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Belfast, Ireland
Does anyone have any suggestions for economical lodging for several nights in Belfast, Ireland. We are looking for accommodations that are within walking distance to attractions and transportation. -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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Irishc wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for economical lodging for several nights in Belfast, Ireland. We are looking for accommodations that are within walking distance to attractions and transportation. We stayed at the Travelodge on Brunswick Street. It's about £40 per room per night, close to everything, and just a block or so from the main bus station (which also drops off from the airports.) David -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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David Horne wrote:
Irishc wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for economical lodging for several nights in Belfast, Ireland. We are looking for accommodations that are within walking distance to attractions and transportation. We stayed at the Travelodge on Brunswick Street. It's about £40 per room per night, close to everything, and just a block or so from the main bus station (which also drops off from the airports.) Oh, should have mentioned, Belfast is in Northern Ireland. David -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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Padraig Breathnach wrote:
(David Horne) wrote: Oh, should have mentioned, Belfast is in Northern Ireland. So it is. And in Ireland, too. Does that mean 'on the island of Ireland' or something else? Politics aside, is it geographically accurate to say "Belfast, Ireland"? David -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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Padraig Breathnach wrote:
Politics aside, definitely. I didn't mean to make a political point. Yes, I think it is geographically, socially, and politically acceptable to speak of Belfast as being in Ireland. The only time it might cause discomfort is when supporters of the union switch into political point-scoring mode. It is also acceptable to speak of Belfast as being in Northern Ireland, except when opponents of the union are in political point-scoring mode. All I meant to convey is that your clarification was redundant. Most people, most of the time, are not bothered about such things, and when they are bothered, you are better off seeking out different company. OK- I suppose I'm not quite getting this. I'm simply talking about this in geographic terms, and I think my 'clarification' was simply that, for all I knew, the OP may have assumed that Belfast was in the ROI, and surely that is inaccurate, regardless? (Given the number of people who innocently don't know the difference between England and the UK, it wouldn't be surprising to me if people quite innocently assumed Belfast was in the Republic of Ireland.) I don't think there's necessarily anything dark in "bothering about such things"- it depends why- and I don't see the harm in geographical clarification. My experience suggests that a lot of people from outside the british isles don't really know much about the geography, and it was just unusual to see "Belfast, Ireland" as "Ireland" in this case seemed to suggest the country, not the island. That's all. Anyway, I don't have a hang up about it, except from a geographical point of view- so that if "Belfast, Ireland" is a correct usage, well, that's fine- but I didn't know that. David -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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Padraig Breathnach wrote:
It wasn't obvious to me that your clarification was intended solely as a matter of geography. My apologies for misinterpreting your intent. That's fine. (Given the number of people who innocently don't know the difference between England and the UK, it wouldn't be surprising to me if people quite innocently assumed Belfast was in the Republic of Ireland.) I made different assumptions, because the OP also posted questions about Dublin and Edinburgh, and that led me to infer that he or she some knowledge about the places. I'd seen the other posts, but I still assumed the OP may just be confused. There is some ambiguity, as one of the two states on the island of Ireland is named "Ireland" (often referred to as the Republic of Ireland, but the constitution gives the name of the state as "Ireland"). If you arrive in Dublin airport, and ask how to get to Belfast, nobody is likely to say that you have arrived in the wrong country. They will direct you to the train or, if you hire a car, tell you to be sure to turn left on the way out. Correspondingly, if you attempt to reach Dublin by way of Belfast, nobody will think it odd. Yes, indeed. It's simply the use of language as it pertains to geography that interests me. For example, I've heard someone say "I spent the summer in Ireland" when they might have meant just ROI, or both RIO and NI. That seems perfectly OK to me, and a case where having to say "I was in ROI and NI" is unnecessary and cumbersome for the sake of geographical accuracy. However if someone spent a holiday in NI, I'd find it less accurate if they said they'd spent a holiday in Ireland. But, I don't know if they would say that. Someone from Ireland or the UK may just refer to the place ("oh, I spent a week in Belfast") or the county(ies), without referring to the country at all- no need to in most cases. Are we on the same wavelength now? I think so. David -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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Belfast, Ireland
Padraig Breathnach wrote in message . ..
[big snip] I think that, in informal usage, "Belfast, Ireland" is fine, and offends nobody. It might cause confusion in some post offices. Actually that usage offends *me* so presumably I'm nobody. Conversely, and by the same logic, people offended by the not uncommon practice of locating Dublin in the British Isles are also nobody. Thanks for clearing that up. K |
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