Finaghy
Finaghy is an electoral ward in the Balmoral district of Belfast City Council, Northern Ireland. It is based on the townland of Ballyfinaghy. There has been a small community living in the area since the 17th century, and it has been involved in the production of linen, which was key to the Lagan Valley area at the time.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunmurry railway station and Hunterhouse College.
Dunmurry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dunmurry railway station is located in the townland of Dunmurry in west Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Hunterhouse College
School
Hunterhouse College is a cross-community all-girls' grammar school based in Finaghy, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was formed from the amalgamation of two local schools – Ashleigh House School and Princess Gardens School in 1987.
Balmoral railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmoral railway station is located in the townland of Ballygammon in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 1 November 1858.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunmurry and Edenderry.
Dunmurry
Photo: Nintentoad125, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmurry is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. While it is not particularly touristy, there is a selection of things to do and can be a good place to stop for a laid back day of a trip.
Edenderry
Village
Edenderry is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the bank of the River Lagan near the southern edge of Belfast. In the 2021 census it had a population of 374.
Andersonstown
Suburb
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Andersonstown, known colloquially as Andytown, is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition.
Finaghy
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb and electoral ward of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Categories: human settlement, ward or electoral division of the United Kingdom, and locality
- Location: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.55556° or 54° 33′ 20″ northLongitude
-5.97984° or 5° 58′ 47″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C6PH24C+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 267762467OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Finaghy” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Finaghy”
- Irish: “An Fionnachadh”
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