Francis Joseph Bigger
(1863-1926)

Died aged c. 63

White, Jack (1936). "Where Casement would have stood today - Jack White | libcom.org". libcom.org. Retrieved 19 October 2022.(For other people with similar names, see Joseph Bigger (disambiguation).) Francis Joseph Bigger (1863 – 9 December 1926) was an Irish antiquarian, revivalist, solicitor, architect, author, editor, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. His collected library, now distributed across several public institutions, comprised more than 18,000 books, journals, letters, photographs, sketches, maps, and other materials. His house in Belfast was a gathering place for Irish nationalist politicians, artists, scholars, and others. He was a prolific sponsor and promoter of Gaelic culture, authored many works of his own, founded (or co-founded) several institutions, and revived and edited the Ulster Journal of Archaeology.

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Francis Joseph Bigger 1863-1926 Antiquary and Celtic Revivalist opened the first premises of the Ulster Public House Association here in 1901

Crown and Shamrock, Antrim Road, Ballyvesey, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom where they opened (1901)