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4 unusual facts about Royal Belfast Academical Institution


Kenneth Bloomfield

Between the years of 1943 and 1949, he attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and later went on to read Modern History at St Peter's College, Oxford.

He has taken up roles such as Chairman for the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission and his alma mater, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.

Norman Russell

Russell was born on 7 August 1943 and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Churchill College, Cambridge.

Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell

The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in classics and law in 1956.


Medallion Shield

It was reported in 1909 that discussions had taken place between Belfast Royal Academy, Campbell College, Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution about setting up a rugby junior competition for pupils with an age qualification given as under fifteen years of age on 1 November.

In 1977 the organising committee of Belfast Royal Academy, Methodist College Belfast, Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Royal School Dungannon ceded control of the competition to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union.

In 1910 Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution proceeded with the competition and for the first five years only these two schools competed.

In 2012-13 the top eight seeded teams were Ballymena Academy, Campbell College, Coleraine Academical Institution, Methodist College Belfast, Regent House, Newtownards, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Sullivan Upper School and Wallace High School.


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