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Belfast, and its institutions : with a directory and history of Lisburn ... with a new plan of
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In some ways the ward has been a microcosm of the
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cranes Samson & Goliath, large numbers of local men worked in the shipyard during its heyday. The area is also well known for 'Ulster's
Freedom Corner', a series of loyalist murals.
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