Limestone Road, Belfast

The Limestone Road in North Belfast runs between York Road and Antrim Road. During the Belfast Blitz of April 1941, this area of Belfast was heavily bombed.

Limestone Road

Belfast

BT15 3AE

Northern Ireland

Hallidays Road, North Belfast in April 1941

Smoke rises from a crater caused by a Luftwaffe bomb on Hallidays Road, off the Limestone Road in North Belfast. The area was badly hit during the Belfast Blitz on 15th and 16th April 1941. Copyright Belfast Telegraph.

Limestone Road in 1943

The following information is taken from the 1943 Belfast Street Directory.

Places of Interest

The following places will be of interest to anyone wishing to explore more of the area's Second World War heritage.

Map showing Currie Junior School, Limestone Road, Belfast

Currie Junior School, Limestone Road, Belfast

111-113 Limestone Road, Belfast

Currie Junior School today is Currie Primary School and still stands on the Limestone Road in North Belfast. Child evacuees gathered here on 8th July 1940.

Map showing Mountcollyer Public Elementary School, Limestone Road, Belfast

Mountcollyer Public Elementary School, Limestone Road, Belfast

111-113 Limestone Road, Belfast

Mountcollyer Public Elementary School stood on the Limestone Road in North Belfast. During the Second World War , young evacuees gathered on 8th July 1940.

References
  1. Lennon Wylie

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