Twinbrook, Belfast

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Twinbrook, Belfast is a residential area in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, known for its strong republican community and association with Irish republican figure Bobby Sands.

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Twinbrook, Belfast canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf housing estate
residential area
adjacentTo Dairy Farm Centre area
Dunmurry
Lagmore
Poleglass
Suffolk, Belfast
country United Kingdom
developedInPeriod early 1970s
late 1960s
hasAmenity community centres
local shops
primary schools
secondary schools nearby
sports facilities
hasCommunity Irish republican community
hasCulturalFeature memorials to republican prisoners
murals related to Irish republicanism
hasDemographicCharacteristic working-class population
hasLanguageCommunity English speakers
Irish speakers
hasNeighbourhood Lagmore
Poleglass
hasNotableResident Bobby Sands
other Irish republican activists
hasPoliticalTradition Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
hasReligiousCommunity predominantly Catholic community
hasTypeOfHousing public housing estate
social housing
inTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
knownFor association with Bobby Sands
strong republican community
locatedIn Belfast
West Belfast
locatedInAdministrativeArea County Antrim
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Northern Ireland
locatedOn island of Ireland
linked to: Island of Ireland
near Dunmurry railway station
M1 motorway
partOf Greater Belfast urban area
representedBy West Belfast (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency)
linked to: Belfast West

West Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)
linked to: Belfast West
servedBy bus services to Belfast city centre

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Bobby Sands residence Twinbrook, Belfast