Sandy Row is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5920°, -5.9370°.

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Sandy Row

Sandy Row in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Sandy Row is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Sandy Row is an inner city area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. In 2018, the population was estimated to be around 4,000. It is a staunchly loyalist area and heartland of the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Orange Order.

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erected in Sandy Row, c. 1921. Its builder, Frank Reynolds is seen standing, fifth from the left]] Formerly known as Carr's Row. For more than a thousand years, a road built along the Lagan River sandbanks was the principal thoroughfare leading southwards from Carrickfergus. To the north is the Boyne Bridge was built in 1935 to cross over the railway tracks leading to the nearby Great Victoria Street station. It was these tidal waters that deposited sandbanks alongside the road and provide the sandy road surface that led to the village being renamed in the early 1800s from the original name of Carr's Row, to Sandy Row, shown therefore as such on the 2nd edition OS Map (1846/62). With much…

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