Talk:Sailortown (Belfast)

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Cant[edit]

Did Sailortown locals speak with a typical Belfast accent or did they use a local cant?--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 09:56, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The ones I knew sounded pretty typical of Belfast but obviously that's not a reliable source! Keresaspa (talk) 21:54, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Being so close to Belfast city centre, and the dockers working on the quays and cross-channel docks bringing them in contact with carters from all over Belfast, as well as shipyard workers from East Belfast likely wouldn't have left them isolated enough to form their own cant. However, according to Paul Hill's autobiography, a popular Sailortown expression when referring to a fellow local was "He/she's one of our own". This underlines Dillon's observations regarding the clannish nature of the inhabitants. Thanks for the reply!--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 09:34, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename[edit]

I suggest that this article be renamed Belfast's Sailortown. Sailortown is the generic term and they exist–or more likely once existed–in seaports throughout the world. The article Sailortown (dockland) could then be renamed "Sailortown". Belfast is unusual in that the sailortown area or district is called "Sailortown". Rwood128 (talk) 21:46, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rinty Monaghan and Frank Carson[edit]

Neither of the above is from Sailortown, no matter what any online source says. They came from Little Italy and the Half Bap, respectively Billsmith60 (talk) 15:58, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dubarrys and Sussex/Vere St[edit]

Dubarrys bar was in Princes St and not near Sailortown. The above streets were on the other side of York St and not jn Sailortown. Arguably, the bit about the spinning mill being hit by bombs on the Blitz is irrelevant, too. Why it's on the Sailortown site, I don't know Billsmith60 (talk) 18:51, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]