From the 8th of March to the 12th of March, Belfast city centre plays host once more the prestigious ‘Belfast Fashion Week’.
Returning for its sixth year, the Belfast Fashion Week is set to bring a touch of class to Northern Island, attracting visitors from the worldwide fashion scene. As with previous years, this season’s event will be showcasing the latest trends from within the world of fashion, with some of the most beautiful international models exhibiting the latest trends on one of several catwalk stages. Belfast’s most celebrated fashion gurus will be retailing their latest designs before a backdrop of the latest music and photographic exhibitions, to show the rest of the world the best in fashion that Ireland has to offer.
Tickets for the Belfast Fashion Week will be hotly in demand, make sure that you book early enough to ensure that you will not be disappointed. During the week, Belfast will turn into a truly multi-cultural city, with people arriving from all over the world, book any holiday requirements you have, such as Hotels and car hire in Ireland, within plenty of time, or risk possible disappointment at missing this fantastic annual event.
Given the current economic climate, this year’s event will reflect the smaller budgets that people can afford at present, offering trendy and stylish outfits at reasonable prices.
The weeklong event will allow all fashion enthusiasts the chance to browse some of the world’s most prestigious designer clothing; special outlets will open where individuals will be able to purchase new supplies for their wardrobes. Moreover, there will be a special outlet where people can participate in clothes swaps, to offer their wardrobes the chance of an overhaul at a fraction of the costs of purchasing an entirely new one.
Belfast Fashion Week will comprise of four elegant shows and style events, all of which will be chock-a-block with the latest in designs and styles.
This year’s theme for the Belfast Fashion Week is pink, with this season’s trends hot on pastel colours. The catwalks, as well as the decor, will be in fantastic shades of pink. Anyone who is interested in creating fashion can observe and participate in several workshops and demonstrations which will be held in St George’s Market, and where those wanting and willing to learn can see how to create entirely new outfits from waste textiles as the fashion world embodies the spirit of recycling.
County Wexford is located in the province of Leinster with a population of approximately 132,000 people. Wexford town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD who named it Veisafjörðr. In 1169 Wexford was besieged by the King of Leinster and his Norman ally. By the middle ages Wexford was and Old English settlement. By 1798 County Wexford was the centre of a rebellion against the English. Wexford town hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every autumn. Wexford’s famous sons include novelist John Banville, the father of outlaw Ned Kelly and the father of the American Navy Commodore John Barry.
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County Monaghan is located in the province of Ulster with a population of approximately 56,000 people. Monaghan borders Tyrone (Northern Ireland) to the north, Armagh (Northern Ireland) to the east, Louth (Republic of Ireland) to the southeast, Meath (Republic of Ireland) to the south, Cavan (Republic of Ireland) to the southwest and Fermanagh (Northern Ireland) to the west. In the 15th century King Henry VIII’s son met with the Irish chiefs of Monaghan. The county was divided into five sections that still exist today including Farney, Cremorne, Dartrey, Monaghan and Truagh. This county was not colonised like other counties and was instead left to the native chieftains. The writer Patrick Kavanagh was born in County Monaghan.
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County Louth is located in the province of Leinster with a population of approximately 111,000 people. The majority of people live in either Dundalk or Drogheda town. Louth is affectionately called the “Wee County” as it is the smallest of Ireland’s 32 counties. Louth village and county Louth were named after the Celtic pagon god Lugh. The county is steeped in myth, legend and history from the pre-historic days of the Cooley Cattle Raid to the influence of the Vikings. Oliver Cromwell attacked Drogheda in 1649 slaughtering the Royalist garrison (Siege of Drogheda). The priest and scientist Nicholas Callan (born 1799) was from County Louth.
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County Longford is located in the province of Leinster. The county has a population of approximately 34,000 people. The Longford territory was originally known as Annaly and Tethbae which was controlled by the Farrell clan. After the 12th century Norman invasion, Annaly was given to Hugh de Lacy as a part of the Liberty of Meath. By the 14th century English control over Ireland was on the wane. Longford was later the centre of the 1798 rebellion between the French led by Humbert and the English led by Cornwallis.
Most of Longford lies in the basin of the River Shannon. Mel Gibson’s mum was born in County Longford.
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County Leitrim is located in the province of Connacht in the Republic of Ireland. In ancient times Leitrim formed the western half of the Kingdom of Breifne. The O’Rourke clan had a long influence on the county and their heraldic lion still occupies the official county crest to this day. In the 13th century the Normans invaded Leitrim. Much of Leitrim was confiscated from its owners and given to Villiers and Hamilton who unsuccessfully tried to colonise the county with English settlers.
Leitrim has the fastest growing population of any county in Connacht (the population is currently approximately 30,000 people). Places of interest include Carrick-on-Shannon and Lough Key Forest and Activity Park. Famous people from Leitrim include the harpist Turlough O’Carolan (born 1670) and the ‘Father of Irish Bee Keeping’ – Rev. J.G. Digges (born 1858).
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County Laois is located in the province of Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. Laois was the subject of two colonisations by English settlers, one in the 15th century and one in the 17th century. Neither colonisation was successful due to the lack of tenants and because of continuous raids by the O’Moores.
Later, the county became home to a community of French Huguenots in the 1690s, who settled in Ireland after their service to William of Orange in the Williamite war in Ireland.
County Laois has a population of approximately 67,000 people.
Places of interest include the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Castle Durrow and Stradbally House.
Famous people from Laois include John Shaw (US Naval Officer born 1773), Kevin O’Higgins (Irish Free State Minister for Justice born 1892) and Poet-Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis born 1904).
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County Cavan is located in the province of Ulster and is a part of the Republic of Ireland. It is one of the three counties in Ulster which is not a part of Northern Ireland. County Cavan is bordered by County Monaghan, County Leitrim, County Longford, County Meath, County Westmeath and County Fermanagh. County Cavan has a population of roughly 64,000 people. In medieval times, County Cavan was known as Brefnie O’Reilly after its ruling Gaelic family since it was a major part of the 11th century Irish Kingdom of Brefnie. The main rivers in County Cavan are the Shannon and the Erne. Bishop Bedell (15th century) was from County Cavan and was the first person to translate the bible into Irish!
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Armagh is located in the province of Ulster and is a part of Northern Ireland. It is situated north of County Louth in the Irish Republic and borders Lough Neagh to the north. Armagh’s population is roughly 160,000 people. The county’s highest point is Slieve Gullion.
Ancient Armagh (before the fourth century AD) was the territory of the Ulaid until the Clan Colla took over from the 4th to the 12th century AD. Armagh is one of the four counties of Northern Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Roman Catholic community background. The South Armagh was the most militarised region in Western Europe due to the history of violence in Northern Ireland.
Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) is buried in county Armagh. Ian Paisley (clergyman and politician) was born in county Armagh in 1926). Places of interest include the Armagh Observatory, the Navan Fort and Gosford Castle.
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