St. Patrick’s Boys’ School, Donegall Street, Belfast
St. Patrick's Boys' School was a Public Elementary School in North Belfast. Evacuees waited for transport there on 8th July 1940 as people fled the city.
St. Patrick's Boys' School
193 Donegall Street
Belfast
BT1 2FL
Northern Ireland
On 4th July 1940, the Belfast Newsletter listed St. Patrick’s Boys’ School as a place from where unregistered children would be evacuated on Monday 8th July 1940.
This was part of an attempt to evacuate young people from Belfast a year before the Blitz.
St. Patrick’s Girls’ School, Donegall Street, Belfast
193 Donegall Street, Belfast
St. Patrick's Girls' School was a Public Elementary School in North Belfast. Evacuees waited for transport there on 8th July 1940 as people fled the city.
Donegall Street, Belfast
Belfast
Donegall Street lies in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. St. Anne's Cathedral is one of a few buildings in the area to survive the Belfast Blitz.
North Belfast in the Second World War
Belfast
Through the Second World War, North Belfast was a working-class area, packed with terraced houses, factories, mills, and suffered during the Belfast Blitz.