Clinton: Cards

This cute shop's literally packed with all kinds of cards: birthday, anniversary, get well, with children, animals, teddybears...

The problem appears when you really have to decide which card to buy.

What to buy: cards of course, and postcards

What to pay: postcards-30p each
cards-depends

Address: 28 Donegall Place

Directions: near Tesco's, but the opposite side of the street, you can't miss it

Phone: 028 9027 8963

Website: http://www.clintoncards.com

Cooke Hall

On the corner of Park Road, facing Ormeau Park and the Ballynafeigh Bakery, stands this beautiful church with lovely stained glass windows and timber ceiling. It's interesting that it occupies a site with no postal number.

The construction of Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church (its official name) started in 1890. It took 2 years to complete.

Among other things, this is a venue for in house activities of the Children's Summer Programme (organised by BCDA) in July and August every year.

Ballynafeigh Orange Hall

Ballynafeigh Orange Hall can be easily recognized by many flags flying from its poles. The building was built in 1887 and houses books from the 1880s. According to these books, in those days farmers, gamekeepers and estate workers lived in this area.

Ballynafeigh

a row of houses

Ballynafeigh (Irish: Baile na Faiche=townland of the raven) is the south Belfast suburb, located on the mid Ormeau Road, beyond the bridge of the River Lagan.

It's one of few mixed neighbourhoods in Belfast where Protestants and Catholics have continued to live alongside one another throughout all the years of the Troubles. It's in fact one of the last remaining mixed communities in Belfast comprising of people from different social, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Ballynafeigh is also home to many great bars, restaurants, cafes and corner shops.

Website: http://www.orangenet.org

Methodist Church

Being a mixed community, it's no wonder that Ballynafeigh is surrounded by different churches. One of them is the Methodist Church.


Methodists were among the early residents of Ballynafeigh. They erected this unusual church in 1898.

St George's Church

Right across Albert Clock is this elegant church.

The site of St George's Church marks the very beginning of Belfast. It's the place where settlement began and which gave the city its name. There are records of a chapel at Beal Feirste (Irish for the sandy ford at the mouth of the Farset) going back almost 1000 years.


The present church was designed by John Bowden of Dublin and completed in 1816.

St Jude's Church

This is yet another church in the Ballynefeigh area. It's situated on Ormeau Road, just across the street from the Paradour Hotel and Methodist church.

It was built between 1871 and 1873. But, owing to the growth of population in this area, the church had to be enlarged twice.

Website: http://www.orangenet.org