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Sandy Row is a Protestant working-class community in south Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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. It has a population of about 3,000. It is considered a staunchly loyalist
Loyalist

In general, a loyalist is someone who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change....
 area of Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, being a traditional heartland for affiliation with the Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association is a Ulster loyalism paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Its main objective has been to reject unification of Ireland, seeking to do so through maintenance of the Act of Union 1800....
 and its splinter group, the UFF.

road runs from the Boyne Bridge over the old Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 railway line into Great Victoria Street
Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station

Belfast Great Victoria Street serves the Belfast City Centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The station is the second major station in the city, after Belfast Central railway station....
 station, then crosses the Donegall Road
Donegall Road

The Donegall Road runs from Shaftesbury Square in Belfast city centre to the Falls Road in west Belfast. It is dissected by the Westlink, and the largest part of the road, prior to the Westlink junction, is predominantly unionism ....
 and on to the bottom of the Lisburn Road
Lisburn Road

The Lisburn Road has established itself to be an exclusive shopping destination within Northern Ireland.*Hugo Thomas *Havana Boutique *Lyric Hifi ...
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Sandy Row is a Protestant working-class community in south Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
. It has a population of about 3,000. It is considered a staunchly loyalist
Loyalist

In general, a loyalist is someone who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change....
 area of Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, being a traditional heartland for affiliation with the Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association is a Ulster loyalism paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Its main objective has been to reject unification of Ireland, seeking to do so through maintenance of the Act of Union 1800....
 and its splinter group, the UFF.

Geography

The road runs from the Boyne Bridge over the old Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 railway line into Great Victoria Street
Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station

Belfast Great Victoria Street serves the Belfast City Centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The station is the second major station in the city, after Belfast Central railway station....
 station, then crosses the Donegall Road
Donegall Road

The Donegall Road runs from Shaftesbury Square in Belfast city centre to the Falls Road in west Belfast. It is dissected by the Westlink, and the largest part of the road, prior to the Westlink junction, is predominantly unionism ....
 and on to the bottom of the Lisburn Road
Lisburn Road

The Lisburn Road has established itself to be an exclusive shopping destination within Northern Ireland.*Hugo Thomas *Havana Boutique *Lyric Hifi ...
. At one end of the road was the famous Murray's tobacco factory, while at the other is a large Orange Order
Orange Institution

The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order or the Orange Lodge, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States....
 Hall.

History

Sandy Row is a loyalist
Loyalist

In general, a loyalist is someone who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change....
 neighbourhood in south Belfast, near the Europa Hotel
Europa Hotel

The Europa Hotel is a Star hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The hotel has 240 bedrooms, and claims to be the largest in Northern Ireland. It opened in July 1971....
. The road used to be a popular shopping district attracting people from all over Belfast but since the Troubles this has declined substantially. Sandy Row is home to a loyalist memorabilia shop which sells Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association is a Ulster loyalism paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Its main objective has been to reject unification of Ireland, seeking to do so through maintenance of the Act of Union 1800....
 (UDA) and Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Volunteer Force

The Ulster Volunteer Force is a Ulster loyalism group in Northern Ireland. The current incarnation was formed in May 1966 as a paramilitary group and named after the Ulster Volunteers of 1912, although there is no direct connection between the two....
 paraphernalia, similar to one on the Shankill Road.

The mural


The UDA/Ulster Freedom Fighters mural at Sandy Row can be seen from the northern end of the street. The mural is similar to the republican
Irish Republicanism

Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a single independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union 1800, the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
 one in Free Derry
Free Derry

Free Derry was a self-declared autonomous Irish nationalism area of Derry, Northern Ireland, between 1969 and 1972. Its name was taken from a sign painted on a gable wall in the Bogside in January 1969 which read, ?You are now entering Free Derry"....
.

In Popular Culture

In the song "Madame George
Madame George

"Madame George" is a ten-minute song by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It appears on the album Astral Weeks, released in 1968....
" on his album Astral Weeks
Astral Weeks

Astral Weeks is a folk-rock and Rhythm and blues album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in November 1968 on Warner Bros....
 Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
 sings: "Then you know you gotta go On the train from Dublin up to Sandy Row"