The Morning Star, Belfast (detail)
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The Morning Star, Belfast (detail)
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 28 Jan 2007
The streets around High Street were popular as boarding points for the various stage coaches connecting Belfast with neighbouring towns (and those further afield). The “Morning Star”, in Pottingers Entry, off High Street, was a coaching inn dating from the early part of the 19th century. It has survived without modernisation but has not achieved the celebrity status of houses such as the “Crown” or “Kelly Cellars”. This lion (said to be the winged lion of St Mark) stands above the main door.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.599587
Longitude
-5.925934