Blue Plaque in Donegall Pass commemorating "Ma" Copley, a Boxing Promoter

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Blue Plaque in Donegall Pass commemorating "Ma" Copley, a Boxing Promoter

Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 30 Jun 2015

Clara (known also as Ma) Copley (1866-1949) was a Yorkshire-born boxing promoter famous for major fights held at the Belfast Chapel Fields Arena in the 1930s. The house in which she lived stands next to St Magdalene's Parish Church. http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/1876

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