Hercules Mulligan
Irish-American tailor and spy of the American Revolution, key in Washington’s rescue.
Ottilie Patterson
Northern Irish jazz and blues singer born in Comber, the “Godmother of British Blues.”
Led Zepplin
Performed their first-ever live performance of Stairway to Heaven at Belfast’s Ulster Hall in 1971.
The Brontës
Fathered by a rector in County Down, the Brontë sisters were reverent poets and novelists.
Hans Sloane
His collection helped found the Natural History Museum and the British Museum. Invented Cadbury’s chocolate.
John Hewitt
Lived on the uppermost floor of our townhouse, a former poet and Creative Director of Ulster Museum.
Ruby Murray
A 1950s Belfast singer, she lived a short stroll away from The Harrison and broke the charts with 5 hits in the top 20.
J.B. Yeats
Son of the “Red-Haired Rector” and father of W.B and Jack, Yeats grew up in County Down as a painter.