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Belfast City Hall – Opened in
August 1906. The dome rises to a height of 53 meters (173 feet)
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The Crumlin
Road Court House, Crumlin
Road
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Murals on Falls Road
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Murals on Shankill Road
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The Big Fish at Laganside
Lookout… quite a catch!
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‘Interesting’ mural near St
Anne’s Cathedral
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Pottinger’s Entry - Pottinger’s
short-cut to the Morning Star pub maybe?
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St Patrick outside Belfast’s St
Patrick’s Church.
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The imposing Celtic cross at
the North Transept of the St Anne’s Cathedral, completed in 1981.
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Art near Queen’s Bridge, known
as ‘The Thing With The Ring’… (no kidding!)
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The (slightly) leaning Albert
Memorial Clock Tower in Queen’s Square. Build (straight) in 1867 by WJ
Barre (so we are told).
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Belfast Castle on the slopes of Cave Hill.
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The castle was only built, in
the then-fashionable Scottish Baronial style, in 1870. It was presented to
the City of Belfast
in 1934. Very nice gardens and artwork for cat lovers!
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Night view of 'The Thing With
The Ring' from the Weir
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The Grand Opera House – across
the road from the famous Crown Liquor Saloon
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The Crown Liquor Saloon on the Golden Mile
– built by Patrick Flanagan in 1885… and still serving a great pint of
Guinness… well, that is when the place is open… It was closed for some
minor repairs – I suppose after 122 years that would be ok. They probably
installed the latest web cam! Check it out!
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The famous crown mosaic at the
front door – nationalist visitors would walk over, unionist patrons around.
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As the Crown Bar was closed, we
dropped into Robinson’s Pub next door for a hard-earned pint!
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Since we will be back in Belfast in late
March, we shall give the Crown Liquor Saloon another go. Also, a climb to
the top of Cave Hill and a visit to Stormont Castle
might be appropriate! Already looking forward to that!
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