Sailortown (Belfast)
Working-class dockland community in the docks area of Belfast, Northern Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sailortown was a working-class dockland community in the docks area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Established in the mid-19th century on partly reclaimed land, it had a mixed Protestant and Catholic population. The 1907 dock strike called by trade union leader James Larkin commenced in Sailortown before spreading throughout the city.[1][2]
Urban redevelopment in the late 1960s resulted in Sailortown's eventual demolition. As of 2021, only two churches, one pub and three houses remain of the once bustling waterfront enclave.[3][4] However, a combination of private investment in the greater Docks area and building of social housing by associations such as Clanmill has led to a growth in population since 2010 in the Pilot St area.
A "sailortown" is a dockland area "that catered to the transient population of seafarers"[5] that have existed in seaports throughout the world.[6]