Queen&#x27;s Uni Belfast

I'm not there yet, applied for Postgrad in September.

I'm not Northern Irish either. I'm a Scot who lives in England so I've been around, and I can tell you that Belfast is my favourite city and the natives are just wonderful!

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bloomblaze

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Original post by Daniel1987

I'm not there yet, applied for Postgrad in September.

I'm not Northern Irish either. I'm a Scot who lives in England so I've been around, and I can tell you that Belfast is my favourite city and the natives are just wonderful!

the natives are wonderful?? Can you elaborate on that point???

Why is belfast your fav city?? its tiny relative to other uk cities

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Well, Ive always found Belfast people to be friendly and welcoming to me, as an outsider. I really took them to my heart the first time I went over there. Tiny? Well its always had a vibrancy and buzz to it. I guess it just depends on the individual and whether you get a certain feeling for a place. Everyone told me how fantastic Leeds was before I moved there (albeit for a job, not as a student) - and nah, not for me. Incidentally I'm sure Belfast is 15th in terms of populaion, Leeds is 5th. Not that it means anything.

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Also, Irish history is my subject in my BA and my planned MA. So I get a real thrill every time I walk the narrow lanes of a place like the Shankill, I think it would be marvelous to live in the place that you're actually studying. Of course thats unique to me, other people are welcome to hate Belfast if they wish, with equal validity.

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JupiterSunshine

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Original post by Daniel1987

Also, Irish history is my subject in my BA and my planned MA. So I get a real thrill every time I walk the narrow lanes of a place like the Shankill, I think it would be marvelous to live in the place that you're actually studying. Of course thats unique to me, other people are welcome to hate Belfast if they wish, with equal validity.

Have you been anywhere in the RoI?

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Original post by Daniel1987

Also, Irish history is my subject in my BA and my planned MA. So I get a real thrill every time I walk the narrow lanes of a place like the Shankill, I think it would be marvelous to live in the place that you're actually studying. Of course thats unique to me, other people are welcome to hate Belfast if they wish, with equal validity.

lol @ 'thrill from walking in the Shankill'

P.S. Sandy Row is pretty much beside the student area. So it would mean traveling a little less futher to get your daily thrill.lol

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Original post by JupiterSunshine

Have you been anywhere in the RoI?

No, infact I havent been anywhere in NI other than Belfast. It just worked out that way that friends I met doing my first degree were from Belfast. I would definately like to visit other parts of the island were I to accept QUB offer in September.

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Original post by bestofyou

lol @ 'thrill from walking in the Shankill'

P.S. Sandy Row is pretty much beside the student area. So it would mean traveling a little less futher to get your daily thrill.lol

I was more implying a historical thrill, in that it was an epicentre of the troubles, which is what I'm interested in...perhaps I should have said the Falls aswell to placate your concerns that I might have Loyalist sympathies?

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JupiterSunshine

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Original post by Daniel1987

No, infact I havent been anywhere in NI other than Belfast. It just worked out that way that friends I met doing my first degree were from Belfast. I would definately like to visit other parts of the island were I to accept QUB offer in September.

You definitely should- it feels completely different because for me N.I. feels like a hybrid of England and Ireland!! If you can manage it try and get to west Cork and Kerry :bigsmile:

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Original post by Daniel1987

I was more implying a historical thrill, in that it was an epicentre of the troubles, which is what I'm interested in...perhaps I should have said the Falls aswell to placate your concerns that I might have Loyalist sympathies?

Ahh right. I thought it was more of a thrill like, ohh look at me, I'm on the shankill, who crazy am I.lol

In that case, theres quite a few things to check out. I would certainly look at going to Dublin and checking out the areas taken over by the rebels in 1916 and Kilmainham Gaol.

And no, I would have found it just as funny if you said falls.

Sandy row is quite a historic place as well. From what I can remember, there was quite a large number of mean who joined the ulster div. in WW1. Probably all wiped out, the majority at least.

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Original post by bestofyou

Ahh right. I thought it was more of a thrill like, ohh look at me, I'm on the shankill, who crazy am I.lol

In that case, theres quite a few things to check out. I would certainly look at going to Dublin and checking out the areas taken over by the rebels in 1916 and Kilmainham Gaol.

And no, I would have found it just as funny if you said falls.

Sandy row is quite a historic place as well. From what I can remember, there was quite a large number of mean who joined the ulster div. in WW1. Probably all wiped out, the majority at least.

Thanks, I'll bear those in mind. As I said, been offered a place on the MA in Irish History, which i'd love to accept. However got the email this afternoon saying I'd been turned down for funding. So my hopes and aspirations are very much still up in the air.

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Original post by Daniel1987

Thanks, I'll bear those in mind. As I said, been offered a place on the MA in Irish History, which i'd love to accept. However got the email this afternoon saying I'd been turned down for funding. So my hopes and aspirations are very much still up in the air.

where did you do your BA. What subject?

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Original post by bestofyou

where did you do your BA. What subject?

BA was History (Irish and American) and Politics at Stirling between 2005-2009. Got a 2:1 but probably never pushed myself as hard as I could have. Enough to get me onto this MA but not enough to get any financial aid :mad:

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Original post by Daniel1987

BA was History (Irish and American) and Politics at Stirling between 2005-2009. Got a 2:1 but probably never pushed myself as hard as I could have. Enough to get me onto this MA but not enough to get any financial aid :mad:

I applied for Stirling for History, got rejected though. But I wasn't going to firm it anyway, its between Dundee and Aberystwth for me at the minute, and I haven't a clue which to pick. Know anything about their history departments?

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