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Stories Set in Belfast
Shipyard cranes, peace walls, linen mills and 1969 childhoods — Belfast's stories carry the Troubles' weight and the Titanic's shadow. These ten span Branagh to serial killers; also explore The Troubles in Belfast (1958–2000).
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Browse 18 books, 41 movies and 1 TV show set in Belfast.

In the Name of the Father
A small time thief from Belfast Gerry Conlon is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their…

Belfast
Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence whose life is filled with familial love childhood hijinks and a blossoming romance. Yet with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil his family faces a…

Hunger
The story of Bobby Sands the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

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In Thomas Tuchel's first full year in charge the European champions became champions of the world adding two more trophies to the collection and were sudden-death spot-kicks away from celebrating twice more. Bolstered…

'71
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
For a year acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones” chronicling the creation of the show’s most ambitious and complicated season. Debuting one week after…

The Fall
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership,…

Odd Man Out
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

The Boxer
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later Danny is released from…

Nowhere Special
John a 35-year-old window cleaner has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son Michael after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live he…
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