September/October 2024


ONE of Belfast city centre’s oldest and most historically significant entries, Sugarhouse, has reopened to the public after more than 50 years. So named because it was


the site of one of the city’s two sugar refineries, Sugarhouse Entry was fortunate to survive the destruction of large sections of High Street during the Belfast Blitz in 1941. Sugarhouse Entry was once of


the site the Dr Franklin


Tavern, meeting place of the United Irishmen (also known as ‘The Muddler’s Club’). Formed in 1791,


the United


Irishmen’s aim was to unite Protestants, Catholics and Dissenters to remove English rule. Their leader, Henry Joy McCracken, was brought to Sugarhouse Entry by his sister, anti-slavery campaigner Mary


Council Approve £14 Million Investment for County Antrim Hotel


ANTRIM and Newtownabbey Planning Committee has approved plans for a £14 million investment for the Kingfisher Country Estate in Templepatrick, which will significantly enhance its tourism offering. The plans comprise


an extension to


the main hotel building for an additional 68-bedroom suites with a ground floor


function room and conservatory, as well as a mix of shepherd huts, glamping pods, log cabins and a hotel manager’s lodge. It is estimated that 30-50 construction


jobs will be created during the build with a further 70-100 full and part time jobs upon completion. The proposed extension located to the southern section of the hotel, will effectively


look out over the golf course and pond, and will consist of a 4-storey elongated annex building. The new extension will house a new function room, toilets, lobby, bar, storage, and cloakrooms on the ground floor with 20-bedroom suites accommodated on the first, second and third floors respectively with the remaining 8 suites accommodated on the fourth floor.


A glazed corridor will connect to the


proposed sunroom and the existing hotel building. 8 glamping cabins, 10 shepherd huts and 3 larger log cabins all with self-catering facilities, will provide visitors with alternative holiday accommodation all year round. The approved plans will also provide an additional 304 parking spaces.


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Ann McCracken, to receive medical


cleansing,


thanks to extensive repair


funded


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Belfast’s Historic Sugarhouse Entry Reopened After More than Half a Century attention in the


forlorn hope of resuscitating him after his public hanging at Cornmarket in 1798. Now,


work,


repainting, installation of new paving and interpretive signage,


by the


Department for Communities and managed by Belfast City Council, people can once again visit this historic entry which runs from High Street to Waring Street, parallel to Bridge Street.


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