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Bedford Street The White Linen Hall as it was in 1888, photographed from Donegall Square North. Now replaced by Belfast City Hall. The Linen Quarter (Irish: An Cheathrú Linéadaigh) [1] is an area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the great many linen warehouses that are still present in the area.
The original Linen Hall Library in 1888, shortly before its demolition and replacement with Belfast City Hall.. The Linen Hall Library is a unique institution. It was founded in 1788 by a group of artisans as the Belfast Reading Society and in 1792 became the Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge. [1]
When Belfast was incorporated in 1842 Andrew became a member of the council, was elected the third Mayor in 1845, and presented the town with the organ in Ulster Hall at a cost of £3,000. He established a home in Springvale, Ballywalter, co. Down and served as High Sheriff of Down for 1855-56 and as High Sheriff of Antrim for 1858-59.
In March 2007, the average house in Belfast cost £191,819, with the average in South Belfast being £241,000. [26] In 2004, Belfast had the lowest owner occupation rate in Northern Ireland at 54%. [27] Peace has also boosted the numbers of tourists coming to Belfast. There were 6.4 million visitors in 2005, which was a growth of 8.5% from 2004.
Plaque from Jaffe Memorial Fountain, Belfast Daniel Joseph Jaffe (August 19, 1809 - January 21, 1874) was a German merchant who came to Belfast in 1850 to establish a linen export business. [ 1 ] He was the father of Otto Jaffe , who was twice Lord Mayor of Belfast and its first and only Jewish Lord Mayor.
Gilbert McIlveen (17? – 1833) was a Belfast linen draper [1] and founding member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary organisation in late 18th century Ireland. He took no part in the rebellion of 1798 and in 1803 , in response to rumours of a further republican insurrection, he joined the loyalist yeomanry .
Sir Otto Moses Jaffe was Belfast’s first and so far only Jewish Lord Mayor. Born in Hamburg on August 13, 1846, his father, Daniel Joseph Jaffe, was a merchant, who came to Belfast to set up a linen export business in 1850. The Jaffe linen memorial fountain is located on Victoria Street outside new Victoria Square.
Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet (22 November 1817 – 1 August 1889) [1] was an Irish linen manufacturer and Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1889. Ewart was the son of William Ewart of Sydenham Park, County Down .