Difference between revisions of "Belfast"

<p> County town of Antrim, and largest and most flourishing city in the N. of Ireland; stands on the Lagan, at the head of [[Belfast]] Lough, 100 m. N. of Dublin; is a bright and pleasant city, with some fine streets and handsome buildings, Presbyterian, Catholic, and [[Methodist]] colleges. It is the centre of the Irish linen and cotton manufactures, the most important shipbuilding centre, and has also rope-making, whisky, and aerated-water industries. Its foreign trade is larger than even Dublin's. It is the capital of Ulster, and head-quarters of [[Presbyterianism]] in Ireland. </p>