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Burren Way, BELFAST, BT6 0DW

This is the view down Burren Way on the Cregagh Estate. This street's claim to fame is that it was where soccer star George Best spent his childhood years. His family have recently sold the house.

See Image The northern side showing the block in its dominating position overlooking TPO Rippingham’s, redbrick, traditionally sized houses. Previously seen, 5½ years ago in Image See also Image

An eleven-storey block of flats, at Killagan Bend, in the Cregagh estate. Built (exact date unknown) in the 1950’s the block is one of three in the estate. This is the south/south western side. Previously seen, 5½ years ago in Image See also Image

Woodstock House Image and Willowbrook House Image, two tower blocks in the Cregagh estate, seen, across conventional rooftops, from the higher ground on the Upper Knockbreda Road.

The '11th Night Bonfire' on the Cregagh Estate. In all honesty, this is nothing compared with the size of some others in Belfast given the fact this picture was taken only 3 days before Bonfire Night. It is sited just off North Bank.

See Image An eleven-storey block of flats, at Killagan Bend, in the Cregagh estate. Built (exact date unknown) in the 1950’s the block is one of three in the estate. This is the western side seen from Mount Merrion Avenue. Previously seen, 5½ years ago in Image

Mayfair Avenue is a busy street as it's often used as a shortcut between Montgomery Road and the Cregagh Road.

This row of shops is known as Greenway, sited just off the Cregagh Road and at the main entrance to the estate.

Way back in the days of rationing, after WWII, TPO Rippingham Image designed the Cregagh housing estate in rows of flat-roofed two-storey terraces. Some 17 years later the Northern Ireland Housing Trust came along with the fifteen storeys of Kilbroney House by which time tower blocks were about to go out of fashion. Approximate contemporary of Seymour Hill Image, Rushpark Image and Belvoir Image the Cregagh block is not so well known. This view is from the north east, near the back of the shops and shows the side of the building facing the Cregagh Road. Image shows the building from a different viewpoint.

See Image Kilbroney House, from the north at the North Bank, showing it, in the open green space popular at time, towering over the traditionally-sized terraces. Continue to Image (July 2013).