The author talks about the Association for Science Education (ASE) Primary Science Committee's (PSC) March 2009 meeting which was held in Belfast as guests of ASE Northern Ireland. To mark the auspicious occasion of a body that usually meets four times a year in the Hatfield HQ crossing the Irish Sea to be hosted by its Celtic cousins, a Lord Mayor's Reception was arranged. The first citizen of Belfast, Councillor Tom Hartley, greeted Committee members in the heart of the Titanic Quarter. Other members of the local science community were also invited, including the regional committee, an ex-president of the Association, Roger McCune, and AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust Primary Science Teaching Award winner, Sinead McGleenon from St. Malachy's Primary School, Armagh. The Mayor praised teachers in general and those who teach science in particular, commenting on the importance of science and technology to Belfast's industrial heritage and history. (Contains 1 box.)