The beauty of Belfast

[thegillabbeygowl]

Never been.
Heading next month though.
Train seems like a disaster.
Driving might be the easier option.

 

[Bennyton]

And the 400k+ Paddys that live and work in the North have all fucked off for the bank holiday (to get away from the triumphalist sectarian hate fest) so no one is around to clean up their filth. Classic.

I'm in Malin Head, Donegal, for the week, the queue to get out of the North was mad.

The only solace was the dacent crab claws up here, and the fact that another ejit fell off the bonna.

 

[Bennyton]

It's sectarian as fuck lads.
You always have to watch where you are and who you're speaking to.
Not to mention the massive wall dividing the west part and the beautiful sectarian murals.
Also the Titanic experience is a load of shite and there is fuck all to do.

Total shit hole.
Avoid.

There's loads to do up north boy, the pubs are class, it has a vibrant music and arts scene, and the facilities for kids are way better than anything you'll see down south.

It also has the best shopping options on the island, and the food is class, needs more asian food to be honest, a lot of the asian stuff is pedigree chum.

That's just Belfast like, there are a fair few shitholes out there too, however.

Larne, Newtonards, Donaghadee, Colraine, Lisburn...

*shudders*

 

[jimmym]

Feile west belfast on in august, A lot better organised and no bonfires but sectarianism will be on disply in song,

 

[Bennyton]

Not my experience, stayed in Jurys Inn, got a cab with the courtesy phone in the lobby and the cab driver brought me onto the link road to bring us to the train station. Found out later that the cab company was in Sandy Row.

Most of the pubs and restaurants in the area were only ok imo.
The tourist activities such as black cabs( depressing reality for a large number of people who live in the area) and Titanic experience were pretty poor tbh.
Great spots on the north west coast but the city was like a small Dublin.
One thing in its favour is there were less junkies probably because they were driven out by the paramilitary that doesn't exist there any more.

If you've got kids, then W5 is unreal for them, I'd reccomend that alright.

It's a really good place to raise kids.

 

[Bennyton]

Must have been a few years ago , when they got the cheap booze. I thought Belfast was more expensive than Dublin, 7 euro a pint. In Westport recently, you can still get a pint for a fiver. Have to say I found the Mayo lads sound out. Well up for the craic.

Was in Westport last year for a stag, what a place man, absolutely stunning.

Never been.
Heading next month though.
Train seems like a disaster.
Driving might be the easier option.

Driving is the better option alright, I'm up and down from North Co.Down all the time, takes 4 hours door to door, which is still a ballache.

If you get a good day on the way up then stay here for an afternoon, it'll break up the spin a bit.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/tollymore-forest-park

It's a lovely spot, Newcastle, Seaforde Gardens, Dundrum and Murlough beach are class too.

Belfast is alright, but the North probably has better spots that you'd likely never see otherwise.

 

[Bennyton]

Feile west belfast on in august, A lot better organised and no bonfires but sectarianism will be on disply in song,

Plenty sectarianism at the Kneecap gig there last year, also cash only, because where's the money going?

I was kind of disgusted by it, to be honest, young fellas threw shit at Imelda May, primary school kids with vapes wandering around, loads of 1916 tops, etc.

Apeing the Unionists.

PSNI/RUC kept the wagon doors open, and were armed to the teeth , drove up and down the falls road all night, nasty intimidation tactics imo.

 

[King Silkbeard]

Dublin-Belfast rail services an 'important day' - Harris

The introduction of hourly train services between Dublin and Belfast is an important day for the all Ireland economy, the Taoiseach has said.

www.rte.ie

 

[King Silkbeard]

Seeing as St Patrick's Day is almost upon us let's not forget that before he came to this Island we had other visitors, the Dinosaurs and as this article reports the first & only Dinosaur fossils were discovered in NI.

Ireland’s Only Dinosaurs Discovered in Antrim

Scientists laud 200-million-year-old fossil find led by National Museums NI and confirmed by University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University Belfast.

www.nationalmuseumsni.org

 

[fed up]

Seeing as St Patrick's Day is almost upon us let's not forget that before he came to this Island we had other visitors, the Dinosaurs and as this article reports the first & only Dinosaur fossils were discovered in NI.

Ireland’s Only Dinosaurs Discovered in Antrim

Scientists laud 200-million-year-old fossil find led by National Museums NI and confirmed by University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University Belfast.

www.nationalmuseumsni.org

Those rocks could be from anywhere in the world if found on the sea bed.
Beaches have stones that have traveled from all over the globe over time.

Just saying like.....