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Tag Archives: City Hall
Guest Post: ‘A New Corner’ by Claire Savage
Royal Avenue hums with activity the further along she goes, pedestrians filtering in from side streets; dropping out of shop doorways and sliding into the throng from the Metros. The buses cut a path past Castlecourt, Tesco, McDonalds, like pink … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Boots, Castlecourt, City Hall, Claire Savage, coffee, fiction, Literature, McDonald's, Royal Avenue, Russia, short story, Street music, Tesco, Vernacularisms, writing
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Guest Post: ‘Mr Gabor’s Day Out,’ by Michael Costello.
Mr Gabor had a problem. Standing in front of him was a pretty young girl waving her arms and speaking very slowly. She appeared to be saying the word ‘DOWN!’ quite loudly, as if she assumed he was hard of … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, busking, Chase Fetele, City Hall, Țăranul Fericit, fiction, horn violin, immigration, Recea, Romania, Romanians, short story, Vernacularisms, Vine Noaptea, violin
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Guest Post: ‘The Days I Remember,’ By Larry Mac.
I went to school away up the back of the Shore Road. St Aloysius. Near Bearnageegha. I think Barny was a better school. Everybody knew it was. But sure, a school is a school no matter what type of education … Continue reading
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Tagged Bearnageegha, Belfast, City Hall, fighting, friends, gangs, Harper Street, New Lodge, orphanage, Ravenhill Road, school bus, schooldays, Shore Road, Short Strand, Smoking, St Aloysius
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Guest Post: ‘The Square’ by Mike McGuire
You turned the corner into Donegall Square – trust the conqueror to add the redundant letter at the end of a place-name; yet another separatist sore thumb dismissive of the border county that birthed the O’Donnell line of High Kings … Continue reading
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Tagged Beirut, Belfast, City Hall, donegall square, Europa Hotel, IRA, Literature, Paras, short story, UVF, writing
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South Central Belfast
Rare birds have flown thousands of miles to land on the Lower Ormeau Road. It is a glorious summer Saturday and I am going across town to visit a friend who lives on the Antrim Road. They are standing outside … Continue reading
Consuming Passions
It is August 2007, and the warm sunshine has brought crowds of Saturday shoppers into the city centre. Belfast’s new cathedral of consumerism, Victoria Square, is not yet open to worshippers. As the complex nears completion the excitement is palpable: … Continue reading
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