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The Library is now run by Northern Ireland Libraries, a public authority covering the whole of Northern Ireland. [2] Belfast Central Library houses a range of sections, including a lending library & Information and Business library still based in the original reading room. A Belfast, Ulster and Irish Department & Music Library on the top floor.
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]
The Belfast Free Library is a public library in Belfast, Maine. The library was established in 1887 by act of the Maine Legislature following donations from Paul Hazeltine and Nathanial Wilson. [ 1 ]
Initially designated the Smithfield Market and Library quarter, the current name was adopted in 2011. [1] Based around the north of Belfast City Centre it extends from North Street to Frederick Street and is bounded by Royal Avenue/York Street and Carrick Hill/Millfield.
The college was awarded a government grant of £4,600 (equivalent to £523,000 in 2023) [4] to construct the library, which was completed in 1868. [5] The continued growth of Queen's University of Belfast (as it had become in 1908 as a result of the Irish Universities Act 1908) saw the need to expand the library further. WH Lynn won the tender ...
A 1685 plan of Belfast by the military engineer Thomas Phillips, showing the town's ramparts and Lord Chichester's castle, which was destroyed in a fire in 1708. The name Belfast derives from the Irish Béal Feirste (Irish pronunciation: [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]), [4] "Mouth of the Farset" [6] a river whose name in the Irish, Feirste, refers to a sandbar or tidal ford. [7]
The Library Quarter, sometimes referred to as Scotch Quarter and Press Quarter, is the area of Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland, [1] [2] located around Belfast Central Library on Royal Avenue. The Library Quarter is bounded by Royal Avenue, Donegall Street, Carrick Hill and North Street.
The Northern Ireland Music Archive is a digital archive of materials related to music from Northern Ireland.It is based on a publicly accessible computer system situated in the Music Library at Belfast Central Library, Belfast, County Antrim.