Queen's Island

Queen's Island, formerly known as Dargan's Island, is a townland of 229 acres (93 ha) situated in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located within the historic civil parish of Knockbreda, the barony of Castlereagh Upper in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Unlike most traditional Irish townlands, which have ancient Gaelic agrarian origins, Queen's Island was named after Queen Victoria following her royal visit. Queen's Island is entirely artificial, having been reclaimed land from the mudflats of the River Lagan during the industrialization of Belfast Harbour in the 1840s. This was why it was originally named after the civil engineer behind it, William Dargan. Today, the townland forms the geographic core of Belfast's maritime heritage district, known as the Titanic Quarter.