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Rollo Gillespie
A monument to the famous soldier stands in Comber square
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
The RPSI held its inaugural meeting in Belfast in September 1964
RPSI Locomotive and Carriage Collections
The RPSI maintains the only collection of working main line steam locomotives in Ireland
Rathlin since the Fifteenth Century
The island became an important base for the MacDonnell clan
Rams Island
The largest island in Lough Neagh
RSPB Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland
There are six RSPB nature reserves in Northern Ireland open to the public
Saint Patrick Centre
Shining a light on the story of Ireland's patron saint
Sea Faring Heritage Tours at Giant's Causeway
Coastal tours and tales of lost treasure
Rural Showcase: Co Armagh
A little local insight
Otto Jaffe
Otto Jaffe was Belfast’s only Jewish Lord Mayor
Rev Henry Cooke
The ‘archetypal Ulster protestant political parson’
On the trail of St Patrick
A visit to sites associated with St Patrick in Co Down
Portaferry Gala
Local festival founded in 1969
Patrick Bronte
Clergyman and father of the celebrated Bronte sisters
Poems from Pomeroy
Commemorative verses from Pomeroy LOL
Martha and Samuel McTier
Husband and wife heavily involved in the United Irishmen
Making Hay
From sythes to balers, Claire Simpson, outlines a brief history of hay making in NI
Liam McCormick
Father of modern Irish church architecture
Monastic Derry
Learn about Derry as one of the earliest sites of Christianity in Ireland
Lilian Bland
Profile of the pioneer aviator
North Down Heritage Centre
One of Bangor’s major heritage attractions
Larne Museum
The museum reflects Larne's archaeological, industrial and natural heritage
Limavady Museum
Limavady Museum houses articles related to the linen industry, trades and farming
Museums and Galleries of South Belfast
An overview of museums and galleries in the south of the city
Murlough National Nature Reserve
A visit to the area of special scientific interest and conservation
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
John Gray
Librarian of the Linen Hall Library since 1982
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

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