Ballymurphy, Belfast

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housing estate residential area

Ballymurphy, Belfast is a predominantly Catholic residential area in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, known for its role in the Troubles and as the site of significant political and social unrest.

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Ballymurphy 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf housing estate ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
associatedWith Irish republican movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
civil rights activism ⓘ
commemoration memorials to victims of the Ballymurphy massacre ⓘ
communityBackground predominantly nationalist ⓘ
conflict The Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy Belfast City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommunityFacilities churches ⓘ
community centres ⓘ
schools ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Irish nationalist community ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Irish ⓘ
hasMurals memorial murals ⓘ
political murals ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Ballymurphy shootings of August 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
hasReputation area of intense security force activity during the Troubles ⓘ
area of paramilitary activity during the Troubles ⓘ
hasSocioeconomicProfile working-class ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment 20th century ⓘ
knownFor Ballymurphy massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
political unrest ⓘ
role in the Troubles ⓘ
social unrest ⓘ
locatedIn Belfast ⓘ
Ireland (island) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
West Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAssemblyConstituency Belfast West (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInParliamentaryConstituency Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyArea Andersonstown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Springfield Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whiterock NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf County Antrim NERFINISHED ⓘ
policingAuthority Police Service of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousDemographics predominantly Catholic ⓘ
securityPresenceDuringTroubles British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfHeightenedViolence 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
typeOfArea predominantly residential ⓘ
urbanForm post-war housing estate ⓘ
victimsOfNotableEvent civilians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massacres in Northern Ireland → hasLocation → Ballymurphy, Belfast ⓘ
subject surface form: Ballymurphy massacre
Operation Motorman → location → Ballymurphy, Belfast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ballymurphy