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Royal Belfast Academical Institution has a preparatory department called Inchmarlo, founded in 1907 and now set in a 6-acre (24,000 m 2) site on Cranmore Park, off the Malone Road in South Belfast. Inchmarlo House was the former home of Sir William Crawford, a director of the York Street Flax Spinning Mill - it was called "Mount Randal".
James MacDonnell (14 April 1763 – 5 April 1845) was an Irish physician and polymath who was an active and liberal figure in the civic and political life of Belfast.He was a founding patron of institutions that have since developed as the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and the Linen Hall Library and, beginning with the organisation of the Belfast Harpers ...
He entered the collegiate classes of the Belfast Academical Institution in 1816, being one of the original alumni, and took gold medals in logic (1817) and moral philosophy (1818). [1] In 1819 the faculty prize was offered for the "best account of a parish". Benn was the successful essayist, with the parish of Belfast as his theme.
A native of Portadown, McCourt was the son of local councillor Harry McCourt and attended Edenderry Public Elementary School, before being sent to the Royal Belfast Academical Institution (RBAI). He learned his rugby at RBAI and captained the first XV to the Ulster Schools' Cup title his final year.
McDowell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, where he discovered his love of history. Here he met T. W. Moody, later an esteemed colleague in the History department at Trinity. He completed his graduate work at Trinity, having been elected a Scholar in Modern History and Political Science in 1936. He was first appointed a ...
He was born in Belfast and educated at Model School and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. In 1869, he entered the firm of W. & G. Baird, Arthur Street, Belfast, and was present at the first publication of The Telegraph, on 1 September 1870. Baird served as managing director of W & G Baird from 1886 until his death in 1934.
Richard Andrew Hall was born in Ilford on 17 May 1949. He moved to Belfast at a young age, where he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.. Hall received his first degree in archaeology from Queen's University Belfast in 1971 with a dissertation on Viking activity in Ireland.
From an ancient plaque on a wall in Galway to a celebrated centre of learning in Belfast to start the week! An imposing if architecturally bland building houses the Belfast Academical Institute better known as "Inst"! Photographer: Robert French. Collection: The Lawrence Photograph Collection. Date: Between circa 1865 and 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_02832