
Jason Burke
@jasonburke87
Historian and host of the Historical Belfast Podcast. Occasional columns for the Belfast Telegraph (views my own)
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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.

What a great programme of events we had recently at The Linen Hall as part of āAt The Crossroads: The Campaign for Civil Rights in Northern Irelandā



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 1940ās and some lovely readings of oral history from the NI war memorial museum. We then moved outside to the

"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/ā¦


Had a great time recently delivering this āPodcastingā workshop for Keep NI Beautiful - showing people the basics of being able to create their own podcast with no experience and a shoestring budget šļø Get in touch if youād like to organise a podcasting workshop!





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?

This monthās āFaces & Placesā 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.


Yet another excellent piece from the always excellent Jason Burke

Tonight I was at Twaddell Avenue in north Belfast to give a talk on how this particular street got itās name in 1923⦠SeĆ”n Napier
