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4 unusual facts about Falls Road


Behind the Barricades

On the cover a Soldier with his back to the camera stands in a street off the Falls Road, Belfast in front of a barricade.

Belfast Brigade

Alternative versions of the song contain a reference to the Falls Road area instead of Seaforde Street.

Falls Road

Falls Road Railroad, a short-line railway between Niagara Falls and Brockport, New York, United States

The Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad, also known as the "Falls Road", once operated on the same route as its namesake


Cathal Brugha water polo

The Cathal Brugha club was formed in 1932 and was based in the old Falls Baths on the Falls Road, Belfast.

Peace lines

The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate: the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast; the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast; and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.


see also

East Stroudsburg High School North

East Stroudsburg Senior High School North is a public high school located on Bushkill Falls Road in Dingmans Ferry, in Pike County, Pennsylvania in the United States and is part of the East Stroudsburg Area School District.

Falls Road Railroad

The term Falls Road Branch was adopted by New York Central, and later Conrail, to refer to the section of railroad track between Lockport and Rochester, New York.

In 1994, Conrail abandoned twelve miles (19 km) of track between Rochester and Brockport, New York; the Falls Road Branch now terminates in Brockport, east of Owens Rd at Mile Post 16.60.

Joe McKelvey

He is a founder member of the O'Donovan Rossa Club, Belfast – founded in 1916 on the Falls Road.

Mzilikazi High School

The School is in the City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, located along the Old Falls Road (i.e. road that used to link the city of Bulawayo with the Victoria Falls.

New York State Route 344

Its eastern terminus is at the Massachusetts state line, where it continues into Bash Bish Falls State Park as Falls Road, a locally-maintained highway.

While climbing Cedar Mountain, NY 344 crosses into Massachusetts and becomes the unnumbered Falls Road, a local roadway providing access to Bash Bish Falls State Park.