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How did Belfast get its name from?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 11/7/2022

It comes from the Irish: BÃƒÂ©al Feirste meaning "mouth of the sandbars". This is because of its location at the end of the river Lagan which then opens into an estuary known as Belfast Lough and then out to the sea. See the maps below.

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