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POETRY IN MOTION COMMUNITY

Poetry in Motion Community is New Belfast’s literary programme for local writers and aspiring writers.

 



City Centre Itinerary - A New Belfast Poetry Map

Itinerary route map

Start at the Albert Clock on the junction of Victoria Street and High Street
1.
P13 Keep Your Head On (Alistair Graham)
P14 The Albert Clock (Anne Boyd)

Head down Victoria Street and turn left onto Waring Street
2.
P15 The Merchant Hotel (Susan Morgan)

Continue along Waring Street and turn right onto Donegall Street and continue until St Anne’s Cathedral is on your right.  Writers’ Square is now on your left.
3.
P17 Writers’Square (Sheila McWade)
P18 The Skaters at St.Anne’s (Gerard McKeown)

Continue straight through Writer’s Square by the tourist office, coming out on North Street, turn right.
When you reach the junction turn left onto Royal Avenue
4.
P20 Belfast City Streets (Helen R Eccles)

Continue down Royal Avenue. Castle Court Shopping Centre will be on your right
5.
P21 A Day in the Life of a Shopaholic (Laura Bailey)

Continue down Royal Avenue to Castle Junction
6.
P24 Enjoying Belfast (Gerry McCullough)
P25 Castle Junction (Pat Taylor)
P26 The Death of a King (Renee Gregg)

At Castle Junction turn left onto High Street. Continue along High Street until you reach Corn Market on the right hand side.  Turn right into Corn Market.  Continue to the sculpture.
7.
P19 Mickey Marley’s Roundabout (Louise Gore)

Turn left onto Ann Street.  A little way down on the left hand side is “Love and Death”, the former location of the Capstan Bar.
8.
P27 The Fifties Beacon (John H Galbraith)
P27 Advice (George Carr)
P28 Up From the Sticks (Pat McErlean)

Turn around and head back across Cornmarket onto Castle Lane.  Follow Castle Lane until you reach Donegall Place.  Turn left.  On your left hand side as you face City Hall you will find M&S.  This is the building where the Waterboard office used to be housed.
9.
P29 The Water Board Man in Coolfin Street (Myra Gibson)

Cross over the road to City Hall
10.
P29 Haiku (Jim Johnston)
P30 Gates of City Hall (Mark Madden)
P31 Pendulum Tendencies (Ruth Graham)
P32 Love Song (Pauline McCaul)
P33 Peace Vigil (Patricia Bennett)
P34 Where Have all the Flowers Gone? (Margaret Wilks)

Turn right at the front of City Hall and head along Wellington Place until you reach College Square
11.
P39 What’s His Name (Joseph O’Boyle)

Turn left follow College Square as it becomes Great Victoria Street. Just past the Crown Bar on the left hand side is Amelia Street
12.
P38 Amelia Street (Seamus Fox)

Continue down Great Victoria Street until you meet the one way system.  Follow it round onto Bruce Street.
13.
P16 Over You (Ciara Clarke )

Continue along Bruce Street to the junction follow the road round to the left when you meet the Dublin Road.  At the next junction cross onto Ormeau Avenue.  Continue along Ormeau Avenue.  The Ormeau Baths Gallery is on your right.
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P37 Ormeau Baths (David Smylie)

Continue to the end of Ormeau Avenue until you reach the junction with Cromac Street and the Ormeau Road.  Turn left and walk down Cromac Street as far as the traffic lights at the next junction.  Cross over to St. George’s Market
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P35 Market Memories (Annemarie Mullan)