Belfast County Borough
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- Names
Belfast
Belfast County Borough
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on River Lagan; grew around 12th-cen. castle, destroyed 1315; controlled by O'Neil, Earls of Tryone 13th-17th cen.; center of linen industry by 17th cen.; violence between Catholics & Protestants since 1969 has decreased population & industry.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Blue Guide: Ireland (1979); Columbia Encyclopedia (1975); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Times Atlas of the World (1994);
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