Sandy Row

Sandy Row
Mural on a gable wall showing William of Orange and the date of the Battle of the Boyne, with the legend "Welcome to Sandy Row".
Sandy Row's northern end
Former name(s)Carr's Row
Maintained byBelfast City Council
LocationShaftesbury, Belfast
Postal codeBT12 5E
Coordinates54°35′31″N 5°56′13″W / 54.592°N 5.937°W / 54.592; -5.937
North endDurham Street
South endLisburn Road

Sandy Row is an inner city area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is predominantly Protestant working-class.[1][2] In 2018, the population was estimated to be around 4,000.[3] It is a staunchly loyalist area and heartland of the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Orange Order.

  1. ^ Sandy Row Project Team (December 2004). "Section 5: Sandy Row". Taskforce – addressing the needs of working class Protestant communities: Final report (Report). Department for Social Development. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (DOC) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ^ Sandy Row Project Team (December 2004). "Annex 4: Census data". Taskforce – addressing the needs of working class Protestant communities: Final report (Report). Department for Social Development. pp. VI–XXV. Archived from the original (DOC) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ Smith, Ryan (2 November 2018). "Sandy Row residents urged to come forward over future of area". BelfastLive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.