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The Falls Road gets its very curious name from the Irish words “Tuath-na-bhfal” district of the falls or hedges, and Castlereagh from the Grey Castle where King Conn O'Neill once lived. Waring Street was named from Thomas Waring, who had tanneries there in the year 1645.
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The name Belfast derives from the Irish Béal Feirste (Irish pronunciation: [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]), "Mouth of the Farset" a river whose name in the Irish, Feirste, refers to a sandbar or tidal ford.
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The city of Belfast began in the early 17th century. The name Belfast is a corruption of the Gaelic words Beal Feirste meaning mouth of the sandy ford. The town of Belfast grew after 1609 when King James began his policy of settling Englishmen and Scots in Ulster. Sir Arthur Chichester was granted land in Ulster including Belfast Castle, which he r...
Belfast Castle burned down in 1708. However, in the 18th century, Belfast grew rapidly. The population of Belfast was only about 2,500 in 1700 but it grew to about 8,000 in 1750 and about 13,000 by 1780. By 1800 Belfast had a population of around 20,000. In the late 18th century a new suburb grew up across the Lagan. Meanwhile, Belfast gained its f...
Belfast continued to grow rapidly in the 19th century. Belfast was made a borough in 1842 and it was made a city in 1888. Meanwhile, in 1800 a Paving Board was formed to pave the streets of Belfast and The Royal Academic Institution was built in 1810. The first hospital in Belfast was built in 1815 in Frederick Street. A lunatic asylum was built in...
In the late 19th century conditions improved. New by-laws meant all new houses were much better. Unfortunately, the old ones remained. In the late 1880s and early 1890s, Belfast Council built a network of sewers. Albert Bridge was built in 1890. Meanwhile, the shipbuilding industry in Belfast boomed. The Harland and Wolff shipyard was founded in 18...
By 1901 Belfast had a population of 349,000. By 1939 it had risen to 438,000. City Hall was built in 1906 and Belfast was made the capital of Northern Ireland in 1920. Meanwhile from 1904 electric trams replaced the horse-drawn ones and Belfast airport was built in 1933. In 1911 The Titanic was launched in Belfast. In the early years of the 20th ce...
In the early 21st century Belfast is a thriving city. At the beginning of the century, the Odyssey entertainment centre was built. It includes an arena, a cinema, bars and restaurants. Odyssey Arena opened in December 2000 when the Belfast Giants played their first home game. A new terminal building was opened at Belfast Airport in 2001 and Victori...
1611 Sir Arthur Chichester is granted land at Belfast. A small town grows up there. 1613 Belfast is made a corporation Late 17th Century Belfast trades with the North American colonies. Tobacco is imported from there and sugar is imported from the West Indies. Belfast has a population of about 1,500-2,000 but it is swelled by French Protestants who...
Belfast's name is the anglicised version of the old Irish Beal Feirste meaning "mouth of the Farset". Belfast was part of the kingdom of Dál Riata from around 500 AD to the late 700s. The Ford of Belfast existed as early as 665 AD, when a battle was recorded as being fought at the site. St.
5 days ago · The city’s name is derived from the Gaelic Béal Feirste (Mouth of the Sandbank [or Crossing of the River]). Belfast’s modern history began in 1611 when Baron Arthur Chichester built a new castle there. He did much to encourage the growth of the town, which received a charter of incorporation in 1613.
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Belfast dates back to the early 17th century and, although a relatively young settlement, is Northern Ireland’s largest, and the island of Ireland’s second largest, city. The name ‘Belfast’ comes from the Gaelic ‘Beal Feirste’ (‘mouth of the sandy ford’).
It is well-known as the river that gave Belfast its name and High Street its curving shape. Northern Ireland's capital city was founded at a settlement centred on a muddy ford over the...
