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Divis (/ ˈ d ɪ v ɪ s /; from Irish Dubhais 'black ridge') [2] is a hill and area of sprawling moorland north-west of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. With a height of 1,568 ft (478 m), it is the highest of the Belfast Hills. [1] It is joined with the neighbouring Black Mountain, and in the past they may have been seen as one. [2]
The West Belfast Orange Hall is located near the top of the road. This building, which houses the No. 9 District Orange Lodge, has been revamped by Belfast City Council . [ 42 ] The same is true of the nearby Shankill Cemetery, a small graveyard that has received burials for around 1000 years.
Magpie Café – located in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, and established in 1937, [3] but its building dated back to the 18th century, when it was a merchant's house; Papa's – Won a BBC contest, The Best of British Takeaways, in 2017. Papa's Fish and Chips in Cleethorpes is the world's second largest fish and chip shop with over 500 seats.
The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down.
[8] [9] [10] In 2015, crisp sandwich shops opened in Belfast [11] [12] and West Yorkshire, [13] both of which claim to be the world's first. [ citation needed ] In Ireland, crisp sandwiches are also often called Tayto sandwiches in reference to the popular Irish crisp brand and its Northern Irish counterpart .
Cave Hill or Cavehill [1] is a rocky hill overlooking the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland,with a height of 368 metres (1,207 ft).It is marked by basalt cliffs and caves, and its distinguishing feature is 'Napoleon's Nose', [2] a tall cliff resembling the profile of the emperor Napoleon.
Located at Black Mountain quarry, less than two miles to the south-west, this came into operation on 31 October 1959 and utilised a taller 750-ft mast. Divis became the UHF main station for Belfast and the surrounding area with BBC2 being the first regular service commencing on 18 March 1967. Colour UHF transmitters for BBC1 and ITV came into ...
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.