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Grey Squirrel in the Woodvale Park Belfast
Caught this wee grey squirrel with my Canon SX50 Camera. He was running about the Woodvale Park, Belfast.
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GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF ENGLAND GRAND MASTER RON BATHER ADDRESSING WOODVALE PARADE
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Belfast Parades Announcement
Orange Order Grand Chaplain Rev Mervyn Gibson announces parades initiative by the County Grand Orange Lodge of Belfast 11/6/2013
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George Chittick address s the people on the Woodvale Road. 3-8-1913
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Belvoir Park Belfast - One of the Parks in Belfast City
Belvoir Park Belfast - The Forest in the City. Have you ever been there?
Belvoir Park Belfast is located near the city of Belfast, the Belvoir Park Forest is rife with wildlife, including Large Bracket Fungi and flowering plants, such as the Giant Hogweed, as well as birds such as the Long-eared Owls, and mammals such as the red squirrels.
Managed by the Forest Service, Belvoir Park Forest walks within the forest link to the Lagan River 'Towpath' and the Lagan Valley Regional Park (
It is close to Belvoir Park Golf Club, Belvoir Park Hospital and Forestside Shopping Centre and it is open to visitors 24 hours a day.
Interesting Landmarks
• Belvoir Motte
The Belvoir motte dates back to the Norman era when John de Courcy invaded Ulster and established settlements at Dundrum and Carrickfergus. The motes were set up as defense against the southern approaches to Carrickfergus.
• Woodland
The Belvoir Park Forest is home to almost thirty-five species of birds, including common resident species, such as blackbird, song thrush, robin and woodpigeon and more unusual species such as jay and long-eared owl.
• Medieval Graveyard
A private graveyard is located within the Park and has been in there since the 14th century. Currently, it holds the empty tomb of the Dungannon family.
• Arboretum
The previous estate owners, the Dungannons and Batesons, planted many trees in park. Thanks to them, there are now numerous mature specimens of trees, such as redwood and cedar.
History of Belvoir Park Belfast
The Hill family settled at Belvoir in the early 18th century and built a large house that stood on the site of the current car park. In the 19th century, the Hill family sold the estate to the Batesons, whose son became Lord Deramore in 1885. The Deramores returned to England at the end of the 19th century and leased the estate to Walter H Wilson, a partner with Harland and Wolff. The last private tenant at Belvoir was Sir James Johnston, who was the Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1917-18.
“Belvoir’s trees are living landmarks, home to thousands of species of plants and animals, yet sadly lacking the recognition they deserve”, says Nikki Williams, Ancient Tree Hunt project manager. She also adds that “anyone can visit the web site and add their discoveries. Identifying their whereabouts is an important first step in securing their future - both for the benefit of wildlife and for the enjoyment of generations to come... We want to give as many people as possible in Northern Ireland the chance to get to grips with our remarkable old trees, and Belvoir Park Forest provides the perfect venue. With its extensive parkland and woodland, Belvoir is home to an impressive number of veteran trees which have seen centuries come and go. This event is brimming with activity. It’s a chance to learn how to identify and record our ancient trees, and it’s also an opportunity to simply enjoy the beauty of woodland. We have a creative agenda in store for kids as well, so there’s something for all the family.”
Definitely worth visiting Belvoir Forest - there are not too many forests of this size and diversity in Belfast.
Nearby Attractions
• Space CRAFT
Space CRAFT is a shop, gallery and exhibition area owned and managed by the Craft and Design Collective that sells products made by locals.
• Northern Ireland War Memorial
The exhibition features WWII memorials by shedding light on the Home Front, the Belfast blitz of 1941 and the presence of US forces from 1942 to 1944.
The museum showcases a variety of historical objects, including uniforms, photographs and oral histories, as well as the names of the 1100 men, women and children who lost their lives in the Belfast blitz.
There are various original artworks on display; a stained glass memorial window by Stanley Murray Scott, a copper frieze commemorating the vital war industries in N.Ireland, an original portrait of James Magennis VC and a bronze sculpture by John Sherlock.
These different Belfast attractions come in addition to the parks that are found in the city and which prove that Northern Ireland is one of those countries around the world that enjoy a greenery space and thus welcomes tourists to it. Those parks which we could mention some of them now include the Botanic Gardens in Belfast ( Ormeau Park ( Victoria Park ( Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park ( and many others found in Northern Ireland as well.
Belfast parks are numerous, you just have to know which one is the closest to your location and choose to go and visit it, otherwise you will spend your vacation in Belfast visiting parks.
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Sinn Féin Leaders challenge Orange Order
Sinn Féin leaders Martin McGuinness and Gerry Kelly challenge the leadership of the Orange Order following a night of serious rioting by Orange Order supporters in Belfast.
018 ORANGE ORDER ATTEMPT TO WALK HOME 3RD AUGUST WOODVALE BELFAST
STILL BLOCKED BY IRA.SINN.FEINs ANTI BRITISH AGENDA AIDED BY THE PARADES COMMISSION
Belfast Mayor attacked on Shankill Road by Loyalists
The lord mayor of Belfast, Sinn Fein's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, has been jostled and heckled by loyalist protesters at the re-opening of a park in the Woodvale district of north Belfast.
He was escorted away from the trouble by the police and the ceremony was cancelled.
The police say nine of their officers received cuts and bruising.
The lord mayor said he will continue to represent everyone and there will be no 'no-go' areas.
Violent scuffles broke out at the official opening of the park and missiles were thrown at officers as well as at the lord mayor. Damage was also caused to his vehicle.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) North Belfast Area Commander, Ch Insp Andy Freeburn, called the incident appalling and said the police would identify those responsible.
This should have been a positive day about the opening of a children's play park in the area, but instead was marred by disorder which has left a number of our community officers injured, he said.
'Hijacked'
Mr Ó Muilleoir later tweeted that as lord mayor he had promised to visit every part of Belfast, if invited.
There were a small minority of wreckers which hijacked the event and of course it turned violent, he said.
I want to commend the police, they took a lot of blows, I took some blows.
I think as first citizen you have to travel this entire city if you want to represent all the people. There can't be any no-go areas in Belfast in 2013.
Woodvale was the scene of recent rioting linked to a 12 July parade.
The Parades Commission ruled that three Orange Order lodges could not make the return journey past Ardoyne shops on Crumlin Road, an interface separating unionist and nationalist communities.
Protests
BBC Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler: The Lord Mayor of Belfast was attacked in the city that he represents
Five nights of rioting followed the decision.
The Parades Commission is the body that adjudicates on contentious parades in Northern Ireland.
Loyalists have also been involved in protests after a decision was taken by Belfast City Council to restrict the flying of the union flag to specific days of the year.
Alderman William Humphrey, DUP MLA for North Belfast, said the scenes at Woodvale were absolutely preventable.
We asked that the deputy lord mayor or the high sheriff carry out this duty here today, he said.
There is real anger, frustration. It started when the flag was removed. The lord mayor's party, the SDLP and Alliance came together to do that.
Condemned
This should have been a day of celebration for a £2m investment by the council and the Department of Social Development and quite honestly the lord mayor needs to understand he cannot make statements and go around doing press interviews calling for our flag to be removed, remove the flag, and then when he has a chain around his neck as lord mayor of this city, expect people to welcome him as first citizen.
That's not how it works in the real world.
Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford said he wholeheartedly condemned the incident.
The police will be investigating this incident with a view to identifying those responsible and bringing them before the courts, he said.
Anyone going about their civic duty should be free to do so free from harassment, violence and intimidation. Such violence against elected representatives and the police must be condemned.
The city council and the Department for Social Development have invested a total of £4m to revitalise two community parks in Belfast.
One is Woodvale and the other is Dunville Park on the Falls Road.
Woodvale Loved ones remembered
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Loyalists in Court over attack on Belfast Mayor
An attack on Belfast's Lord Mayor in a city park put his life in danger, he has told a court.
Sinn Féin's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said at one stage he feared neither him nor police officers shielding him from loyalist protestors would make it out.
As three men and a woman faced charges over the scuffles last summer, Mr Ó Muilleoir recalled being kicked, jostled and subjected to a stream of sectarian abuse.
Police had to surround him in a diamond-shaped formation to escape from Woodvale Park.
The Lord Mayor said: I had no doubt at the time and I have no doubt today that if I had gone down, there's no knowing what would have happened.
Your life was in peril if you fell.
Belfast Magistrates' Court was packed for Mr Ó Muilleoir's evidence about being targeted as soon as he arrived to re-open the park on 6 August.
He had come from similar duties at Dunville Park, with unionist and nationalist political representatives due to be present at both events.
But he said a banner and laminated posters had been erected to declare him not welcome at Woodvale.
Some of the crowd allegedly shouted terrorists and Fenian b******.
Mr Ó Muilleoir said the pushing and shoving began immediately after he got of his car for the opening and tree-planting ceremony.
Tensions had been running high in the city at the time, with demonstrations continuing over the union flag situation and the ban on Orangemen parading past Ardoyne.
Laughter broke out in the public gallery as the Lord Mayor recalled being hit on the back of the head by a burger.
DUP councillor Ruth Patterson was in the front row, sitting alongside a woman waving a Union flag fan.
Details of the incident emerged as Maureen Simpson, 44, of Palmer Court, Samuel Lendrum, 52, from Lawnbrook Avenue, and Paul Mateer, 45, of Blackmountain Walk - all in Belfast - appeared in the dock charged with disorderly behaviour.
Mateer, working as a photographer for the local Shankill Extra newspaper at the event, faces further counts of obstructing and assaulting police.
A fourth defendant, William Knowles, 41, of Cambrai Street in the city, pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour before the contested hearing got underway.
According to Mr Ó Muilleoir, unionist representatives were to have been with him at the event to symbolise peace-building in the area.
But instead he was left isolated when none were with him as the situation worsened, the court heard.
He was taken to a building in a fenced-off section of the park where police devised their strategy for getting him out.
I have respect for the police officers who put themselves in great danger.
Lord Mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
I think they didn't expect the ferocity of the attack on them and me as we left the park, the Lord Mayor said.
It was a very hateful atmosphere, very tense and very dangerous.
District Judge George Conner was told how a crowd of up to 70 people surged forward during the exit.
I thought for a moment we wouldn't get out, that we were going to go down, Mr Ó Muilleoir said.
Amid the cacophony of sectarian insult an unidentified protestor kicked him in the leg, it was claimed.
It was vile abuse, it was violent abuse and it was vitriolic, he said.No one should be subjected to that hate and sectarianism.
Asked about being called 'Martin Miller' by crowd members, the Lord Mayor claimed it was an attempt to deny him his proper name.
It comes from deep-seated sectarianism, it comes from hate and it comes from a lack of respect, he said.I only hear that type of approach used by people who are bigoted. I think it's silly.
Cross-examined by Kelly Doherty, for Lendrum, about a letter from DUP politicians advising him not to attend the event.
He said some people in the party would have preferred it if he had not gone.
Counsel for Mateer, Jonathan Connolly, questioned him about photographs taken on the day.
Are you relaxed in the photograph where you're eating a sandwich? the barrister asked.
Are you relaxed in the picture where you have a shovel in your hand?
Mr Ó Muilleoir insisted, however, that both himself and police had been at risk.
He added: I have no doubt if the protestors had got at me either going in or going out that my life was in danger.
The case continues.
Victoria Park Belfast Northern Ireland - Connswater Belfast
There are lots of parks that are scattered all around Belfast, Northern Ireland, and we have to say that sometimes in the middle of a trip to a specific country, passing by a park at some point to enjoy a walk among the green spaces and sometimes even a river is needed. One of the top parks found in Belfast is Victoria Park!
Victoria Park opened back in 1906 in Connswater area of Belfast. Victoria Park is open to the public all week and all day and it is home for different things inside, such as the playing fields that include soccer pitches, a bowling green and a cycling and BMX track. From the things that attract visitors to this park is the lake and there are two walking trails which rotates around the lake.
There is a history behind creating this park in Belfast and it all started back in 1854 when the idea was suggested by the Harbour Commissioner but the progress of bringing this park to life was very slow because the land was very marshy, inaccessible to the public and thus was not considered suitable for being a public park, but working on the idea brought it finally to life in 1906 and was then welcoming the public to come inside and enjoy their time.
In addition to those different fields which are found inside the park and thus calling out for people who want a place to play sports in, there was even an outdoor swimming pool that opened later and was also one of the attractions of this park in Belfast especially for the local people.
Helping people with the sports part of their life, Victoria Park holds a weekly 5k run which is held by Parkrun, this run is free of charge and it is organized by volunteers and is welcoming people of different ages, sizes, shapes and whatever their abilities are. It is always good to make something different out of the public places which are found in the city and that is one of the good uses of Victoria Park in Belfast.
There are different attractions of this park which will differ according to the person and his/her likes and dislikes; there are those who will enjoy walking there, those who will go for a run, others who might aim at this place to sit silently among the sounds of the birds, etc.
From the famous attractions of Victoria Park, its lake is one among the list since it is home to a wide range of water birds, such as swans, geese, ducks, herons and migrant waders - this would make a perfect setting for those who are coming to enjoy sitting by the lake and have some peace of mind. This variety of wildlife led to this park being part of Belfast Lough ASSI (Area of Special Scientific Interest) project.
Among the other interesting things which are related to Victoria Park of Belfast is the poetry trail which features ten nature-themed poems written by local primary school pupils and etched onto metal plaques around the park.
The playing fields, the lake, the birds and any other thing that might be making this park different than all the others come in addition to the flower and rose beds which are scattered all around the area and make it attractive for just sitting around or having a walk there - so it could be a place for tourists coming to Belfast and want to make something that would free their minds a little bit in the middle of all the trips they would be doing.
This historical park which is surrounded by some modern infrastructure is not the only park to be found in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but there are other ones which we even managed to go and visit some of them. In Belfast, we have been to Lagan Valley Regional Park ( Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park which is from the oldest and the most famous in the city ( Colin Glen Park which is famously known for its Gruffalo Trail and thus is always considered a good hit for the kids ( Ormeau Park ( Belvoir Park Forest ( and the famous Botanic Gardens which are also located in Belfast (
Who out there does not like the idea of a park? It is suitable for all the different members of the family with all their different ages, it is the place for those who want to do some sports, those kids who want to play around in a suitable playground and it is even the place for those who want to go for a walk or those who want to sit in a little bit of a quiet and relaxing place.
Choosing the park which you are going to head to in Belfast will always depend on your location and among the list, Victoria Park will be always a suitable choice if you are considering the idea of a park during your visit.
What do you think about this beautiful park? Are you thinking about heading right there now?
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The Belfast Riots of 2011
The 2011 Northern Ireland riots were a series of riots between 20 June 2011 and 16 July 2011, starting originally in Belfast, before spreading to other parts of Northern Ireland. They were initiated by the Ulster Volunteer Force.[1]
Belfast Memories Part 1
Some photos of Belfast throughout the years...
Battle of the Somme 1916 ~ Re-enactment 18th June Woodvale Park
Promotional video for 2016 Committee Re-enactment