Robert M. Young 
Historical Notices of Old Belfast and Its Vicinity [PDF ebook] 
A Selection From the Mss; Collected by William Pinkerton, F. S. A. For His Intended History of Belfast, Additional Documents, Letters, and Ballads, O’mellan’s Narrative of the Wars of 1641, Biography of Mary Ann M’cracken

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. He wrote to a Dublin friend about this time I have been for the past few years endeavouring to collect material for a history of Belfast, my native town. And I have, as stated in Notes and Queries, ‘ gone over all the ground of Reid’s History.’