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A plaque, at 94 Castlereagh Street, commemorating Sir Samuel Kelly http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/kelly.htm.

Enamel sign on 94 Castlereagh Street, the birthplace of Sir Samuel Kelly Image – now a dentist’s.

Shops, on the ground floor, with offices to let upstairs. Described by the agents as “The offices have been finished to a high standard to include plastered and painted walls, wooden laminate flooring and fluorescent strip lighting.” I have no connection with the property or the letting.

See Image The plaque above the door of the former St Clement’s National School – to the rear of the church, at the corner of Castlereagh Street and Paxton Street.

The 1877 street directory shows Paxton Street, with 20 odd-numbered houses, running off Templemore Park but there is no Templemore Park shown as a street in its own right. The 1901 edition shows it, with 62 houses, running from Castlereagh Street, via Templemore Avenue, to Lord Street. Templemore Avenue is shown with only five houses in 1877. The 6 inch map (undated) on the OSI site shows the general area as fields with a few mills. There is a James Kelly Image shown as living at no 21 in 1877. This photograph, from Templemore Avenue, shows the rebuilt part between it and Lord Street. Image shows the view from Castlereagh Street.

In Templemore Avenue (the bit between the Albertbridge Road and Castlereagh Street). Built in 1928/30, to a design by PM Jury of Blackwood and Jury, using Buckley (Flint) bricks - an alien brick which does not clash with the Belfast brick used in many of the surrounding streets. Parked cars make the entire church hard to photograph. This is the tower. continue to Image

See Image One of the church’s gargoyles (ears covered to mask the din of the passing traffic) by S&T Hastings of Downpatrick.

A mural, at Kenbaan Street, in honour of Tim Collins, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Collins_(British_Army_officer) , a former colonel in the Royal Irish Regiment, best known for his speech before the invasion of Iraq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKkILSv54OU. An actor appears in the link.

A regeneration site, between Kenbaan Street and Clandeboye Street (right background).

A street, built before 1901, running from Lord Street to Templemore Avenue (background) and now rebuilt in two completely different architectural styles.