New Lodge, Belfast
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The New Lodge is an urban, working class Catholic community in Belfast, Northern Ireland, immediately to the north of the city centre. The landscape is dominated by several large tower blocks. The are
Top of the New Lodge Road near its junction with the Antrim Road
The local Catholic church is St. Patrick's on Donegall Street.
A rainbow over Donore Court, with Republican murals
Gerry Fitt
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Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt, was a politician from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a founder and the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, a social democratic and Irish nationalist par
New Lodge, Belfast
…winning from the 1940s and becoming more dominant as time moved on. In the post-War years, the New Lodge was historically the political stronghold of Gerry Fitt. The co-terminous Stormont parliamentary constituency was the most marginal constituency, changing hands at every election until 1965. It was won by…
Gerry Fitt, Lord Fitt