Start of the road Ormeau Road

gasworks cromac street, october 2010

the area @ start of ormeau road not known single name contains number of features. close market area belfast gasworks, built between 1887 , 1893 such leading belfast industrialists robert watt, james stelfox , john lanyon. remained open original purpose until 1988. area has been substantially redeveloped under laganside corporation , includes number of office buildings companies such halifax gasworks home radisson blu hotel belfast.

loyalist donegall pass, 1981

donegall pass faces gasworks , @ 1 stage represented violent interface market area , lower ormeau. on 25 yrs of work local residents donegall pass, market , lower ormeau (gasworks community network) has reduced violence , continually monitored unwritten agreement imposing no flag/emblem zone between railway bridge , ormeau ave. donegall pass has great history , can see change in business community front of donegall pass has plethora of chinese shops , restaurants, indian wholesalers, local cafe , sandwich bars. pharmacy 2 churches, antique dealers , newly opened auction house. removal of bomb blast wall , sanger @ old ruc station has made donegall pass more amenable potential investors , opening of footpath delivers more amenable feeling of access. leads on donegall road. 1970s donegall pass has been location immigrants chinese community , have opportunity express 5 generations of chinese living in community. other immigrants living in community includes polish, hungarian , somalian / nigerian families. have settled , community relations in community stronger. combating growth has been 1 of areas of concern of act initiative, south belfast alternatives, donegall pass youth club (founded 1975), other smaller community projects , donegall pass community forum, founded in 1996. residential area of part of ormeau road.

other features include headquarters of utv plc, havelock house, has been situated beside donegall pass since station first went on air in october 1959. headquarters of belfast citybeat situated close havelock house, on havelock bridge (which crosses main belfast dublin railway line runs under ormeau road).

sinn féin south belfast office, lower ormeau road

the ormeau road between donegall pass , ormeau bridge includes belfast south constituency offices of both sinn féin , social democratic , labour party (sdlp) hold south belfast seat @ westminster.

the rose , crown pub on lower ormeau road, 6 civilians killed uvf bomb in may 1974

this part of ormeau road suffered number of attacks during troubles when both protestant , catholic residents killed.

in mid 1990s ormeau road became associated political controversy result of parades bands ballynafeigh orange lodge. general opposition of community parades, claims made members of lodge had demonstrated triumphalism on murder of 5 men in sean graham s bookmakers uda.

in 1996, dispute spilled on conflict between lower ormeau residents action group , royal ulster constabulary after widespread rioting led police seal off area 2 days. parades commission supported marchers in dispute although since 1999 parades have been banned area, leading orange order briefly using ormeau park meeting place instead of edenderry.

until 1999, north of ireland cricket , football club s home stadium, ormeau cricket ground – 1 of earliest international rugby venues in ireland – in area, although, following series of perceived sectarian arson attacks, club s merger belfast harlequins has seen demolition of stadium, has been redeveloped housing, known lavinia square , mews.

the holyland, area inhabited university students faces area on western side of road.