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Holywood Golf Club, founded in 1904 is where 2011 US Open, 2012 US PGA, The Open 2014, and 2014 US PGA champion Rory McIlroy learned his golf, and he still calls it his home course. Nearby Craigavad is the home of the Royal Belfast Golf Club, the oldest in Ireland, dating from 1881. The club's present course was designed by architect Harry Colt ...
Castlereagh (from Irish An Caisleán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey castle') [ 1] is a townland and former hamlet in the civil parish of Knockbreda, barony of Castlereagh Lower, in County Down, Northern Ireland. [ 1] It is southeast of Belfast and now at the fringe of the city's suburbs. The townland has an area of 415 acres (168 ha).
Quartered arms of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, KG. Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, [1] derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh [a] (UK: / ˈ k ɑː s əl r eɪ / KAH-səl-ray) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was a British statesman and politician.
Castlereagh (/ ˈ k ɑː s əl r eɪ / KAH-səl-ray) was a local government district with the status of borough in Northern Ireland. It merged with Lisburn City Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council , with a small amount being transferred to Belfast City Council.
a British Army sniffer dog was killed and its handler slightly injured in a bomb explosion on the Belfast-Dublin railway line, near Central Station in Belfast. [173] 15 July 1992: the IRA bombed the Balmoral Golf Club in south Belfast with two incendiary bombs, [167] causing extensive damage. [174]
There are approximately 8,500 listed buildings in Northern Ireland, representing 2% of the total building stock. [4] Of these, around 580 are listed at Grade B+. County Down covers 2,448 square kilometres (945 sq mi), and has a population of around 516,000. The County has 164 Grade B+ listed buildings.
Carryduff. / 54.509; -5.872. Carryduff (from Irish Ceathrú Aodha Dhuibh, meaning 'Black Hugh's quarter') [ 1][ 2][ 3] is a small town and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Belfast city centre. It had a population of 7,173 people in the 2021 census. [ 4]
area of Belfast. Coordinates: 54°35′03″N 5°53′56″W. / 54.58417°N 5.89889°W / 54.58417; -5.89889. Cregagh Estate in Southeast Belfast. Cregagh (from Irish an Chreagaigh 'the rocky place') is an area in the southeast of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the name of a townland and has been adopted as the name of an electoral ...