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Ballymurphy Garden
Ballymurphy may refer to: Northern Ireland * Ballymurphy, Belfast, known for the Ballymurphy massacre * Ballymurphy, County Antrim * Ballymurphy, County Down * Ballymurphy, County Tyrone Republic of Ireland * Ballymurphy, County Carlow * Ballymurphy, County Clare {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymurphy, Belfast
The Springfield Road ( ga, Bóthar Chluanaí) is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare adjacent to the Falls Road in west Belfast. The local population is predominantly Irish nationalist and republican. Parts of the road form an interface area with the neighbouring Ulster loyalist areas of the Greater Shankill and it was the site of much activity during the Troubles. The Springfield Road includes the Ballymurphy and New Barnsley districts and is overlooked by Black Mountain and Divis. History Much of what now forms the housing estates of the Springfield Road was formerly rural land near the base of the mountains. The area around what became New Barnsley was known as Brown's Fields and was formerly used for grazing cattle. The area would later become industrialised with James Mackie & Sons establishing a textile factory on the road in the late nineteenth century. It became a leading employer and produced large quantities of munitions during the Second World War. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymurphy, County Carlow
Ballymurphy, historically ''Ballymurchoe'' (see archival records) (), is a village in County Carlow, on the R702 regional road. It lies on the western flank of the Blackstairs Mountains
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