Ulidia Playing Fields
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Ulidia Playing Fields
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 10 Jul 2015
The Ulidia Playing Fields were formerly the Ormeau Cricket ground of the North of Ireland C.C. http://csnicc.com/north/index.asp In 1921 it hosted its first first class international game - that between Ireland and Wales. With a largely middle class Protestant membership the club based as it was in a working-class republican neighbourhood became a target for arsonists and decided in 2001 to withdraw from the area. The fields were then taken over by the Belfast City Council and converted into football pitches.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.576982
Longitude
-5.917648