A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . rand Central Hotel ; and on the opposite side, theRoyal Avenue Hotel and the offices of the City andDistrict \\ArER Commissioners, a handsome buildingof red sandstone. The (Generai. Post Office and theFree Public Library, Art Gallery, and Museum are alsosituated in this street. History and Progress. 21 Turning to the left hand is Donegall Place, on a Hnewith Royal Avenue; it also has some very fine places of busi-ness, with Robinson & Cleavers at the opposite end. Ihis. important street leads direct to the Np:\v City Hall,occupies the site


A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . rand Central Hotel ; and on the opposite side, theRoyal Avenue Hotel and the offices of the City andDistrict \\ArER Commissioners, a handsome buildingof red sandstone. The (Generai. Post Office and theFree Public Library, Art Gallery, and Museum are alsosituated in this street. History and Progress. 21 Turning to the left hand is Donegall Place, on a Hnewith Royal Avenue; it also has some very fine places of busi-ness, with Robinson & Cleavers at the opposite end. Ihis. important street leads direct to the Np:\v City Hall,occupies the site of the old Linen Hall, cover-ing about five acres of ground, forming Done-gall Square. In this neiglibourhood aresituated most of the great linen warehousesand town offices of the linenmanufacturers. Looking down CastlePlace, the eye is attracted tothe large building on the left—the Ulster Clur—thecity rendezvous of countrygentlemen a n d w e a 11 h ybusiness meiopposite, on which vMv-. n. Directly -^^r^i^Sthe right, AiW where the line of shopsnow stands, was the siteof the castle and pleasuregardens of the greatLord-Deputy, Lord Arthur i£


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