Belfast City Cemetery : the history of Belfast, written in stone / Tom Hartley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartley, Tom, author.

Standardized Title:

Written in stone

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belfast City Cemetery (Belfast, Northern Ireland).

Inscriptions--Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Inscriptions.

Registers of births, etc--Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Registers of births, etc.

Sepulchral monuments--Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Sepulchral monuments.

Belfast (Northern Ireland)--Biography.

Belfast (Northern Ireland).

Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 411 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

New and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Belfast : Blackstaff Press, 2014.

Summary:

'Belfast City Cemetery is more than just a burial site-hidden among the pauper dead, buried with the rich and powerful, are countless historical treasures.' Within the stone walls of Belfast City Cemetery lie those men and women who helped shape the city. From Catholic and Protestant to Muslim and Jew, from the great and the good to the poor and the destitute, each grave has its own tale to tell. In this fascinating book, Tom Hartley uses the story of the cemetery to examine key events in Belfast's history-the First and Second World Wars, the Troubles and the campaign against Home Rule - as well as the development of shipbuilding and other industries, the political and social life of the city, and the careers of the many writers, artists, entertainers and sportsmen who have helped to enhance the city's international reputation over the years. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Soldiers, gunrunners and the poor 19

2 The Jewish burial ground 115

3 Belfast-Industrial power and presbyterian city 157

4 The Belfast Blitz, boxers, playwrights and H-block men 285

5 The First World War 334.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780856409240

0856409243

OCLC:

881025061

Publisher Number:

99961213474