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The Lord Mayor's Cloakroom: Ian Adamson

Today William Pirrie is best known to us as Chairman of Harland and Wolff and the driving force behind the building of the Titanic. However, he was also active in Belfast's city council and was Lord Mayor from 1896-7. His imposing portrait stills hangs today in the Reception Room of the City Hall.

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