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Jason Burke

@jasonburke87

Historian and host of the Historical Belfast Podcast. Occasional columns for the Belfast Telegraph (views my own)

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New podcast episode for you this Easter Monday! Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast, with Dr Margaret Ward šŸŽ§ Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1047775/episod… *Image from Belfast Media

New podcast episode for you this Easter Monday! 

Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast, with Dr Margaret Ward

šŸŽ§ Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1047775/episod…

*Image from Belfast Media
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NEWS: Belfast to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day with special events - ow.ly/lrvK50VFg62 Here's Lord Mayor Cllr Micky Murray on what's on Wed 7 & Thu 8 May, inc. tours, tea dance & replica Spitfire on our lawns. Tickets available 9am, Wed 23 April via @visitbelfast website.

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What a great programme of events we had recently at The Linen Hall as part of ā€˜At The Crossroads: The Campaign for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland’

What a great programme of events we had recently at <a href="/thelinenhall/">The Linen Hall</a> as part of ā€˜At The Crossroads: The Campaign for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland’
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Fantastic evening at the first of the VE80 events by Belfast City Council. Great night of history with Tim McGarry, Dr David Hume & Jason Burke . Music from the 1940’s and some lovely readings of oral history from the NI war memorial museum. We then moved outside to the

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"Bands formed up to play, bonfires were stacked and lit, and street decorations appeared as if out of nowhere." Historian Jason Burke charts how Belfast celebrated the end of the Second World War. #VEDay belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/…

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šŸšØšŸ—£VE Day: 'Carnival atmosphere, effigies of Hitler, bonfires...for a time, Belfast was the primary target for the Nazis.' šŸŽ„Chief Reporter James speaking to Historian and host of the Historical Belfast Podcast Jason Burke. ā˜€ļøHe describes what Belfast would have been

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Had a great time recently delivering this ā€˜Podcasting’ workshop for Keep NI Beautiful - showing people the basics of being able to create their own podcast with no experience and a shoestring budget šŸŽ™ļø Get in touch if you’d like to organise a podcasting workshop!

Had a great time recently delivering this ā€˜Podcasting’ workshop for <a href="/KeepNIBeautiful/">Keep NI Beautiful</a> - showing people the basics of being able to create their own podcast with no experience and a shoestring budget šŸŽ™ļø

Get in touch if you’d like to organise a podcasting workshop!
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On this day in Belfast history (1911) James Dobbin (pictured) from Memel Street died after being crushed by a piece of timber during construction of RMS Titanic. 8 Belfast lads lost their lives during the ship’s two-year construction period, the youngest was just 15 years old

On this day in Belfast history (1911) James Dobbin (pictured) from Memel Street died after being crushed by a piece of timber during construction of RMS Titanic. 8 Belfast lads lost their lives during the ship’s two-year construction period, the youngest was just 15 years old
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'Belfast and the Road To Partition’ is a walking tour that I’ve been keen to get out on the road for quite some time and I was delighted to give it a first full run-out with a group from BMSSP Get in touch if you’d be interested in booking this tour for your group!

'Belfast and the Road To Partition’ is a walking tour that I’ve been keen to get out on the road for quite some time and I was delighted to give it a first full run-out with a group from <a href="/BLACKMOUNTAINSS/">BMSSP</a> 

Get in touch if you’d be interested in booking this tour for your group!
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Belfast’s ugliest church building or a unique piece of architecture? What are your thoughts on Carlisle Memorial Church?

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Thanks to Jason Burke for sharing the story of Carlisle Memorial and the work of Belfast Buildings Trust to bring the building fully back into use over time. What would you like to see in Carlisle Memorial?

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This month’s ā€˜Faces & Places’ article for the Belfast Telegraph takes a look back at the origins of Casement Park in Belfast and the man whom the stadium was named after.

This month’s ā€˜Faces &amp; Places’ article for the <a href="/BelTel/">Belfast Telegraph</a> takes a look back at the origins of Casement Park in Belfast and the man whom the stadium was named after.