McAdam memorial, Knockbreda Cemetery, Belfast
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McAdam memorial, Knockbreda Cemetery, Belfast
Image: © Rossographer Taken: 16 May 2008
The memorial to various members of the McAdam family, the headstone heavily obscured by ivy. The most celebrated member of the family buried here is Robert Shipboy McAdam (1808-95) who, in 1832 along with his brother James, established the Soho Engineering Foundry at Townsend Street, Belfast. Said to have spoken some 13 languages, he published a Gaelic Grammar and founded the Ulster Gaelic Society. McAdam was also the principal founder of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology in 1853 and a member of the Belfast Literary Society, the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, the Linenhall Library and the Harmonic and Harp Societies. He lived in College Square East - see Image
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