Belfast is beautiful!
Like Dublin, Belfast has scores of fascinating, historic old pubs to crawl. One of the most famous is The Crown built in 1827. The art deco interior has ten snugs, which are private mahogany booths with doors, surrounded by stained glass and hand made tiles.
Belfast City Hall has an array of striking stained glass windows depicting important events in Irish history. This glass is dedicated to the two million souls who suffered and died in the Irish potato famine.
City Hall itself is an architectural gem. Built in 1898, it has a gorgeous grand staircase,
replete with a stunning interior dome and rotunda.
Belfast is a very fun city to explore, full of vibrant street art, interesting shops,
and, as cannot be emphasized enough, wonderful pubs! Kelly’s is another classic pub. It is the oldest licensed pub in Belfast, built in 1720.
Kelly’s is lovely inside and out, and full of some of your soon to be newest best friends!
Cheers to you from soulful Belfast~
Great! Thank you Cinday for the wonderful insight into Ireland most known cities. Have a beautiful day! Michael
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment & cheers to you!
You too, Cindy! Reading your postings and watching the famous images always refreshing my mind. Have a good weekend. Michael
You too my friend and thank you!
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PHOTOGRAPHS WERE FANTASTIC CINDY, CHINA
Go raibh maith agat!
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Simply beautiful … just what I needed now!! Softness and amazing beauty!!
What a thoughtful and lovely comment! Thank you & cheers to you~
Most welcome!! Peace … cheers back!! 🙂
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I am a teetotaler, but Kelly’s makes me want to have a sip or two. Beautiful photos and looks like the Belfast I always thought it was.
Belfast is a soulful city and you definitely do not need to drink in the pubs. I don’t, but the food is good!
I absolutely love the booths with doors, how cool is that? 🙂 We had a Johnny Carinos here in Simi for a bit and I love it because the booths had curtains. 🙂
Yeah, amazing concept isn’t it, just go in for a pub crawl, maybe a bite to eat, get a private snug of your own, surrounded by art deco glass, mahogany and these handmade, visually different tiles, and you get to close the door, for as long as you want to stay. I think I would like to go back in time,
You know I wrestle with that….on so many levels going back in time would be awesome, but then I think of all the advancements we’ve made, and going back in time would be hard on a woman, and I settle back into current with gratitude. LOL I do want to one day visit somewhere that has snugs. 🙂
If you time traveled you would have magic, obviously, right? You could right the wrongs, bring antibiotics and hand sanitizer, all that kind of stuff……laughing! Do visit a snug, it’s the magic of time travel without all that pesky reality!
Ah, The Crown. What a thing of beauty! I think I might have visited it many many years ago. I love old fashioned pubs with “snugs” like that.
I love everything about these old pubs, the beauty, the charm, the history, and most of all the living, contemporary reality, of watching my husband order some sort of beer, and get in a heartfelt conversation that moved him to no end, with someone he just met.
We don’t have this in the US and we are lesser for it.
Tolle Bilder, wow…
Ahhhh, vielen dank Ernst!
Wow! Never been to Belfast but it looks lovely! Time for Wolfie to take a closer look I think!
Wolfie would get you an entire snug to yourself in Belfast!
Cheers to you, Cindy. The pub with the mahogany booths was the best!
Yep. It creates semi-privacy in public, surrounded gobsmacking gorgeous design, and it is old.
Gobsmacking gorgeous- I love that!
Thank you & cheers too!
You’re most welcome, Cindy!
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wow 🙂
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You’re making me antsy for our trip to Ireland next fall!
Oh Congratulations! A wonderful thing to look forward too.
Beautiful pictures. Thank you for posting.
Thank you more for appreciating them!
Amazing glass work.🙂
A beautiful collection.
Thank you & cheers to you!
Breathtaking architecture and glorious colors. Cindy, you brought this seemingly eclectic combination together beautifully. Hugs on the wing.
Hope you are having an awesome time & thank you Teagan ❤
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Where in the world is Cindy now?? Belfast looks wonderful! How long will you be there? Are you visiting other cities as well? Have a great time.
Laughing…..I am home at The Holler for TG now. We were in Belfast in September. It is odd when I stay parked. It doesn’t feel quite right!
Great photos of such a fascinating city. Ireland is so beautiful but I have yet to visit the North.
I hadn’t either. Now I am trying to figure out when I can go back.
Your pictures are so wonderful!
I am honored and touched by your kindness. Thank you.
An amazing place.
What a colorful, charming city Cindy! The pub pics are my favorites– would love to be there, settled in to a table with friends and good conversation. Fun post– love seeing your travels! xox
You are a remarkable person Rhonda. I know it. Love to you.
Magnificent images of the city hall! Such a charming city. 🙂
Thank you, Belfast is a city filled with soul, (s).
I get an opportunity to visit Dublin for the first time in January, very excited by all your photos of Ireland, I wonder if I will have time to pop over to Belfast too, I hope so.
Belfast has a beautiful art deco Opera House. I almost included photos of it, but I have to limit myself. I hope you do go. The city is uniquely special and the people are truly warm and welcoming.
Thank you for taking me on a virtual tour each time I read your post.
Ahhh, thank you more for traveling with me!
All of your pictures are worthy of comment, but I will limit myself to Irish city halls. Boston has large populations of people of Irish and Italian heritage, and after seeing the Belfast City Hall and unavoidably knowing of Italian architectural skills, I cringed when thinking of the relatively recent construction of Boston City Hall. Built during the energy crisis, it is a large concrete structure with rooms vast in empty space needing heat. If ever this way, visit and photograph it. I don’t know who designed it, but, in its simplicity, the power of government is evident.
I am not a fan of modern concrete block buildings, or tall glass box buildings either. It seems the more we progress, the more we lose of our souls. Thank you for your very kind comments.
Wow! I’ve always wanted to go there. I would love to do a pub crawl and find a place so beautiful as Kelly’s. Those stained glass windows are gorgeous and sad all in the same breath. Then to build such stunning architecture later shows that someone had money during those hard times. Thanks for the armchair tour. You are the best. Merry Christmas, Cindy.
Ireland is a soulful and beautiful country. I look forward to spending 2019 with you Marlene & Wish You a Happy New Year! 🍸<3