If a city has an area named a ‘quarter’ then it would be logical to suggest that any such place would have four such zones. From the brief research carried out for this article, Belfast has eight quarters. Wikipedia defines…
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The SSE Arena is owned by the Odyssey Trust Company. The complex originated in 1992 and opened in December 2000. The complex consists of: a multipurpose arena, science centre and shopping centre. The shopping centre houses a movie theatre and…
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Tuberculosis (TB) was a major killer in late 19th century and early 20th century Belfast. In the early 1900s an epidemic of the disease led to 13,000 deaths in Ireland. TB is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria…
ByadminOn the outbreak of the Great War on 4 August 1914, the former Robinson and Cleaver department store building on Donegall Square, opposite the City Hall, was subject to anti-German vandalism by a Germanophobic mob. If you look between the…
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The three steel cut-out figures represent a shipyard worker who helped build the Nomadic, a French waiter who served on the Nomadic and Charlie Chaplin, possibly her most famous passenger. This sculpture was erected as part of the Sustrans Portrait…
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