Historian and host of the Historical Belfast Podcast. Occasional columns for the Belfast Telegraph (views my own)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined January 2019
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Were Belfast’s First World War veterans really the ‘lucky ones’?
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In a direct action against Orange fascism, and in Solidarity with the Garvaghy Road, Republican Activists from AIA Dublin have tonight poured Red Paint over a plaque on Dawson St dedicated to the Orange Order.
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Well worth the read - excellently researched and written.
Assured that they will be published in book format in the future! 😃
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Had a great time on Friday doing some promo work with @OfficialNIFL and @CocaCola 🤝 Looking forward to seeing the finished piece 💙
Launching a brand new ‘From The Archives’ series for the @BelTel this weekend starting with the lost Catholic-Nationalist tradition of 15th August ‘Lady Day’ parades in the latter part of the 1800s which died out as a tradition in the early 1900s.
Folks, i’ve made BBC World Service! The Documentary Podcast below is well worth a listen.
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🔵 Weekly Review is out now!
@JasonBurke87 is joined by @MoBoDrums @haydn_milligan and a guest appearance from Professor Peter Shirlow to discuss our European exit, the manager's decision to stay, and the prospect of anymore new signings.
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Here’s what I’ve been up to recently as a history & heritage consultant Part One…
I was delighted to be commissioned by McCadden Design to research and write these interpretative units and plaques at the new Saltwater Square as part of the Grand Central Station Transport Hub
In this weekend’s edition of the @BelTel I’ve been arguing that Belfast’s Assembly Rooms on Waring Street has a much more complex and multi-layered backstory than it is often credited with…
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@JasonBurke87 I wish Save Britain's Heritage would widen their visit to Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart and Castlerock areas. Which have a shameful record of destroying historical buildings.
The 1930s was a miserable decade for many reasons, but it was an even worse decade if you were drinker of Bass… Inspired by a story in @fallon_donal ‘The Dublin Pub’, I took a closer look at the IRA’s boycott of Bass and what it meant for the city of Belfast where it was brewed
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I’ve said it many times before: I’m a big fan of @JasonBurke87 pieces about Belfast
Ale and hearty: Bass boycott a key historical moment in 1930s Northern Ireland belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/…
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Excellent article by @JasonBurke87 in the @BelTel on the history of @OfficialBlues as we celebrate our 140th anniversary
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In March 1886, 140 years ago this month, the linen mill workers of Sandy Row formed a football club that, in terms of league titles won (57), would go on to become the most decorated club in the world…
