Belfast Blitz

Porter’s Memorial Public Elementary School, Apsley Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Porter's Memorial Public Elementary School stood on Apsley Street, Belfast off Donegall Pass. Both girls and boys gathered there for evacuation in 1940.

Sandy Row Public Elementary School, Hurst Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Seamen’s Junior Public Elementary School, Pilot Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Nothing remains of the Seamen's Junior Public Elementary School in Pilot Street, North Belfast. Extensive redevelopment destroyed much of old Sailortown.

St Colman’s Public Elementary School, Eliza Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

St Colman's Public Elementary School once stood at 38 Eliza Street in the heart of Belfast's markets district amidst many residential homes and factories.

St. Barnabas’ School, York Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

St. Barnabas' School served children in Belfast's Sailortown area in an area devastated by German Luftwaffe during the Belfast Blitz of April and May 1941.

St. Comgall’s Boys’ School, Divis Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

St. Comgall’s Girls’ School, Divis Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

St. George’s Public Elementary School, Victoria Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim

St. Joseph’s Boys’ School, York Road, Belfast, Co. Antrim

In July 1940, St. Joseph's Boys' School was one of many educational facilities in North Belfast listed as an evacuation point for children before the Blitz.