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See Image Cluan Place still exists as a street off the Albertbridge Road in Belfast. The “Cluan Place in “Ballycultra” also includes these houses which are replicas of houses from Newtownards and Armagh (now demolished).

We are looking from Meeting Street, towards buildings along Tea Lane, which include the Corner Shop and Labourers' cottages. Ahead is the Diamond area with the Church of Ireland to the right.

This jewel, near Ballycultra, is the most impressive museum of its kind in the British Isles. Real houses, cafes, shops, court, police station, churches, school and post office etc. etc. etc. Have been saved from demolition and removed stone by stone and built in this wonderful place. A veritable gem in Northern Ireland's crown. A must see experience.

The carpenters' workshop is pictured at Meeting Street

The hall dates from 1900 - the original building came from Portaferry http://www.nmni.com/uftm/Collections/buildings/Town-Area-%281%29/Parochial-House

See Image This is a replica of Kelly’s coal office and yard from Carrickfergus. On the left is the yard where the coal was stored and loaded for delivery by horse and cart. The office on the right oversaw despatch of deliveries and operated the weighbridge (below the cart) without having to leave the relative comfort of the office during inclement weather. Domestic orders might also have been taken across the counter in the days before telephone ordering “Hee-lo John Kelly Limited. Kylie spee-king. How may I help yewww”.

Pictured from Mill Lane

Ahead is the IOTG Hall which is the Visitor Centre. IOTG stands for the Independent Order of Good Templars, an organisation which was formed in the USA in 1852. The building dates from 1871 and previously it was Methodist Chapel. The Corner shop is on the right

See Image The original houses were built in 1884 and were typical of the area in architecture and in that they housed employees of the many industries in the area. This row is a replica of Cluan Place, Belfast. When in the process of taking this photo I was interrupted by two attendants who explained that they had been sent to see why I was taking photographs and who they were for. It seems that the Museum’s policy is to charge professional photographers. Since my camera was supported on a battered 8-year old tripod I was a “professional”. Receiving a reply in the negative they went off to report their findings.