Shankill July
Shankill may refer to various places in Ireland: ;Northern Ireland * Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) (1929–1972) * Belfast Shankill (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1922) * Shankill, County Antrim, a parish in County Antrim * Shankill, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh * Shankill, County Down, a parish situated partly in Counties Down and Armagh * Shankill, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh * Shankill Road, a road and electoral ward in West Belfast, passes through an area known as ''The Shankill'' ;Republic of Ireland * Shankill, County Roscommon, a civil parish in County Roscommon * Shankill, Dublin, a suburb of Dublin in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown ** Shankill railway station Shankill railway station () serves Shankill, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. History and facilities The current Shankill station opened on 10 June 1977. It was upgraded in 1983 to cater for the new electrified DART trains. The sta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Shankill was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries Belfast Shankill was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Shankill was created by the division of Belfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972 Northern Ireland Elections Politics In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belfast Shankill (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shankill, a division of the parliamentary borough of Belfast, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1922, on the electoral system of first past the post. History Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough of Belfast had been divided into four divisions: Belfast East, Belfast North, Belfast South and Belfast West. Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, it was increased to nine divisions. Shankill was created from Belfast North and was defined as: At the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin issued an election manifesto in which it called for the "establishment of a constituent assembly comprising persons chosen by Irish constituencies". After the election, Sinn Féin invited all those elected for Irish constistuencies to sit as members of Dáil Éireann, termed Teachta Dála (or TD, known in English as a Deputy). In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shankill, County Armagh
Shankill is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and townland (of 173 acres) in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic Barony (geographic), barony of Oneilland East, with one townland in the barony of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down. Settlements The civil parish contains the following settlements: *Lurgan Townlands Shankill civil parish contains the following townlands: *Aghnacloy *Ballyblagh *Clanrolla *Cornakinnegar *Demesne (Shankill), Demesne *Derry (Shankill), Derry *Dougher *Drumnamoe *Drumnykerne *Killaghy *Kilmore (Shankill), Kilmore *Knocknashane *Legaghory *Liscorran *Lurgan *Lurgantarry *Monbrief *Shankill *Taghnevan *Tannaghmore North *Tannaghmore South *Tirsogue *Toberhewny *Tullydagan *Tullygally *Tullyronnelly See also *List of civil parishes of County Armagh References {{County Armagh Civil parish of Shankill, County Armagh, category:Townlands of County Armagh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shankill Road
The Shankill Road () is one of the main roads leading through West Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It runs through the working-class, predominantly loyalist, area known as the Shankill. The road stretches westwards for about from central Belfast and is lined, to an extent, by shops. The residents live in the many streets which branch off the main road. The area along the Shankill Road forms part of the Court district electoral area. In Ulster-Scots it is known as either ''Auld Kirk Gate'' ("Old Church Way"), or as ''Auld Kirk Raa'' ("Old Church Road"). In Irish, it is known as "" ("the road of the old church"). History The first Shankill residents lived at the bottom of what is now known as Glencairn: a small settlement of ancient people inhabited a ring fort, built where the Ballygomartin and Forth rivers meet. A settlement around the point at which the Shankill Road becomes the Woodvale Road, at the junction with Cambrai Street, was known as Shankill from the Irish ''Seanchi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shankill, Dublin
Shankill () is an outlying suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated in the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Located in the southeast of the historic County Dublin, close to the border with County Wicklow, it has a population of 14,257 (2016 census). It runs from the coast, between Loughlinstown and Bray, inland towards the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. Shankill borders Rathmichael, as well as Loughlinstown, Killiney, Ballybrack and Bray in County Wicklow. It is part of the Civil Parish of Rathmichael and contains the formerly separate district of Shanganagh, and in its southern parts, the locality of Crinken. Etymology The name Shankill is believed to derive either from the Irish ''Sean-Chill'', meaning ''Old Church'', or ''Sean-Choill'', meaning ''Old Wood''. Geography The townland of Shankill was originally located on lands further northwest at Puck's Castle but today the area of Shankill is usually understood to lie towards the coast, while the inland ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |