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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | Andersontown (Irish: Baile Andarsan) is a district of west Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
It is also known as Whiteside town or Townland Ballinfeigh ( i ahve lived in andersonstown all my life 23 years and have never once heard it refered to as whiteside or townland ballinifeigh. It is overshadowed by the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain and contains a mixture of public and private housing. It is largely populated by the [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist] i would catagorise the people of andytown as republican nationalist] and Catholic community. Andersontown is also an electoral ward of West Belfast. The Black Mountain (Irish: )is a large hill which overlooks the city of Belfast. ...
Divis is a sprawling moorland to the north of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
West Belfast is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ...
The area begins at the tip of the Upper Falls Road where it meets the Andersonstown Road and the Glen Road. It ends where the Shaws Road meets the Glen Road forming a large triangle. how can two points make a triangle i dissagree with one of the two boundries mentioned and would desribe the boundries of andytown as follows. The area begins at the tip of the Upper Falls Road where it meets the Andersonstown Road and the Glen Road. and ends at the top and bottom of the suffolk road encompassing lenadoon. The Falls Road (Bóthar na bhFál in Irish, meaning road of the hedgerows) is the main road through West Belfast in Northern Ireland; from Divis Street and Castle Place in Belfast City Centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs. ...
Glen Road is an electoral ward of West Belfast. ...
The Falls Road (Bóthar na bhFál in Irish, meaning road of the hedgerows) is the main road through West Belfast in Northern Ireland; from Divis Street and Castle Place in Belfast City Centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs. ...
Glen Road is an electoral ward of West Belfast. ...
The area rapidly expanded during the 1960s and 1970s as the local housing authority built hundreds of houses for people who were rehoused during the redevelopment of the Lower Falls Road. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
As the population of the area increased Twinbrook and Poleglass housing estates were built further out of Belfast. Twinbrook is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. ...
Poleglass (from the Irish: an Pholl Glas meaning the green hollow) is a mainly Nationalist / Republican estate with a population of around 10,000 on the outskirts of West Belfast Northern Ireland. ...
During the 1970s and 1980s the area was a major centre of civil disturbances during the civil conflict known as The Troubles. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
For other uses, see Troubles (disambiguation) and Trouble. ...
Today Andersonstown has a population of about 10,000. It remains a predominantly working class area. There has been considerable effort to attract employment to the area and to improve the physical infrastructure. It has four Catholic churches: St. Agnes, St. Theresa's, St. Michael's and St. Matthias.
The district is sometimes colloquially referred to as "Andytown" or, more disparagingly, as "Angrytown" again ive never once heard andytown referd to as angrytown(a reference to the areas reputation as a stronghold for militant Irish Nationalism republicanism).
The area publishes a newspaper named Andersonstown News which voices an Irish Republican viewpoint. The Andersonstown News is a Republican tabloid, published twice-weekly on Monday and Thursday, in Belfast, Ireland. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
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