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• Celebrate Heritage Week 2025 with Libraries NI
  Libraries NI is thrilled to announce the return of Heritage Week from Monday 10 to Friday 14 March 2025, a week-long initiative celebrating the rich history and cultural heritage of Northern Ireland.T...
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• Adult Reading Groups
  To find reading groups at your local library enter the library name in the search box below.If you have young children or you have friends or relatives who do then note that we also host Junior and Te...
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• …and, relax!
  Schools are back, homework is back and study is back… so there has never been a better time to remember the benefits of reading for pleasure!  Nor has there ever been a better time to show children th...
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• A History of the Theatre Royal
  The Theatre Royal, or Belfast Theatre as it was originally known, opened on the corner of Arthur Street and Castle Lane on Monday 25 February 1793. It was Belfast’s first large auditorium seating 1,10...
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• Early Belfast Theatre and performances
  The theatre bills in Alexander Riddell’s collection give a good insight into what a night at the theatre might look like in the 1860s and 1870s. Popular lead actors were given top billing, they usuall...
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• Alexander Riddell and Early Belfast Theatre
  Historians interested in the social life of Belfast owe a debt of gratitude to journalist Alexander Riddell. Originally from London, Riddell was a freelance journalist who settled in Belfast where he ...
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• The Theatre Royal
  Among the many boxes and folders of theatre archives within the library are a set of bill posters from the Theatre Royal. They date from 1867 to 1871 and were collected by Alexander Riddell. They have...
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• Place Names and Townlands
  Calling all young historians! At Libraries NI we believe in the significance of connecting children with cultural heritage and encouraging them to think about their local history. Being a young histor...
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• Migration
  Website link Organisation Cost Area covered Notes http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-grosse-ile-1832-1937/Pages/immigrants-grosse-ile.aspx Library ...
  Type: Web Page Date: 09/04/2025