Donegall Road
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The Donegall Road[gaeilge needed] in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland is named after the Marquess of Donegall, not the Irish county of Donegal as commonly thought. The road runs from Shaftesbury Square in the city centre to Broadway (leading to the Falls Road) in West Belfast. The Donegall Road is intersected by the complex junction of the M1 Motorway and the West Link which is the main thoroughfare for traffic between the west and the north of Belfast.
The Donegall Road is the birthplace of popular singer Ruby Murray. The garage half-way up the road is the site of one of the explosions that took place on Bloody Friday in 1972. The road provides access to the Belfast City Hospital and the City Hospital railway station train stop. Travelling outwards from the city centre also takes one to the Broadway entrance of the Royal Victoria Hospital.
The Jampot Club on the road had been a regular venue for Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins before he went on to win the World Snooker Championship for the first time in 1972.
The road and the streets leading from it, are predominantly Protestant and contain the well-known Sandy Row and the Village. Most of the housing is of the 'two up, two down' (many of them converted) red-bricked terraced variety. The area is mostly working class, but has become a cachement area for student rental accommodation due to its close proximity to Queen's University.
The road gets particularly congested at peak times.
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