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Falls Road, Belfast

Index Falls Road, Belfast

The Falls Road is the main road through west Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast city centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs. [1]

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A. J. Potter

Archibald James (Archie) Potter (22 September 1918 – 5 July 1980) was an Irish composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.

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Alec Reid

Father Alec Reid, C.Ss.R. (5 August 1931 – 22 November 2013) was an Irish Catholic priest noted for his facilitator role in the Northern Ireland peace process, a role BBC journalist Peter Taylor subsequently described as "absolutely critical" to its success.

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Alton United F.C.

Alton United F.C. is a defunct Irish football club who were based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and played in the Falls District League.

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An Ceathrú Póilí

An Ceathrú Póilí (The Fourth Policeman; founded 1983) is an independent bookstore based in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road in Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter.

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Andersonstown

Andersonstown is a suburb in west Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Bap Kennedy

Martin Christopher Kennedy (17 June 1962 – 1 November 2016), known as Bap Kennedy, was a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Battle of Lenadoon

The Battle of Lenadoon was a series of gun battles fought over six days between the Provisional IRA and the British Army, having started on Thursday, 9 July 1972 in and around the Lenadoon Avenue area and spreading to other places in Belfast.

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Bayardo Bar attack

The Bayardo Bar attack took place on 13 August 1975 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Behind the Barricades

Behind the Barricades is the sixth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Belfast Area D

Area D was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985.

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Belfast Blitz

The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World War II, causing high casualties.

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Belfast Brigade

"Belfast Brigade" is an Irish folk song, to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic".

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Belfast City Cemetery

Belfast City Cemetery (Reilig Chathair Bhéal Feirste) is a cemetery in west Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Belfast City Hall flag protests

On 3 December 2012, Belfast City Council voted to limit the days that the Union Flag (the flag of the United Kingdom) flies from Belfast City Hall.

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Belfast Corporation Tramways

Belfast Corporation Tramways formerly served the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Belfast Falls

Belfast Falls may refer to.

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Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Falls was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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Belfast Labour Party

The Belfast Labour Party was a political party in Belfast, Ireland from 1892 until 1924.

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Belfast Marathon

The Belfast Marathon is a marathon run every year in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Belfast quarters

The Belfast quarters are distinctive cultural zones within the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, whose identities have been developed as a spur to tourism and urban regeneration.

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Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast West is a parliamentary constituency (seat) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Bernard Fox (Irish republican)

Bernard Fox (born c. 1951) is a former member of the Army Council of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

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Billy Hutchinson

Billy "Hutchie" Hutchinson (born 1955) is the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party in Northern Ireland.

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Billy McMillen

Liam "Billy" McMillen (19 May 1927 – 28 April 1975) was an Irish republican activist and an officer of the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Black Watch

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

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Bloody Sunday (1921)

Bloody Sunday or Belfast's Bloody Sunday was a day of violence in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 10 July 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.

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Brendan Hughes

Brendan Hughes (16 October 1948 – 16 February 2008), also known as "The Dark", and "Darkie" was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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Brendan Murphy (Carlow footballer)

Brendan Murphy (born 26 March 1989) (Breandán Ó Murchú.) is an Irish sportsman from Rathvilly, County Carlow.

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Brendan Smyth

Brendan Smyth O.Praem (8 June 1927 – 22 August 1997) was a Roman Catholic priest from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who became notorious as a child molester, using his position in the Roman Catholic Church to obtain access to his victims.

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Brian Kennedy (singer)

Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy (born 12 October 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter and author from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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BT postcode area

The BT postcode area, also known as the Belfast postcode area,Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004) covers all of Northern Ireland and was the last part of the United Kingdom to be coded, between 1970 and 1974.

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Burning of the Burning Embers pub

The Burning of the Burning Embers pub was an early military operation carried out by the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade (PIRA).

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Charlie Tully

Charles Patrick "Charlie" Tully (11 July 1924 - 27 July 1971) was a footballer with Celtic Football Club.

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Chris Steele-Perkins

Christopher Horace Steele-Perkins (born 28 July 1947) is a British photographer and member of Magnum Photos, best known for his depiction of Africa, Afghanistan, England, and Japan.

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Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79)

This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1970 to 1979.

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Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990–99)

This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), from 1990 to 1999.

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Ciaran Carson

Ciaran Gerard Carson (born 9 October 1948) is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.

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Clonard Monastery

Clonard Monastery is a Roman Catholic church and monastery, located off the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Coláiste Feirste

Coláiste Feirste is the only secondary-level Irish-medium school in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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CS gas

The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of a tear gas commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent.

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Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich

Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich (An Chultúrlann) is an Irish language cultural centre in The Gaeltacht Quarter and is located on the Falls Road, Belfast.

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Culture of Belfast

The culture of Belfast, much like the city, is a microcosm of the culture of Northern Ireland.

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D-Day (poem)

"D-Day" is an 18-line Irish language poem by Pól Ó Muirí.

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Dean Parker

Dean Parker is a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, journalist and political commentator based in Auckland.

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Divis Tower

Divis Tower is a 20-floor, tall tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Donegall Road

The Donegall Road is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare that runs from Shaftesbury Square on the "Golden Mile" to the Falls Road in west Belfast.

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Electoral wards of Belfast

The electoral wards of Belfast are subdivisions of the city, used primarily for statistics and elections.

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Eliza and Isabella Riddel

Eliza (1831–1924) and Isabella Riddel (1836–1918) were sisters who are best known for Riddel Hall in Stranmillis, Belfast, Northern Ireland, which they established in 1913 as a university hall of residence for women.

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Ernie Elliott

Ernest "Ernie" Elliott (1943/1944 – 6 December 1972), nicknamed "Duke", was a Northern Irish loyalist activist and a leading member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during its early days.

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Falls

Falls may refer to.

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Falls Curfew

The Falls Curfew, also called the Battle of the Falls (or Lower Falls), was a British Army operation during 3–5 July 1970 in the Falls district of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Falls Road

Falls Road may refer to.

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Falls Road, Belfast

The Falls Road is the main road through west Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast city centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs.

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Féile an Phobail

Féile an Phobail (The Community's Festival), also known as the West Belfast Festival is a community arts organisation known for its August Féile (Festival).

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Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954

The Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (1954 c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, passed in 1954.

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Football Association of Ireland

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI; Cumann Peile na hÉireann) is the governing body for association football in the Republic of Ireland.

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Frederick H. Crawford

Colonel Frederick Hugh Crawford, CBE, JP (21 August 1861 – 5 November 1952) was an officer in the British Army.

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Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish-language word for any primarily Irish-speaking region.

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Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast

The Gaeltacht Quarter (An Cheathrú Ghaeltachta) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an area surrounding the Falls Road in the west of the city.

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Gary Smyth (loyalist)

Gary Smyth (sometimes written as Gary Smith or Garry Smyth) is a Northern Irish former loyalist paramilitary.

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Gerry Adams

Gerard Adams (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the Leader of the Sinn Féin political party between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.

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Gerry Conlon

Gerard "Gerry" Conlon (1 March 1954 – 21 June 2014) was one of the Guildford Four who spent 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of being a Provisional IRA bomber.

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Gerry Fitt

Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt (9 April 1926 – 26 August 2005) was a politician in Northern Ireland.

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Gerry Kelly

Gerard "Gerry" Kelly (born 5 April 1953) is an Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who played a leading role in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998.

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Gerry McCormac

Gerry McCormac, FRSE, FSA, FRSA, FHEA (born 1 August 1958) is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling.

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Gusty Spence

Augustus Andrew "Gusty" Spence (28 June 1933. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 5 April 2011. – 25 September 2011) was a leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and a leading loyalist politician in Northern Ireland.

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Harry's Game

Harry's Game is a British television drama mini-series made by Yorkshire Television for ITV in 1982, closely based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Gerald Seymour.

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History of Belfast

The history of Belfast as a settlement goes back to the Iron Age, but its status as a major urban centre dates to the 18th century.

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History of the British Army

The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars.

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Hugh McAteer

Hugh McAteer (Aodh Mac an tSaoir; 1917 – June 1972) was a volunteer in, and leader of, the Irish Republican Army during their Northern Campaign, and later in 1950 and 1964 unsuccessfully contested for a seat in the British Pariament.

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Hugh Torney (Irish republican)

Hugh Torney, (c.1954 – 3 September 1996) was an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) paramilitary leader best known for his activities on behalf of the INLA and Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) in a feud with the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO), a grouping composed of disgruntled former INLA members, in the mid-1980s.

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Interface area

Interface area is the name given in Northern Ireland to areas where segregated nationalist and unionist residential areas meet.

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Ireland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" by Brian Kennedy.

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Irish Republican History Museum

The Eileen Hickey Irish Republican History Museum (Iarsmalann na Staire Poblachtach Éireannach), is a museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Irish Republican Socialist Party

The Irish Republican Socialist Party or IRSP (Páirtí Poblachtach Sóisialach na hÉireann) is a republican socialist party active in Ireland.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence (Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland.

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James Joseph Magennis

James Joseph Magennis VC (spelling originally McGinnes) (27 October 1919 – 12 February 1986) was a Belfast-born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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James Millar (loyalist)

James Millar (born 6 July 1966) – commonly known as "Sham" – is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary.

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James Watt (loyalist)

James Watt also known as Tonto (born 21 September 1952)Dillon, Martin (1999).

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James Young (comedian)

James Alexander Young (23 June 1918 – 5 July 1974), better known as Jimmy Young or simply Our Jimmy, was an actor and comedian born in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland and brought up in Belfast.

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Jim McDonald (Northern Ireland)

Jim McDonald CBE, LVO, KCSG, GCHS, JP, DL was a Northern Irish Catholic Unionist.

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Jim Spence (loyalist)

Jim Spence (born c. 1960Lister & Jordan, p. 95) is a Northern Irish former loyalist activist.

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Jim Sullivan (Irish republican)

Jim Sullivan (died 16 September 1992) was a leading member of the Official Irish Republican Army from the lower Falls area of Belfast.

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Joe Graham

Anthony Joseph "Joe" Graham (born 30 January 1944), is a Belfast-based Irish writer and historian.

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Joe McCann

Joe McCann (2 November 1947 – 15 April 1972) was an Irish Republican Army and later Official Irish Republican Army volunteer from Belfast.

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Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)

Joseph (Joe) McDonnell (14 September 1950 – 8 July 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

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John Fegan (actor)

John Joseph Fegan (19 July 1908 – 9 April 1981) was an Irish Australian film and television actor.

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John Lowry (Irish politician)

For the 19th-century baseball player, see John Lowry (baseball), for the film restorer see John D. Lowry. John Terence Lowry is the General Secretary of the Workers' Party in Ireland.

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John McKeague

John Dunlop McKeagueWD Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968–1993, The Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222 (1930 – 29 January 1982) was a prominent Ulster loyalist and one of the founding members of the paramilitary group the Red Hand Commando in 1970.

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John McNally (boxer)

John McNally (born 3 November 1932) is a retired Irish boxer who won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division.

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Joseph Devlin

Joseph Devlin (13 February 1871 – 18 January 1934) was an Irish journalist and influential nationalist politician.

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Joseph Fenton

Joseph "Joe" Fenton (c. 1953 – 26 February 1989) was an estate agent from Belfast, Northern Ireland, killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) for acting as an informer for RUC Special Branch.

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Katie Melua

Ketevan "Katie" Melua (ქეთევან „ქეთი“ მელუა;; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian-British singer, songwriter and musician.

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Labour Party (Ireland)

The Labour Party (Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland.

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Leila Khaled

Leila Khaled (ليلى خالد) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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Lenny Murphy

Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy, best known as Lenny Murphy (2 March 1952 – 16 November 1982), was an Ulster loyalist gang leader believed responsible for ordering the Shankill Butchers murders, most of which occurred while he was in jail.

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Liam Boyce

Liam Boyce (born 8 April 1991) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Burton Albion.

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Lindsay Mason

Robert Lindsay Mason (April 1942 – 25 August 2006), known as Lindsay Mason, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

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Lisburn

Lisburn (or; meaning "fort of the stream", probably) is a city in Northern Ireland.

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List of Carnegie libraries in Europe

This is an incomplete list of Carnegie libraries in Europe.

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List of parks and gardens in Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland has over forty public parks.

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List of tourist attractions in Ireland

The following list cites some of the most popular tourist attractions on the island of Ireland.

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Little Armalite

"Little Armalite", also known as "My Little Armalite" or "Me Little Armalite" is an Irish Republican song that praises Armalite rifles that were used by republican paramilitaries against British security forces in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

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Louise de Marillac

Louise de Marillac, also Louise Le Gras (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity.

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Lower Falls (District Electoral Area)

Lower Falls was one of the nine district electoral areas which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014.

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Loyalist Association of Workers

The Loyalist Association of Workers (LAW) was a militant unionist organisation in Northern Ireland that sought to mobilise trade union members in support of the loyalist cause.

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Martin McCann (actor)

Martin "Marty" McCann (born 20 July 1983) is an actor from Northern Ireland.

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Martin McGartland

Martin McGartland (born 30 January 1970, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former British informer who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch.

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Martyn Turner

Martyn Turner (born 1948) is an English political cartoonist, caricaturist and writer.

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Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)

Michael Gaughan (5 October 1949 – 3 June 1974) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker who died in 1974 in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, England.

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Michael McLaverty

Michael McLaverty (1904 – 1992) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories.

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Mickey Hamill

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Mickey Marley

Mickey Marley (died 28 April 2005) was a street entertainer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Mike Nesbitt

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Milltown Cemetery

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Milltown Cemetery attack

The Milltown Cemetery attack (also known as the Milltown Cemetery killings or Milltown Massacre) took place on 16 March 1988 at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Murals in Northern Ireland

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Murder of Ann Ogilby

The murder of Ann Ogilby, also known as the "Romper Room murder", took place in Sandy Row, south Belfast, Northern Ireland on 24 July 1974.

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Murder of Jean McConville

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No Béarla

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Northern Campaign (Irish Republican Army)

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Official IRA Belfast Brigade

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Operation Banner

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P. J. Conlon

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Paddy Devlin

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Paddy Kennedy (politician)

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Pat Finucane

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Pat McGeown

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Patrick Kavanagh

Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist.

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Paul Maskey

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Pearse Jordan

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Peter Rollins

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Place names in Ireland

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Poleglass

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Proinsias MacAirt

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Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade

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Raidió Fáilte

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Ray Smallwoods

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Raymond McCord

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Richard O'Rawe

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Robert Porter (politician)

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Robert Seymour (loyalist)

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Rosamond Praeger

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Rosena Brown

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Roy Magee

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Royal Regiment of Wales

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Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

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Sandy Row

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Sarah Cullen

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Seamus Twomey

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Seán Mac Stíofáin

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Seán Savage

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Shankill Butchers

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Shankill Road

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Shaw's Road

Shaw's Road is a road in west Belfast, Northern Ireland,.

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Springfield Road

The Springfield Road is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare adjacent to the Falls Road in west Belfast.

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Springhill Massacre

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St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls

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St Finian's Primary School

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St Louise's Comprehensive College

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St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast

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St Mary's University College, Belfast

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St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast

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St Rose's High School

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St. James' Swifts F.C.

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Stevie Mann

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Subdivisions of Belfast

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The Dirty 9s

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The Falls (disambiguation)

The Falls is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway.

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The Troubles

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Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions

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Timeline of the Irish War of Independence

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Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process

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Timeline of Ulster Volunteer Force actions

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Tom Hartley

Tom Hartley (born 1945 or 1946) is a historian and Irish republican politician.

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Tom Williams (Irish republican)

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Transport in Belfast

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Trevor King

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Trolleybuses in Belfast

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UDA West Belfast Brigade

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Ulster Volunteer Force

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Ulster Workers' Council strike

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Upper Falls (District Electoral Area)

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Westlink (road)

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William J. Staunton

William J. Staunton (1928 – 25 January 1973) was a British resident magistrate killed by the IRA.

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William McCullough (loyalist)

William "Bucky" McCullough (1949 – 16 October 1981) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary with the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).

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Winifred Carney

Maria Winifred Carney, also known as Winnie Carney, (4 December 1887 – 21 November 1943) was a suffragist, trade unionist and Irish independence activist.

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Winkie Dodds

William "Winkie" Dodds (born 7 May 1959) is a Northern Irish loyalist activist.

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Young Citizen Volunteers (1972)

The Young Citizen Volunteers (YCV) is a Northern Irish loyalist group which is the youth movement attached to the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

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1907 Belfast Dock strike

The Belfast Dock strike or Belfast lockout took place in Belfast, Ireland from 26 April to 28 August 1907.

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1922–23 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 1922–23 was the second edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup.

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1969 Northern Ireland riots

During 12–17 August 1969, intense political and sectarian rioting took place in Northern Ireland.

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1971 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing

The Balmoral Furniture Company bombing was a paramilitary attack that took place on 11 December 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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1971 Newry killings

On 23 October 1971 undercover soldiers from the British Army shot dead three unarmed Catholic civilians in disputed circumstances in Newry.

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1997 Northern Ireland riots

From 6 to 11 July 1997 there were mass protests, fierce riots and gun battles in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Road,_Belfast

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