Meet at the Big Fish on Donegall Quay. This tour lasts 1.5 hours and covers 2.5km over flat ground.

The highlights of the tour include:

Stop 1: Where Belfast gets its name: the mouth of the sandy ford.

Stop 2: Lough Lao: modern Belfast’s regeneration post-conflict and the importance of Belfast Lough in the city’s industrial development.

Stop 3: High Street and Abhainn Feirste (River Farset): origins of the city.

Stop 4: Lana an Chaisleain (Castle Lane): the story of Belfast Castle.

Stop 5: Straid Droichead (Bridge Street): historic buildings all around

Stop 6: Lana na t-Seipeil (Chapel Lane): St Mary’s Catholic Church, funded by Presbyterian money in 1784

Stop 7: Pipe Lane Mill Disaster: the sad story of how 14 women and girls lost their lives here

Stop 8: Cnoc na Carraige (Carrick Hill): the hard life of the former Pepper Hill Steps

Stop 9: Seanchill - the Shankill Connection

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