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Ashleigh Manor, BELFAST, BT9 6JY

Gate on the driveway of the Irish Football Association Image One of a pair which features the outline of the IFA logo - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_ireland_national_football_team_logo.png for a more complete image.

Headquarters of the Irish Football Association at 20 Windsor Avenue, Belfast. The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the organising body for football in Northern Ireland, and had historically been the governing body for the whole of the island. Founded in the Queens Hotel, Belfast on the 18th November 1880, the Irish Football Association is the fourth oldest governing body in the world (the three older are the English, Scottish and Welsh football associations). When Ireland was split by partition in 1921 the IFA remained in charge of football in the new Northern Ireland while the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the counterpart association for (The Republic of) Ireland. See http://www.irishfa.com/the-ifa/about-the-ifa/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Football_Association for more information on the IFA. The IFA has been based here since 1960. Previously the association had been housed at premises on Waring Street and then Wellington Place. The building itself has another important historical link - Thomas Andrews, chief designer of the ill-fated ship 'Titanic', lived here and there is a blue plaque on the wall commemorating him http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/thomasandrews.htm (a passenger on the Titanic's maiden voyage he died when she sank). The Titanic Society still meet here in the shadow of the beautiful staircase and ornate stained glass window which, legend has it, provided Andrews inspiration for the design of the ship.

A plaque, on a house in Windsor Avenue, commemorating Robert Lynd, writer and former literary editor of the now defunct “News Chronicle”.

See Image (March 2009). The building is now vacant and has a “sold” sign. The ornamental gates have been replaced.

A derelict and boarded-up detached house for which there are two current (both 11 June 2015) applications for planning permission “LA04/2015/0666/F Proposed partial demolition and alteration to existing 6 No. apartments. 19 Windsor Avenue Belfast” and “LA04/2015/0666/F Proposed partial demolition and alteration to existing 6 No. apartments. 19 Windsor Avenue Belfast”. The 1901 street directory shows that this was the residence of JC Mayrs of “Mayrs, J. C., & Co., Cabinet Makers, Upholsterers and General House Furnishers, 67 to 73 Royal Avenue”.

A vacant building with the following planning permission: “Z/2008/0397/F 18 Windsor Avenue, Malone Lower, Belfast, BT09 6EE Replacement Class B1 Office Development with lower ground floor and surface car parking and associated site works 01/12/2010”. Previously seen (left) in Image (March 2009). This photograph appears as a matter of record only. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the proposed development. Continue to Image

See Image Still vacant.

Enamel street and fire point signs, at the Malone Avenue end of Eglantine Place Image

Plaque on no 20 Windsor Avenue Image commemorating Thomas Andrews, the designer of the “Titanic” http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/thomasandrews.htm. See also Image and Image

Manhole cover located on Windsor Avenue in Belfast Image It is marked "ACE Portadown" - I think that ACE stands for "Air Conditioning & Engineering" - see Image for another example.