Tom Hartley

Balmoral Cemetery (eBook, ePUB)

The History of Belfast, Written in Stone

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'The lives of those buried in Balmoral Cemetery are intertwined with the bigger, dynamic history of nineteenth-century Belfast Presbyterianism, and that of Belfast itself.'

Balmoral Cemetery is a small cemetery in the heart of Belfast, yet those buried within its walls played a huge role in shaping the city.

Tom Hartley, leading authority on the graveyard, tells the stories of the people buried here, those academics, scientists, politicians and political activists who exemplified the drive and industry of nineteenth-century Belfast - people such as author and philosopher Joseph John Murphy, scientist and agriculturist John Frederick Hodges, and suffragist and temperance advocate Isabella Tod.

Through these stories - and those of ministers such as Revd Henry Cooke and Revd Hugh Hanna, both buried in Balmoral - Hartley uncovers the dynamic history of Presbyterianism: the meeting houses, congregations and schools, many of which were woven into the fabric of Belfast but have since disappeared.

With over two hundred photographs, this is an invaluable guide to Belfast and its people, and the perfect addition to the Written in Stone series.

'The long-dead citizens of Belfast speak to us through this book ... were it not for Tom Hartley we might drive past this small cemetery and know nothing of it.'

The Very Reverend John Dunlop, Former Moderator, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackstaff Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780732428
• Artikelnr.: 56871579

Autorenporträt

Tom Hartley was born in Belfast in 1945 and has been active in politics for over forty years. He was both the General Secretary and National Chairperson of Sinn Féin and, in May 1993, he was elected to Belfast City Council, where he chaired several council committees, including the Arts and Tourism sub-committees and the Policy and Resources committee. From 2008 to 2009, he was lord mayor of Belfast. He retired from the Council in September 2013 after twenty years service to the citizens of Belfast. In his spare time, Tom pursues his love of history and interest in the environment by organising historical walks through Belfast City Cemetery for Féile an Phobail. He works to highlight the importance of our burial sites as a repository of the political, social and economic history of Belfast. He is the author of the bestselling books Belfast City Cemetery and Milltown Cemetery.