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P Linen Hall Library the oldest part of the city. They VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
17 Donegall Square North. Tel 028 feature some of the oldest pubs
9032 1707. Open Mon–Sat. - in the city, including White’s Practical Information
∑ linenhall.com Tavern (see p331). McCracken’s in Road map D2. Co Antrim. *
Founded as the Belfast Society Joy’s Entry and the Morning Star 500,000. n 9 Donegall Square
for Promoting Knowledge in on Pottinger’s Entry both serve North (028 9024 6609). ∑ visit-
1788, Belfast’s oldest library has excellent lunches. In 1791, the belfast.com _ Balmoral Show
thousands of rare, old books and United Irishmen, a radical (May) & Belfast City Carnival (Jun).
is Ireland’s last subscribing library. movement inspired by the Transport
It is renowned for its unparalleled new ideas of the French k George Best City Airport, 6.5
km (4 miles) E; Belfast Inter ­
Belfast International Airport
29 km (18 miles) national, 29 km (18 miles) NW.
Cave Hill £ Central Station, East Bridge St
UPPER LIBRARY ST BROUGHAM ST LARNE (028 9066 6630); Great Victoria St
Station (028 9066 6630).
M IL L F I E L D NORTH STREET D O N E GA LL S TREE T Y O R K S T R E E T M3 @ Europa Bus Centre, Great
NELSON STREET
Victoria St; Lagan side Bus Centre,
Smithfield
Oxford St (028 9066 6630).
Market
ROYAL AVENUE
COLLEGE SQ E C A S TLE ST R E E T Cathedral E X C H A NGE STREET C O R P O R A T I O N S T R E E T P Crown Liquor Saloon
FRANCIS ST
St Anne's
Grand Opera WA RI NG ST M 3
House Great Victoria St. Tel 028 9024 3187.
Great Victoria Linen Hall
GROSVENOR RD
Station Europa Library H I G H S T Albert Memorial Open daily. ∑ nationaltrust.gov.uk
DONEGALL QUAY
Bus Centre Entries Clock Tower Lagan Titanic Even teetotallers should make
The
SANDY ROW Crown Liquor BEDFORD ST Belfast CHICHESTER ST ANN S T Laganside Bridge W5 Belfast a detour to the tiled façade of
Saloon
City Hall
this Victorian drinking palace.
Bus Centre
ARMAGH GREAT VICTORIA ST MAY STREET V I C TO RI A ST Elizabeth The Crown, which dates back
ALFRED ST
Queen
DUBLIN RO A D
SHAFTESBURY DON EG ALL PA SS O RM EA U AV E CROMAC ST O X FOR D S T R EET Queen's Bridge M 3 S Y D E N H A M R OA D Q UEENS ROAD to the 1880s, is the most famous
St George's
SQUARE
BOTANIC AVENUE
Bridge
pub in Belfast; today, it is a
STRANMILLIS ROAD UNI V E RS I TY R OA D Station Central Albert Bridge Revolution, was founded in a landmark. The lovingly restored
Market
Grade A building and treasured
Botanic
George Best
B R ID GE E ND
Belfast City Airport
interior features stained glass,
5 km (3 miles)
Waterfront
Queen's
LAGANBANK RD

Hall
Film Theatre
S H O R T S TRAND
marbling, mosaics and a
Queen's
ORMEAU R O A D
EA S T BRI DGE ST
splendid ceiling with scrolled
University
Station
Ulster
plasterwork. The wooden snugs
Museum
Botanic
facing the bar have their original
Gardens
U NIV E R SI TY S TR EET
tavern on Crown Entry. Its most
Stormont
gas lamps: the perfect place for
L a g a n
Tone (see pp44–5).
Strangford Lough mussels.
A GI N C O U R T AV E N UE
STRANMILLIS EMB ANKME NT Giant's Ring ORMEAU EMBAN KMENT NEWTONARDS famous member was Wolfe a pint of Guinness and some
Irish and Local Studies Collection,
ranging from comprehensive
holdings of printed books to the
250,000 items in the Northern
Ireland Political Collection, the
defini tive archive of the recent
troubles. There is also a vast
database of genea logical infor­
mation as well as regular exhibi­
tions. Above the library door
you will see the Red Hand of
Ulster, the emblem of the pro­
vince. It is the subject of a gory
legend about two Celtic heroes
racing to see who would touch
the land of Ulster first. In his
determi nation to win, one cut
off his own hand and threw it to
the shore.
P The Entries
The Entries are a series of narrow
alleys just off High Street, dating
from at least 1630 and marking The ornate Victorian interior of the Crown Liquor Saloon
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