Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Ardoyne
Also known as: Ard Eoin
Ardoyne in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Albert Bridge — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ardoyne is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ardoyne (from Irish Ard Eoin 'Eoin's height') is a working class and mainly Catholic and Irish republican district in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Ardoyne gained notoriety due to the large number of incidents during The Troubles.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The village of Ardoyne was founded in 1815 when businessman Michael Andrews moved his damask factory from Little York Street. In addition to the factory he built a large house for himself and thirty houses for employees to live in. More mills were built around the growing village and by 1850 there were three additional mills in the area, providing jobs and houses for a growing population. The house in which Andrews lived in is no longer there. It is now the site of the Crumlin Star Social Club, located in Balholm Drive at the top of Ardoyne.
Visiting
Ardoyne is the setting in which Anna Burns' novels No Bones and Milkman take place. In these novels, she describes a girl growing up in Ardoyne during the Troubles. The observational documentary Young Plato is set in a primary school in Ardoyne. The film charts the goals of the headmaster of the Holy Cross Boys School.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6144, -5.9569
- District
- Belfast
- Postcode
- BT14 7AP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Belfast North
Sources
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ardoyne?
- Ardoyne is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT14 7AP).
- Is Ardoyne free to visit?
- Yes, Ardoyne is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ardoyne?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT14 7AP. It sits within the Belfast North parliamentary constituency.