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Events Archive
This page records the events at plaque unveiling ceremonies.


Date Name Location Report
10 March 2010 Sir Samuel Ferguson - Poet and Antiquarian 23 High Street, Belfast  
24 February 2010 John McKay - GAA Founding Member 1884 113-117 Donegall Street, Belfast Select
15 February 2010 William Scott - Artist 2 Queen Street, Enniskillen  
26 January 2010 Sam Thompson - Playwright 2 Montrose Street, Belfast  Select
26 November 2009 Sir Joseph Larmor - Mathmatical Physicist 24 Antrim Road, Belfast Select
29 October 2009 Thomas Russell - United Irishman Linenhall Library, Belfast Select
15 October 2009 Sam Hanna Bell - Writer and Broadcaster 2 Crescent Gardens, Belfast Select
5 September 2009 John Mitchel & John Martin - Patriots and Writers Ivy Brook Lodge, Drumalane Road, Newry  Select
29 August 2009 Joe Gilmore - Pioneer Aviator 20 High Street, Ardglass  Select
25 August 2009 George Farquhar - Playwright Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane, Londonderry  Select
23 June 2009 Francis Rawdon Chesney - Soldier and Explorer 6 Sabbath Hill Road, Ballymartin Co Down  Select
18 June 2009 Robert Mitchell Henry - First Secretary to Academic Council Lanyon Building, Queens University, Belfast Select
3 June 2009 Sir Richard Wallace - Philanthropist and Art Collector Castle Street, Lisburn Select
15 May 2009 Professor James MacCullagh - Mathematician and Physicist Upper Badoney, Co Tyrone Select
21 April 2009 Sir Samuel Kelly - Coal Importer & Philanthropist 94 Castlereagh Street, Belfast Select
29 April 2009 Stewart Parker - Playwright 86 Larkfield Road, Sydenham, Belfast Select
6 April 2009 James Humbert Craig - Artist Turnamon Cottage, Castle Park, Cushendun Co. Antrim Select
5 March 2009 George Shiels - Playwright 14 Shingle Cove, Carnlough, Co. Antrim  
25 February 2009 Sir William Whitla - Physician and Philanthropist Queen's University Belfast Select
17 December 2008 Edward Bunting - Folk Music Collector St George's Church,High Street, Belfast  Select
26 September 2008 Lady Mabel Annesley - Artist and Wood Engraver The Arbouretum, Castlewellan Forest Park  Select
5 September 2008 Sarah Grand - Novelist and Suffragette Rosebank, 8 Millisle Rd. Donaghadee  Select
9 May 2008 Luke L. Macassey - Civil Engineer and Barrister 7 Chichester Street, Belfast  Select
4 March 2008 Charles McKimm - First General Superintendant of Belfast Parks Tropical Ravine, Botnaic Gardens, Belfast  Select
4 March 2008 Gerard Dillon - Artist 26 Lower Clonard Street, Belfast  Select
12 February 2008 Martha Magee - Benefactor of College Magee College, Londerry  Select
12 February 2008 H.B. Phillips - Impresario Shipquay Street, Londonderry  Select
7 December 2007 Margaret Noble - Writer and Indian Nationalist 16 Scotch Street, Dungannon  Select
6 December 2007 Daniel Cambridge VC - Soldier and Yeoman Warder High Street, Carrickfergus  Select
6 December 2007 Paul Rodgers - Shipbuilder Belfast Road, Carrickfergus  Select
2 November 2007 Margaret Clarke (nee Crilley) - Artist Thomas Street, Newry  Select
29 October 2007 John Hewitt - Poet 18 Mount Charles and 11 Stockmans Lane, Belfast  Select 
15 October 2007 Charles Lever - Novelist 22a The Promenade, Portstewart  Select
14 September 2007 Edmund De Wind VC - Soldier Bridge Street Link, Comber  Select 
8 September 2007 Amy Carmichael - Missionary and Writer Welcome Evangelical Church, Cambrai St, Belfast  
5 September 2007 George William Russell - Artist, Mystic, Writer Market Street, Lurgan  Select 
5 September 2007 Field Marshal Sir John Dill - Soldier Market Street, Lurgan  Select 
2 July 2007 Kelly's Cellars - Meeting Place of United Irishmen Bank Street, Belfast  Select 
26 June 2007 Charles Davis Lucas VC - First recipient of the VC Druminargal House, Poyntzpass  Select 
23 June 2007 Robert the Bruce - King of Scots Visitor's Centre - Rathlin Island  Select 
8 June 2007 Barney Hughes - Master Baker and Philanthropist 11 College Square North Belfast  Select 
2 May 2007 John 'Rinty' Monaghan - Boxer King's Hall, Belfast  Select 
14 March 2007 William Steel Dickson - United Irishman Presbyterian Church, Portaferry  Select 
17 January 2007 James Magennis VC - Submariner Royal Naval Association, Gt Victoria St, Belfast  Select 
23 November 2006 Joe Bambrick - Footballer 219 Roden Street, Belfast  
18 November 2006 Sir Edward Coey - Mayor of Belfast 1860 and Philanthropist Merville House, Newtownabbey  Select 
17 November 2006 Philip Larkin - Poet Old Library, Queen's Universary, Belfast  Select 
14 November 2006 Amy Carmichael - Missionary and Writer Baptist Church, Millisle, Co. Down  
19 May 2006 William Gibson - Goldsmith and Philanthropist Drumbroneth House, 46 Drumbroneth Road, Dromore Select 
24 April 2006 James Bell Crichton VC - Soldier 75 Woodburn Road, Carrickfergus Select 
31 March 2006 Samuel Beckett - Nobel Laureate Portora Royal School, Enniskillen Select 
12 November 2005 Colin Middleton - Artist 6 Victoria Road, Bangor Select 
7 November 2005 Aodh Mac Aingil - Scholar, Poet, Bishop St Patrick's Centre, Downpatrick Select 
29 May 2005 E. Estyn Evans - Geographer 100 Malone Road, Belfast Select 
6 May 2005 William Ritchie - Pioneer Shipbuilder Harbour Commissioner's Offices, Belfast Select
26 February 2005 James Johnston - Tenor 55 Knock Road, Belfast Select
24 February 2005 Sir James Murray - Inventor of Milk of Magnesia 16 High Street, Belfast Select
16 October 2004 Cathal O'Byrne - Singer, Poet and Writer 43 Cavendish Street, Belfast Select
23 September 2004 Jonathan Swift - Author of Gulliver's Travels Ballynure Old Church, Church Road, Ballynure Select
22 September 2004 Paul Henry - Artist 17 University Road, Belfast Select
11 September 2004 Michael McLaverty - Writer Killard, Lecale, Co. Down Select
24 June 2004 Lt. Col. William John English VC - Soldier Kings Road, Knock, Belfast Select
4 June 2004 John B. Yeats - Artist and Writer Vicerage Farm, Tullylish, Co. Down Select
1 June 2004 Dr. William Crolly - Archbishop of Armagh Ballykilbeg Church, near Tyrella Co Down Select
6 October 2003 Ernest Walton - Physicist and Nobel Laureate Methodist College, Belfast Select
21 August 2003 Francis Hutcheson - Philosopher and Teacher First Presbyterian Church, Saintfield Select
20 August 2003 Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples Bt. - Artist Lissan House, Cookstown Select
13 June 2003 Oscar Wilde - Writer and Wit Portora Royal School, Enniskillen  
16 October 2002 Vere Foster - Educationalist and first President of INTO INTO HQ, College Gardens, Belfast Select
24 June 2002 Dr William Drennan - Patriot and Radical First Presbyterian Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast Select