Belfast and Opryland -
The Country Comes to the City
Nicky Cahill knows where her food comes from - St George's Market -
The Times, They Are A-Changin'
RSPB and Young Ulster Farmers’ Club look for farmyard memories -
I Arrived with 'The Star of David on my Luggage'
Liz Shaw meets Eva Gross MBE, promoter of NI since she fled Nazi Germany for here -
Garden Diary - February
Doreen Moody's mouse in the (green)house is back... -
The Vaccaros in Strabane
Roma Vaccaro on the family behind the Wembley Café -
History of Conway Mill
At the centre of Belfast's linen spinning industry -
Hiring Fairs
An interview with Tom Hamilton from Dungannon -
Historic Houses
National Trust properties in Co Armagh -
Necarne Castle Equestrian Centre
Clare O'Connor finds horse sense in Necrane -
George Benn
The first great historian of Belfast -
General Walker
Governor of the city during the Siege -
Growing Vegetables
Gardening expert Doreen Moody reveals the veg she wouldn't be without -
Margaret Gallagher Launches Rural Showcase
'In my youth culture didn't involve money - it involved people.' -
The Guildhall
A true town hall with all sorts of events taking place... -
Grainn of Aileach
Stone Ringfort on Prehistoric Site -
Great Ships that Belfast Built
’The sea is a hard, unrelenting mistress, always ready to whip up the fools.’ -
Graveyards of Northern Ireland
Graveyards are a great source of local history -
WWII Evacuee Returns to Millisle
Catherine Lynagh meets Robert Sugar, member of Co Down's Kinderfarm -
Fermanagh is Home to Women of the World
Jenny Cathcart reaches a global audience in Enniskillen -
From Agriculture to Industry
An overview of the early life of industrial east Belfast -
Frank Pantridge
Pioneering cardiologist -
Famous Belfast Stores: The Co-Op
The Belfast Co-Operative Society was established in 1888 by 200 people -
Famous Belfast Stores: Robbs
Robb’s represented the last commercial building of the Victorian era left in Belfast -
Finnis Souterrain
A securely built underground structure made up of three passages
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