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The Blackstaff Press is a publishing company in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1971, it publishes printed books on a range of subjects (mainly, but not exclusively, of Irish interest) and, since 2011, has also published e-books. It receives financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
The Selected James Simmons (Belfast: Blackstaff Press; 1978) Constantly Singing (Belfast: Blackstaff Press; 1980) From the Irish (Belfast: Blackstaff Press; 1985) Poems, 1956–1986 ([Introduction by Edna Longley] Dublin, The Gallery/UK, Bloodaxe 1986) At Six O'Clock in the Silence of Things (Belfast: Lapwing Publications; 1993) Sex, Rectitude ...
Blackstaff Press, 1982. Belfast: 1000 Years. Blackstaff Press, 1985. Beyond the Studio: A History of BBC Northern Ireland. Blackstaff Press, 2000. Dublin: One Thousand Years of Wood Quay. Blackstaff Press, 1988. (co-authored with Stephen Conlin). The Plantation Of Ulster. Gill and Macmillan, 2011. Hallelujah - The Story of a Musical Genius and ...
An often forgotten corner of Belfast city centre is due to be transformed with the opening of the new Grand Central Station. The £200 million transport hub, set to be the largest on the island of ...
George McWhirter (born September 26, 1939) is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate.. The son of a shipyard worker, George McWhirter was raised in a large extended family on the Shankill Road in Belfast.
Francis Joy. Founded in 1737, the News Letter was first printed in Joy's Entry in Belfast. It is one of a series of narrow alleys in the city centre, and is currently home to Henry's Pub (formerly McCracken's) – named after Henry Joy McCracken, an Irish Presbyterian and a leading member in the north of Ireland of the republican Society of the United Irishmen, and the grandson of the News ...
1952 – (with Niall Ó Dónaill) Cathair phrotastúnach [Protestant City], (Dublin: Coisceim 1996) 1973 – From the Jungle of Belfast: Footnotes to History 1904-1972 (Belfast: Blackstaff), 175pp. Ireland attempted at least one work of fiction: Geda and George C. Marroo (Belfast: Vortex [1935]), 103pp.
The Harp would quickly become a major punk venue in Belfast. Artists like Rudi made their Harp debut in May 1978, [4] And Stiff Little Fingers played at the venue three times: in May, July and August 1978. [5] The Harp was a relatively small venue, however it became the centre of the Belfast Punk scene.