Sandy Row
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Sandy Row is a Protestant working class community near the centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has a population of about 3,000.
The road runs from the Boyne Bridge over the old Dublin railway line into Great Victoria Street station, then crosses the Donegall Road and on to the bottom of the Lisburn Road.
In the song "Madame George" on his album Astral Weeks Van Morrison sings:
Then you know you gotta go On the train from Dublin up to Sandy Row.
At one end of the road was Murray's tobacco factory, while at the other is a large Orange Order Hall.
The road used to be a popular shopping district attracting people from all over Belfast but since The Troubles this has declined substantially.
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