Native name | Rae na Gainmhe (Irish)[1] |
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Former name(s) | Carr's Row |
Maintained by | Belfast City Council |
Location | Shaftesbury, Belfast |
Postal code | BT12 5E |
Coordinates | 54°35′31″N 5°56′13″W / 54.592°N 5.937°W |
North end | Durham Street |
South end | Lisburn Road |
Sandy Row (Irish: Rae na Gainmhe[1]) is an inner city area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is predominantly Protestant working-class.[2][3] In 2018, the population was estimated to be around 4,000.[4] It is a staunchly loyalist area and heartland of the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Orange Order.