What is recorded here

Abbeyside House in County Antrim still wears the blue plaque marking Sir Crawford McCullagh, who lived there after serving as Lord Mayor of Belfast. In July 1916 he first called for a silent remembrance, shaping a practice now so common it becomes invisible. The house stands where that choice entered the world, turning private grief into public habit.

This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Crawford McCullagh 1868-1948 As Lord Mayor of Belfast first called for a silent remembrance July 1916 lived here Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.

Sir Crawford McCullagh served as the Lord Mayor of Belfast and initiated the tradition of a silent remembrance in July 1916, honoring those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising.

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