Sailortown
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Sailortown is an area of Belfast, Northern Ireland once famed as home to a large community gathered close to the dockland area of the city. Many of that community worked in the docks or went to sea, hence its seafaring name. Much of Sailortown was built on reclaimed land.
One of its most famous sons was former world flyweight boxing champion Rinty Monaghan. Streetfighter "Buck Alec" Robinson was also from Sailortown.
It has largely disappeared due to redevelopment and neglect on the part of planners but a vigorous campaign to regenerate the area and preserve St Joseph's, the local Roman Catholic church, has been underway for a number of years. In August 2006, that campaign reached 2,000 days of what it considers to be a "lockout" by the diocesan hierarchy.[citation needed]
