Where to find Blitz Memorial Plaques in Belfast

In 2016, Belfast City Council began unveiling a series of commemorative plaques across the city to mark the 75th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz of 1941.

Belfast City Centre

On 15th April 2016, Belfast City Council unveiled the first of several commemorative plaques across the city to mark the 75th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz.

St. George’s Market, East Bridge Street, Belfast

East Bridge Street Belfast BT1 3NQ

In 1941, following the Luftwaffe raids of the Belfast Blitz, St. George's Market in the city centre saw use as a temporary morgue for unidentified bodies lay.

North Belfast

In North Belfast, a number of plaques commemorate those who lost their lives as a result of the Luftwaffe raids in 1941 and mark the site of a temporary mortuary.

Carrick Hill Community Centre, Stanhope Street, Belfast

Stanhope Street Belfast BT13 1BX

Two plaques commemorating those from the local community who died as a result of the Belfast are on the front wall of Carrick Hill Community Centre in Belfast.

Cityside Retail and Leisure Park, York Street, Belfast

100-150 York Street Belfast BT15 1WA

Cityside Retail and Leisure Park stands on the site of the York Street Mill. A commemorative plaque recalls the events that unfolded during the Belfast Blitz.

Peters Hill Public Baths, Peters Hill, Belfast

Peters Hill Belfast BT13 2AB

During the Belfast Blitz of April and May 1941, the Peters Hill Public Baths in the Shankill area of the west of the city saw use as a temporary mortuary.

South Belfast

The only commemorative Belfast Blitz plaque in South Belfast is on the wall of St. Aidan's Parish Church on Blythe Street. It commemorates 13 people who died.

Blythe Street, Belfast

Belfast

On 15th-16th April 1941, Luftwaffe bombs fell on Blythe Street in South Belfast. A commemorative plaque remembers those from the area who died as a result.

West Belfast

Belfast Blitz plaques on both sides of the West Belfast peace walls commemorate those who died in the Shankill area and the usage of Falls Road Public Baths as a mortuary.

Falls Leisure Centre, Falls Road, Belfast

15-17 Falls Road Belfast BT12 4PB

Now a modern leisure centre, the old Belfast Corporation Public Baths on West Belfast's Falls Road served as a temporary mortuary during the 1941 Belfast Blitz.

Percy Street Community Centre, Percy Street, Belfast

21 Percy Street Belfast BT13 2HS

A commemorative plaque on the wall of Percy Street Community Centre off Shankill Road in West Belfast remembers those residents of the street killed in 1941.