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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,history,historic,heritage,Belfast,venue,theatres,historic theatre,building,Edwardian,architecture,listed,performing,arts,production,cultural,landmark,facade,front,entrance,door,doors,restored,BT2 7HR,BT2,city,urban,streetscape,arts and culture Northern Ireland,reflected light,bright blue sky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3B3 - This image shows the Grand Opera House on Great Victoria Street in Belfast city centre, one of Northern Ireland's most prominent cultural and architectural landmarks. The theatre's striking red brick and cream stone facade, with its ornate detailing, circular windows, and domed corner turrets, reflects the Edwardian baroque style popular in the early twentieth century.
The words GRAND OPERA HOUSE are clearly visible across the upper facade, confirming the building's identity. The modern glazed entrance contrasts with the historic exterior, illustrating sensitive adaptation to contemporary access and audience needs while retaining the building's original character.
The photograph appears to have been taken during summer, under clear blue skies, with strong sunlight creating highlights and subtle reflections across the curved frontage and decorative stonework. The reflected light enhances the texture of the brickwork and architectural detailing, giving the building a warm, vibrant appearance. Pedestrians and passing vehicles provide a sense of scale and everyday city life.
Opened in 1895, the Grand Opera House has long been a central venue for opera, theatre, comedy, dance, and touring productions, playing a key role in Belfast's cultural life. The image captures both the building's historic grandeur and its continuing presence as a working city-centre theatre within a modern urban environment.
Grand Opera House, Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT2 7HR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM3 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM6 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,round,window,glass,beautiful,Victorian,side,Amelia,Amelia Street,external,outside,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM8 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,Amelia,wines,brandies,whiskies,beers,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM9 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYMA - The Europa Hotel is a four-star hotel in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has hosted presidents, prime ministers and celebrities.
It is known as the most bombed hotel in Europe and the most bombed hotel in the world after having suffered 36 bomb attacks during the Troubles.
The hotel, designed by architects Sydney Kaye, Eric Firkin & Partners, opened in July 1971. It was built on the site of the former Great Northern Railway station and stands 51 metres high.
During The Troubles, the hotel, where most journalists covering the Troubles stayed, was known as Europe's most bombed hotel, earning the name the Hardboard Hotel. The hotel was blown up by the Provisional IRA in 1993 and damaged so badly that it sold for only £4.4m.
The Europa Hotel became part of the Hastings Hotels group on 3 August 1993, whereupon it was announced that it would close for the first time in its 22-year history to allow for major refurbishment. Following an £8m investment, the hotel reopened in February 1994. Its first official event was the Flax Trust Ball, a gala evening for 500 local and international dignitaries. President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton stayed in the hotel in November 1995
the suite used by the Clintons was subsequently renamed the Clinton Suite. The presidential entourage booked 110 rooms at the hotel.
Started in early 2008, an extension to the hotel increased the height of a rear wing by seven floors, to twelve floors, and increased bedrooms from 240 to 272. The extension was designed by Robinson McIlwaine Architects and was completed late in 2008
Great Victoria St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYMC - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Europa,Hotel,hotels,city,centre,BT2,Great Victoria St,Ireland,road,street,st,bombed,most,4star,four,star,Hasting,Ulster,Northern Ireland,Belfast City,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYME - The Europa Hotel is a four-star hotel in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has hosted presidents, prime ministers and celebrities.
It is known as the most bombed hotel in Europe and the most bombed hotel in the world after having suffered 36 bomb attacks during the Troubles.
The hotel, designed by architects Sydney Kaye, Eric Firkin & Partners, opened in July 1971. It was built on the site of the former Great Northern Railway station and stands 51 metres high.
During The Troubles, the hotel, where most journalists covering the Troubles stayed, was known as Europe's most bombed hotel, earning the name the Hardboard Hotel. The hotel was blown up by the Provisional IRA in 1993 and damaged so badly that it sold for only £4.4m.
The Europa Hotel became part of the Hastings Hotels group on 3 August 1993, whereupon it was announced that it would close for the first time in its 22-year history to allow for major refurbishment. Following an £8m investment, the hotel reopened in February 1994. Its first official event was the Flax Trust Ball, a gala evening for 500 local and international dignitaries. President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton stayed in the hotel in November 1995
the suite used by the Clintons was subsequently renamed the Clinton Suite. The presidential entourage booked 110 rooms at the hotel.
Started in early 2008, an extension to the hotel increased the height of a rear wing by seven floors, to twelve floors, and increased bedrooms from 240 to 272. The extension was designed by Robinson McIlwaine Architects and was completed late in 2008
Great Victoria St, Belfast BT2 7AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGAM - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18AW - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,looking,down,Robnson,streetview,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Irish History,Ireland History,Northern Ireland History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18B2 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: chat,chatting,men,friends,blokes,Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,lager,ale,realale,CAMRA,bar,bars,pubs,pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,ornate,culture,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18DC - . Photographed at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK in 2011, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Chatting Drinkers In the Crown Saloon,Great Victoria St,Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. Further facets of the scene include drinks packaging, place identity, changing land use, regional drinks industry, before-and-after reference, archival record, public realm, cider brand history, period detail, Herefordshire cider tradition, factory bottling line, historic beverage advertising, visual archive, and documentary photography. For current editorial use, responsible drinking and tourism provide additional context, especially through the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, bottling technology, industrial beverage equipment, historical comparison, orchard-to-bottle industry, beverage production, local history, and local character. References to Chatting, Saloon, Victoria, Northern, and Crown give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to responsible drinking and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider within the specific setting of Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK. The record includes period character for future local research. The frame retains a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18F0 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18F4 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MAT - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,mirror,bonders,of,old,high,class,whiskies,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MB4 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,inside,interior,glass,barrel,old,high,class,whiskies,spirits,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MBD - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MEY - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2011, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Drinkers in the Famous Crown Bar,Gt Victoria St,Belfast. The frame also records themes of factory bottling line, before-and-after reference, cider-making heritage, drinks packaging, fermented drink production, local character, local history, period detail, place identity, drinks manufacturing, everyday life, community identity, historic beverage advertising, and changing streetscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into packaging and tourism, not least because of how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The wider setting retains connections with cider brand history, contemporary social history, beverage production, industrial beverage equipment, visual archive, public realm, bottle-filling machinery, and archival record. References to Drinkers, Victoria, Belfast, Crown, and Famous give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes packaging and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,lager,ale,realale,CAMRA,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MF0 - . An on-location photograph from Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK in 2011, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Drinkers in the Famous Crown Bar,Gt Victoria St,Belfast. Further facets of the scene include bottling technology, orchard-to-bottle industry, bottle-filling machinery, regional identity, industrial beverage equipment, period detail, changing land use, historic beverage advertising, documentary photography, local history, drinks manufacturing, archival record, cider-making heritage, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, tourism and responsible drinking provide additional context, especially through how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The location also brings in historical comparison, Herefordshire cider tradition, regional drinks industry, factory bottling line, cider brand history, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, and beverage production. Elements such as Belfast, Drinkers, Crown, Famous, and Victoria add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes tourism and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing as part of the longer story of Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider when considered against later change at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK.
Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,tile,facade,open,sign,vaults,tiles,column,front,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Irish History,Ireland History,Northern Ireland History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB2 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM7TEC - Black and white editorial photograph of traditional Irish folk music being performed live by Drunken Dullabies at The Five Points Whiskey & Alehouse, 44 Dublin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, in August 2017. The busy interior shows musicians playing on a small pub stage before a close-standing audience, with fiddle, accordion, acoustic guitar and banjo forming the core of the traditional folk arrangement. A large wall sign for The Five Points Whiskey & Alehouse dominates the background while branded Drunken Dullabies banners flank the performers. Audience members crowd around the stage, some holding up mobile phones to photograph or film the performance, creating the intimate atmosphere of a city-centre pub music night. The image records Belfast's strong live-music and pub culture, where traditional Irish and folk material is performed for local drinkers, visitors and tourists in an informal bar setting. The Five Points opened on Dublin Road in 2016 as a venue inspired by Irish heritage and the Five Points district of New York, with a strong emphasis on whiskey, ale and live traditional music. The scene also captures the continuing popularity of acoustic folk performance in Northern Ireland, where fiddles, accordions, banjos and guitars remain strongly associated with pub sessions, ceilidh-style entertainment and Irish cultural identity. Photographed during a lively evening in August 2017, the monochrome treatment emphasises the performers, instruments, signage, crowded room and documentary character of the event. The photograph is suitable for editorial themes including Belfast nightlife, traditional Irish music, folk bands, live entertainment, pub culture, tourism, whiskey bars, acoustic instruments, audience participation, cultural heritage and the social role of music venues in Northern Ireland.
44 Dublin Rd, Belfast, NI, Northern Ireland, UK, BT2 7HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB3 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,inside,area,bar area,high,class,whiskies,direct,importers,sanderson,drinks,spirits,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGAK - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEHRHC - The Crown Liquor Saloon, also known as the Crown Bar, is a pub in Great Victoria Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Refurbished in 1885, and at least twice since, it is an outstanding example of a Victorian gin palace, and one of Northern Ireland's best-known pubs. It is owned by the National Trust and is leased to Mitchells & Butlers who run it as a Nicholson's pub
Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Flanagan. Flanagan's son Patrick renamed and renovated it in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Flanagan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time
Guinness is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland, in 1759. It is one of the most successful alcohol brands worldwide, brewed in almost 50 countries, and available in over 120. Sales in 2011 amounted to 850,000,000 litres (190,000,000 imp gal
220,000,000 U.S. gal). In spite of declining consumption since 2001, it is the best-selling alcoholic drink in Ireland where Guinness & Co. Brewery makes almost €2 billion worth of beer annually.
46 Great Victoria St, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT2 7BA
