Imagine heading into your parish church to worship on a Sunday while the walls of this great Cathedral were literally raised around you.
That is what happened during the construction of Belfast Cathedral, known locally as St Anne’s, to whom the building is dedicated.
The foundation stone was laid on 6th September 1899. Building began around the old church, which continued to be used for services until the end of 1903, by which time the tower of little St Anne’s had been dismantled and the church was no longer visible from the street. For five months the congregation worshiped in…
