Blackstaff (novel)
Blackstaff may refer to: *An electoral ward of Belfast in Northern Ireland. * Blackstaff River, a watercourse in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. * Blackstaff Press, a publishing company in Northern Ireland. * Blackstaff Halt railway station, a defunct railway station in the Republic of Ireland. *A title and name given to characters who own the eponymous staff and Blackstaff Tower in the fictional Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a ...

Balmoral (District Electoral Area)
Balmoral (from the gle, Baile Mhoireil) is the most southern of ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belvoir; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Windsor; and Upper Malone. Balmoral, along with neighbouring Botanic, forms the greater part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district is bounded to the west and south west by the M1 motorway (Northern Ireland), M1 Motorway, to east and south east by the River Lagan, to the east and north east by the Malone Road and to the north by Belfast City Hospital, Queen's University Belfast and Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital. The Lisburn Road is the main arterial route through the centre of the district, which also contains a number of public facilities including: the King's Hall, Belfast, King's Hall conference and exhibition centre, the Musgrave Park Hosp ...
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Blackstaff River
The Blackstaff River is a watercourse in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It rises on the eastern slope of the Black Mountain before flowing down into the Bog Meadows and passing under the city of Belfast, where it enters the River Lagan. Much of its course has been culverted and built upon since the 19th century, making it largely invisible today. Its tributaries include the Forth or Clowney River, which meets it beneath the Broadway Roundabout in West Belfast. History The Blackstaff's name probably references a primitive crossing formed from blackened beams of oak. It was known in Irish as the ''Abhain Bheara'' or Owenvarra, meaning "river of the staff". In earlier times the Blackstaff flowed into the Lagan immediately above the present-day Queen's Bridge at what is now Victoria Square, and formed a wide, muddy estuary that extended as far up as Sandy Row. Here, it was spanned by a stone crossing called the Saltwater Bridge, which stood where the Boyne Bridge stands today ...
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Blackstaff Press
The Blackstaff Press is a publishing company in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1971, it publishes printed books on a range of subjects (mainly, but not exclusively, of Irish interest) and, since 2011, has also published e-books. It receives financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Irish: ''Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann'', Ulster-Scots: ''Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan'') is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, as a successor to .... The Blackstaff Press was acquired by the Baird Group in 1995; it was sold to Colourpoint Creative Limited in 2017. References External linksOfficial website{{Authority control 1971 establishments in Northern Ireland Book publishing companies of Northern Ireland Companies based in Newtownards Publishing companies established in 1971 ...
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Blackstaff Halt Railway Station
Blackstaff Halt railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), Great Northern Railway in the Republic of Ireland. The Great Northern Railway opened the station on 15 August 1927. It closed on 14 October 1957. Routes References

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