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Ballyhackamore
Ballyhackamore () is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, it is a suburb of Belfast located on the Upper Newtownards Road. It is also a ward in the UK Parliamentary constituency of East Belfast. The Sunday Times named Ballyhackamore the Brunch Capital of Belfast in a 2018 article on the Best Places to live in Britain. The neighbourhood is the location of several restaurants and cafés as well as a range of local and national shops. Transport Ballyhackamore is served by the Translink Glider G1 service. In addition Metro and Ulsterbus services stop here. Places of note *Cyprus Avenue a residential street and conservation area which lent its name to the Van Morrison song, Cyprus Avenue * Neill's Hill railway station a former halt on the Belfast and County Down Railway line. * Kincora Boys' Home, a home for boys that was the scene of serious organised abuse. *Bloomfield Collegiate School, an Independent Grammar School for girls. Notable people * Joe Bratty, loyalist pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Belfast East is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Gavin Robinson of the DUP. Boundaries 1885–1918: In the Borough of Belfast, that part of Dock ward not in Belfast North and that part of Cromac ward in County Down, the townlands of Ballycloghan, Ballyhackamore, Ballymaghan, Ballymisert and Strandtown in the parish of Holywood, and the townlands of Ballyrushboy, Knock and Multyhogy in the parish of Knockbreda. 1922–1974: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Dock, Pottinger, and Victoria. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Pottinger and Victoria, and the Rural District of Castlereagh electoral divisions of Ballyhackamore, Ballymaconaghy, Ballymiscaw, Castlereagh, Dundonald, and Gilnakirk. 1983–1997: The District of Belfast wards of Ballyhackamore, Ballymacarrett, Belmont, Bloomfield, Island, Orangefield, Shandon, Stormont, Sydenham, and The Mount, and the District of Castlereagh wards of Cregagh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname " Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glider (Belfast)
Glider is a bus rapid transit system in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed to improve the efficiency of mass transit in the city by connecting East and West Belfast and the Titanic Quarter via the city centre. The service is operated by Translink. There are two routes, G1 (West to East Belfast) and G2 (city centre to Titanic Quarter). The busways total 15.2 miles (24.5 km) in length using both dedicated bus lanes and mixed traffic lanes. Costing approximately £100m of public funds, construction started in 2014, and opened in late 2018. It uses a fleet of 18m-long Van Hool ExquiCity articulated buses. Weekday services run from soon after 5 a.m. to soon after 11 p.m. (other times at weekends and public holidays), operating on a 7-9 minute interval, reducing to 4–6 minutes at peak times. Vehicles The vehicles are Van Hool ExquiCity 18 articulated buses of a so-called Light tram design with three doors and approximately 18 metres in length. The interior is a mixture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neill's Hill Railway Station
Neill's Hill railway station is a disused railway station / halt on the main line of the Belfast and County Down Railway. It ran from Queen's Quay, Belfast south to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland. When the Belfast and County Down Railway was open, Neill's Hill railway station was the 4th station from Queen's Quay, Belfast. After traversing Ballymacarrett Junction (where a station existed at Ballymacarrett on the Bangor Line) the preceding stations were Fraser Street Halt and Bloomfield. The stations following Neill's Hill were Knock, Dundonald, Henryville Halt, Comber, Ballygowan, Shepherd's Bridge Halt, Saintfield, Ballynahinch Junction, Crossgar, King's Bridge Halt, Downpatrick North Junction, Downpatrick, Downpatrick South Junction, Downpatrick Loop Platform, Tullymurry (old), Tullymurry (new), Ballykinlar, Dundrum, Junction with Castlewellan line and the terminus at Newcastle railway station in Newcastle. History Ballycloughan Road (Knock Road) BCD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2021, its population was 1,903,100, making up about 27% of Ireland's population and about 3% of the UK's population. The Northern Ireland Assembly (colloquially referred to as Stormont after its location), established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. Northern Ireland cooperates with the Republic of Ireland in several areas. Northern Ireland was created in May 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties. As was intended, Northern Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield Collegiate School
Bloomfield Collegiate School is a controlled grammar school for girls in Ballyhackamore in Belfast, Northern Ireland. History Bloomfield was founded in 1905, one of a number of private school foundations of that era. It was originally proprietary (owned by the headmistress), co-educational, and accepted boarding students. It discontinued co-education in 1915. House system Bloomfield has a house system consisting of four houses named after previous headmistresses: Clarke, Curran, Spencer and Walker. The houses are each represented by four colors: blue (Clarke), red (Curran), green (Spencer) and yellow (Walker) Notable former pupils *Christine Bleakley, television presenter * Gemma Garrett, Miss Great Britain 2008 * Thaddea Graham, actress *Naomi Long Naomi Rachel Long MLA (née Johnston; born 13 December 1971) is a Northern Irish politician who served as Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive from January 2020 to October 2022. She has served as leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NVTV
NVTV, also known as Northern Visions Television, is a local community television station based in the city of Belfast. It is operated by the Northern Visions media and arts project, and although some staff are employed by the station, most involved are volunteers. NVTV is now the only local community station in Northern Ireland. History The station was launched on 9 February 2004, with the first programme aired being a film called ''The School Trip'', which was made by students at the Fleming Fulton School in the city. Initially NVTV broadcast just one hour of programming on weekdays which was repeated on loop, with shows repeated again at the weekend; however, the station expanded its content and covers community and other events in and around the Belfast metropolitan area, as well as other commissioned programmes. Alongside several ongoing 'community' programmes, the mainstay of regular, weekly shows included ''The Artery'', created and filmed by an independent director, Royce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy O'Flaherty
Paddy O'Flaherty (1942/43 – 27 September 2016) was a broadcaster and journalist for BBC Northern Ireland. He was known for his work on BBC Radio Ulster, including Good Morning Ulster and Evening Extra, as well as his love for country music. Career O'Flaherty grew up in the Ballyhackamore area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the 1960s and 1970s, O'Flaherty worked as a journalist for ''The Irish News''; he covered topics from Irish civil rights to the country music column. In the 1990s, O'Flaherty worked as BBC Radio Ulster's angling reporter on the Your Place and Mine programme. He also presented the Make Mine Country programme on BBC television and reported on many 'lighter' issues on radio and television. O'Flaherty's last programme on Good Morning Ulster was a discussion of the use of telephone boxes in an age of mobile phones. Death and tributes O'Flaherty died on 27 September 2016; his death was announced by Noel Thompson on Good Morning Ulster. Speaking after his death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypress Avenue, Belfast
"Cyprus Avenue" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1968 album ''Astral Weeks''. It refers to Cyprus Avenue, a residential street in Morrison's hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. In performance the song was a concert highlight and closer for years to come and would end with Morrison's command, "It's too late to stop now!" (a quotation from his song "Into the Mystic") as he stalked from the stage. A dynamic 10-minute version with the usual stop-start ending was included on his 1974 live album ''It's Too Late to Stop Now''. Recording and composition Built on a basic blues structure with an unusual arrangement, the song was recorded at the ''Astral Weeks'' sessions on 25 September 1968, at Century Sound Studio with Lewis Merenstein as producer. The strings and harpsichord were overdubbed a month later. Calling it the central song of the album, AllMusic described it as "a chamber-music hybrid of folk-blues, jazz, and classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Lampard
Christine Louise Lampard (''née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while with Phillip Schofield she has presented ''Dancing on Ice'' (2012–14) and ''This Morning'' (2013–16). Lampard has also presented factual series for ITV including '' Off The Beaten Track'' (2013) and ''Wild Ireland'' (2015). Since 2016 she has been a presenter of the ITV lunchtime chat show ''Loose Women''. Early life Christine Bleakley was born in Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, and grew up in Newtownards. She has a younger sister, Nicola. She started her television career as a runner and then trained to become a floor manager while studying for her A-Levels at Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore, Belfast. She continued to work at BBC NI while studying for a politics degree at Queen's University, Belfast. However, she did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus Avenue
"Cyprus Avenue" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1968 album '' Astral Weeks''. It refers to Cyprus Avenue, a residential street in Morrison's hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. In performance the song was a concert highlight and closer for years to come and would end with Morrison's command, "It's too late to stop now!" (a quotation from his song " Into the Mystic") as he stalked from the stage. A dynamic 10-minute version with the usual stop-start ending was included on his 1974 live album '' It's Too Late to Stop Now''. Recording and composition Built on a basic blues structure with an unusual arrangement, the song was recorded at the '' Astral Weeks'' sessions on 25 September 1968, at Century Sound Studio with Lewis Merenstein as producer. The strings and harpsichord were overdubbed a month later. Calling it the central song of the album, AllMusic described it as "a chamber-music hybrid of folk-blues, jazz, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Davidson (rugby Union)
Ian Geddes Davidson (10 August 1877 – 22 June 1939) was an Irish rugby union player who played in the wing position. Davidson played club rugby with North of Ireland F.C., was capped 9 times for Ireland, and was a member of the British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1903. Early life and club Davidson was a pupil at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, before going on to play club rugby for North of Ireland F.C. based in Belfast. International rugby Davidson made his debut for the Ireland national team against England at Lansdowne Road on 4 February 1899. Ireland won the match and would go on to become the champions of the 1899 Home Nations Championship. Later that year, Ireland embarked on their first ever international tour to Canada, with Davidson the only member of the touring party to have also competed in that year's Home Nations Championship. The following year, he won two further caps for Ireland against Wales and Scotland. He played in all three of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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