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Keywords: NI,Northern Ireland,city,centre,Education,learn,learning,Queen,old,historic,building,architecture,research,institution,institutions,QUB,Queens College,Academic,BT7 1NN,main,building,architecture,red,gate,tent,tents,marque,gates,new,University Of Belfast,for London,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Uni,Belfast,City,Centre,edication,student,students,union,West,Beal,feirste,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Universitas Reginae Belfastiae,Academia,higher,hybrid,diesel-electric,double-decker,doubledecker,double,decker,Wrightbus,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Higher Education,operated in London,Heatherwick Studio,rear open platform
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYMG - Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university's 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.
Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
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Keywords: NI,Northern Ireland,city,centre,Education,learn,learning,Queen,old,historic,building,architecture,research,institution,institutions,QUB,Queens College,Academic,BT7 1NN,main,building,architecture,red,gate,tent,tents,marque,gates,University Of Belfast,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Uni,Belfast,City,Centre,edication,student,students,union,West,Beal,feirste,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Universitas Reginae Belfastiae,Academia,higher,hybrid,diesel-electric,double-decker,doubledecker,double,decker,Wrightbus,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Higher Education,operated in London,Heatherwick Studio,rear open platform
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYMH - Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university's 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.
Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
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Keywords: NI,Northern Ireland,city,centre,Education,learn,learning,Queen,old,historic,building,architecture,research,institution,institutions,QUB,Queens College,Academic,BT7 1NN,main,building,architecture,red,gate,tent,tents,marque,gates,University Of Belfast,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Uni,Belfast,City,Centre,edication,student,students,union,West,Beal,feirste,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Universitas Reginae Belfastiae,Academia,higher,hybrid,diesel-electric,double-decker,doubledecker,double,decker,Wrightbus,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Higher Education,operated in London,Heatherwick Studio,rear open platform
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYMJ - Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university's 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.
Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
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Keywords: Cupar Way,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,International,Peace,Wall,Cupar,Ugly Punch,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,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 HDEYXD - Since the onset of the Troubles in 1971, Nationalist and Loyalist communities throughout Northern Ireland have been divided by Peace Walls. These large stone and steel constructions were designed to protect neighbourhoods from sporadic attacks and retain a sense of peace and protection.
Of the city's 17 walls, West Belfast's sections are the most visited. Once in the area it's easy to determine which side of the divide you're on: red, white and blue kerbstones, Loyalist murals and Union Jacks indicate you're on the Shankill. If the kerbs are green, white and gold, the flag is Irish and the murals are Republican, you're on the Falls.
You can cross from one side to the other via access roads at Lanark Way and Northumberland Street. These roads close in times of heightened tension, which may well be the case during the marching season (see The Twelfth).
Cupar Way,West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDPM50 - Memorial Title:
Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)
Commemorating:
IRA members killed during the conflict also civilians killed
also deceased ex-prisoners.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
January
Description:
Medium sized garden
series of monuments and plaques. Large number of names listed on the plaques.
Inscription(s):
Numerous inscriptions on panels around the garden and on the central memorial wall.
Just a line
Location Address:
Falls Road, Falls, Belfast West,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
BT12 ??
Location Guide:
Close to, and opposite to, the junction of Falls Road and Conway Street.
Map Grid Ref:
IJ325742
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 332543, Y: 374213
Previous Location:
Just a line
Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, IRA
Physical Type:
Memorial Garden
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite, Plants, Hard Landscaping
Setting:
Garden
Access:
Private Unrestricted (gate usually open)
Post Unveiling:
Commissioned By:
Falls Cultural Society
Junction Falls Road / Conway Street,West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: gate,metal gate,metal,gates,yellow,parked,cars,car,Peace wall,West,Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,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 HDWT71 - . Made at Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The photograph centres on Gates to the Catholic / Protestant peace wall, Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into conservation interest, changing land use, architectural detail, period architecture, contemporary social history, documentary photography, local history, archival record, conservation architecture, heritage asset, architectural character, heritage landmark, cityscape history, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of maintenance, redevelopment pressure and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include historic townscape, historical comparison, built heritage, period building, regional identity, period detail, local character, and visual archive. References to Catholic, Northern, Belfast, Protestant, and Ireland give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate maintenance and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The image also provides a reference for planning control and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change when considered against later change at Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Cupar Way, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT74 - . This scene at West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The photograph centres on Waste Ground,Council estate,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The setting additionally reflects period architecture, heritage landmark, conservation interest, adaptive reuse, archival record, historic townscape, urban fabric, conservation architecture, local character, documentary photography, heritage asset, contemporary social history, visual archive, and local history. For current editorial use, redevelopment pressure and planning control provide additional context, especially through how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. Future viewers can use this scene from West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after new ownership. A second descriptive layer includes before-and-after reference, period building, everyday life, cityscape history, built heritage, historic streetscape, place identity, and public realm. The recorded references to Northern, Ireland, Waste, Belfast, and estate preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change in a form that can be compared with future views of West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK. Another strand within the photograph is redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK. The record includes a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18C0 - . This location-specific image from High St,Earley,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is High St,Earley,James 2015 mural,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, period detail, creative placemaking, commercial streetscape, street-level design, specialist retailer, documentary photography, street creativity, bricks-and-mortar retail, contemporary mural, changing streetscape, visual street culture, small business, and town-centre economy. From a 2025-onward perspective, graffiti policy and creative districts are closely linked to this subject, alongside how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. The wider contemporary story combines footfall, store closures and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. The image fixes signage and branding within High St,Earley,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes community identity, customer footfall, before-and-after reference, visual archive, place identity, regional identity, independent retail, and local character. The recorded references to Earley, James, Belfast, Northern, and Ireland preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of High St,Earley,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes graffiti policy and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture when considered against later change at High St,Earley,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
High St,Earley,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: irish,Northern Ireland,UK,leaning,towers,doc,docks,public,place,space,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,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18C6 - The Albert Memorial Clock (more commonly referred to as the Albert Clock) is a clock tower situated at Queen's Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was completed in 1869 and is one of the best known landmarks of Belfast.
In 1865 a competition for the design of a memorial to Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort, Prince Albert, was won by W. J. Barre, who had earlier designed Belfast's Ulster Hall. Initially Barre was not awarded his prize and the contract was secretly given to Lanyon, Lynn, and Lanyon, who had come second. Following public outcry the contract was eventually awarded to Barre. The construction cost of £2,500 (2011: £196,000) was raised by public subscription.
The sandstone memorial was constructed between 1865 and 1869 by Fitzpatrick Brothers builders and stands 113 feet tall in a mix of French and Italian Gothic styles. The base of the tower features flying buttresses with heraldic lions. A statue of the Prince in the robes of a Knight of the Garter stands on the western side of the tower and was sculpted by SF Lynn. A two tonne bell is housed in the tower and the clock was made by Francis Moore of High Street, Belfast.[3][4]
As a result of being built on wooden piles on marshy, reclaimed land around the River Farset, the top of the tower leans four feet off the perpendicular. Due to this movement, some ornamental work on the belfry was removed in 1924 along with a stone canopy over the statue of the Prince.
Being situated close to the docks, the tower was once infamous for being frequented by prostitutes plying their trade with visiting sailors. However, in recent years regeneration has turned the surrounding Queen's Square and Custom's House Square into attractive, modern public spaces with trees, fountains and sculptures.
In 1947, the film Odd Man Out was filmed partly in Belfast, with the Albert Clock as a central location, although neither the town nor the clock is explicitly identified.
Queens Square,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18C8 - Samson and Goliath are the twin shipbuilding gantry cranes situated at Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The cranes, which were named after the Biblical figures Samson and Goliath, dominate the Belfast skyline and are landmark structures of the city. Comparative newcomers to the city, the cranes rapidly came to symbolise Belfast in a way that no building or monument had hitherto done.
Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries is an Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Harland & Wolff is most famous for having built all of the ships intended for the White Star Line including RMS Titanic. Other well known ships built by Harland & Wolff include Titanic's sister ships RMS Olympic and RMS Britannic, the Royal Navy's HMS Belfast, Royal Mail Line's Andes, Shaw Savill's Southern Cross, Union-Castle's RMS Pendennis Castle, and P&O's Canberra. Harland and Wolff's official history, Shipbuilders to the World, was published in 1986.
As of 2011, the expanding offshore wind power industry has been the prime focus, and 75% of the company's work is based on offshore renewable energy
Queens Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KWR - A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8“2.4 metres (6“8 feet) tall.
The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood (or bonnet), which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Until the early 20th century, pendulum clocks were the world's most accurate timekeeping technology, and longcase clocks, due to their superior accuracy, served as time standards for households and businesses. Today they are kept mainly for their decorative and antique value.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEF9X - Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university's 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.
Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
Lanyon took as his source the medieval great halls of
England and the Oxbridge colleges, following the strict precedents of
the raised dais, oriel window, fireplace for the top table, and a
screened passage at the opposite end. These plans fell victim to the
original budget cuts
Lanyon's planned gallery was never built and
the panelling remained modest, the latter not helped by later
redecorations. All of this changed in 2000 with the restoration of the
Great Hall by Consarc Conservation, architects. The floor and dais
were replaced and the oriel window unblocked. New pitch pine
panelling and a screened passage with a gallery above, the
replacement of the missing end trusses, and the comprehensive
redecoration and installation of a new lighting system, have all
combined to create a warm, powerful and theatrical space at the
heart of the University. More recently, the restored organ from
Christchurch (where Sir Charles and Lady Lanyon used to worship)
has been installed in the gallery.
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEFA9 - Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university's 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.
Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
Lanyon took as his source the medieval great halls of
England and the Oxbridge colleges, following the strict precedents of
the raised dais, oriel window, fireplace for the top table, and a
screened passage at the opposite end. These plans fell victim to the
original budget cuts
Lanyon's planned gallery was never built and
the panelling remained modest, the latter not helped by later
redecorations. All of this changed in 2000 with the restoration of the
Great Hall by Consarc Conservation, architects. The floor and dais
were replaced and the oriel window unblocked. New pitch pine
panelling and a screened passage with a gallery above, the
replacement of the missing end trusses, and the comprehensive
redecoration and installation of a new lighting system, have all
combined to create a warm, powerful and theatrical space at the
heart of the University. More recently, the restored organ from
Christchurch (where Sir Charles and Lady Lanyon used to worship)
has been installed in the gallery.
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEFAN - Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
The university forms the focal point of the Queen's Quarter area of the city, one of Belfast's four cultural districts. It offers academic degrees at various levels and across a broad subject range, with over 300 degree programmes available. Since 1 March 2014, Patrick Johnston has been the university's 12th President and Vice-Chancellor. Its Chancellor is Thomas Moran.
Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK. The university is associated with two Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate.
Lanyon took as his source the medieval great halls of
England and the Oxbridge colleges, following the strict precedents of
the raised dais, oriel window, fireplace for the top table, and a
screened passage at the opposite end. These plans fell victim to the
original budget cuts
Lanyon's planned gallery was never built and
the panelling remained modest, the latter not helped by later
redecorations. All of this changed in 2000 with the restoration of the
Great Hall by Consarc Conservation, architects. The floor and dais
were replaced and the oriel window unblocked. New pitch pine
panelling and a screened passage with a gallery above, the
replacement of the missing end trusses, and the comprehensive
redecoration and installation of a new lighting system, have all
combined to create a warm, powerful and theatrical space at the
heart of the University. More recently, the restored organ from
Christchurch (where Sir Charles and Lady Lanyon used to worship)
has been installed in the gallery.
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEG4B - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18E9 - Church House in Belfast, Northern Ireland is the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Although there was a decision taken to move to a new location the General Assembly, in 2005, voted to overturn the decision. Since the refurbishment, in 1992, Church House is now open for functions as a commercial conference centre.
The building is located near the centre of Belfast at the junction of Fisherwick Place, Great Victoria Street, Howard Street and Grosvenor Road. It was built in 1905, in the Gothic style, and opened by the Duke of Argyll. Church House is dominated by a 40m high clock tower, which contains Belfast's only peal of 12 bells.
Church House is home to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The Assembly Hall is oval shaped with gallery, it can seat 1,300 people. The hall is illuminated by a glass skylight, which is now illuminated artificially.
Great Victoria Street,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MC0 - . This location-specific image from Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Graffiti near Belfast Garfield St,City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes archival record, contemporary mural, public realm, street-level design, changing streetscape, creative placemaking, regional identity, local character, before-and-after reference, visual archive, documentary photography, historical comparison, period detail, and street creativity. From a 2025-onward perspective, tourism and gentrification are closely linked to this subject, alongside how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, details that may look very different after changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects social history, public art, stencil art, changing land use, local history, visual street culture, temporary artwork, and urban graphics. Details involving Northern, Centre, Belfast, Graffiti, and Garfield make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of tourism and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture in a form that can be compared with future views of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. The view records part of the area's social history for later comparison.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,Department,Bannons Shop,Store,Department store,celebrate,125,years,coke,coca,cola,road,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,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MC3 - . This location-specific image from 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL in 2011 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows Bannons Dept Store, Belfast 75 North St, City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. The subject also carries associations with commercial streetscape, local history, documentary photography, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, place identity, specialist retailer, changing land use, regional identity, local enterprise, retail property, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, online shopping and independent business are closely linked to this subject, alongside how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after new ownership. The subject also sits alongside local trading, local character, public realm, shopfront economy, visual archive, commercial frontage, period detail, and community identity. Details involving Store, Centre, Ireland, Belfast, and Bannons make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres when considered against later change at 75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL.
75 North street, Belfast, UK, BT1 1NL
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,party,It,hasnt,Gone,away,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,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MC7 - . An identifiable period record of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Sectarianism in Belfast sign, Cathedral quarter,City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include place identity, regional identity, contemporary social history, public realm, historic glazing, ecclesiastical decoration, historical comparison, sacred space, archival record, church conservation, ecclesiastical art, heritage worship space, documentary photography, and sacred architecture. Current relevance extends to accessibility and energy costs, particularly through how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes faith heritage, changing streetscape, changing land use, Christian iconography, local history, religious heritage, cathedral interior, and before-and-after reference. References to Ireland, Centre, Sectarianism, quarter, and Belfast give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes accessibility and how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage as part of the longer story of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. The frame retains period character for later comparison. The scene captures a trace of local identity within the wider story of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,boarded,up,panorama,eyesore,eye,sore,dilapidation,decrepitude,shabby,ruin,decayed,run,down,rundown,decay,collapse,building,boarded,up,boarded,Belfast Street Art,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,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MD1 - . This scene at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The photograph centres on Belfast Graffiti near Garfield St City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. The surrounding context encompasses local history, visual street culture, urban graphics, public art, street creativity, documentary photography, mural culture, urban artwork, changing streetscape, period detail, social history, local character, historical comparison, and archival record. For current editorial use, temporary works and creative districts provide additional context, especially through how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The subject also sits alongside changing land use, visual archive, public realm, community identity, place identity, regional identity, public-realm art, and community art. The combination of Northern, Graffiti, Belfast, Centre, and Garfield anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of temporary works and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture as part of the longer story of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. A further contemporary connection is local identity and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art when considered against later change at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,Cap,man,eyesore,eye,sore,dilapidation,decrepitude,shabby,ruin,decayed,run,down,rundown,decay,collapse,building,boarded,up,boarded,Belfast Street Art,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,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MD4 - . Made at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The subject captured here is Andy Capp graffiti,Belfast Garfield St City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. Further facets of the scene include graffiti heritage, public realm, changing land use, street-level design, before-and-after reference, urban graphics, contemporary mural, community identity, temporary artwork, visual archive, public-realm art, public art, place identity, and street creativity. Current relevance extends to tourism and regeneration, particularly through how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. As a dated visual record of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with social history, local character, archival record, contemporary social history, visual street culture, changing streetscape, local history, and community art. References to Ireland, Northern, Belfast, Garfield, and graffiti give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to tourism and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture within the specific setting of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. The frame retains period character before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,eye,sore,shabby,ruin,run,down,rundown,decay,collapse,building,boarded,up,boarded,Belfast Street Art,oohyea,ohh,yea,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,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MD7 - . This authentic period view of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents ESAK Graffiti Belfast Garfield St City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. The image also relates to local history, temporary artwork, visual archive, visual street culture, contemporary mural, mural culture, community identity, public-realm art, everyday life, historical comparison, public art, urban artwork, changing streetscape, and social history. For current editorial use, gentrification and temporary works provide additional context, especially through the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, details that may look very different after conservation work. Further associations within the scene are archival record, contemporary social history, street-level design, public realm, period detail, urban graphics, before-and-after reference, and creative placemaking. The recorded references to Centre, Garfield, Belfast, Graffiti, and Northern preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is gentrification and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. The record includes details of everyday use before later change alters the scene. The frame retains evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
