The Stock Market/Jose Fuste Raga City Hall, Belfast Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The city is also an important manufacturing center, famous for its shipbuilding and textile industries. The majestic City hall building, shown here, is a landmark located in Donegall Square in the center of Belfa HIE Corbis/Jack Fields Brick EdIfices(大建筑物 of Belfast Late aftemoon sun casts long shadows on the brick buildings of downtown Belfast. Almost half of the population of Northem Ireland lives in and around this densely populated city. Catholics and Protestants once lived side by side in the blue-collar neighborhoods of Belfast, but after spates of sectarian violence in the mid-19th century the city developed a tight ethnic segregation in housing patterns.2 City Hall, Belfast Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The city is also an important manufacturing center, famous for its shipbuilding and textile industries. The majestic City Hall building, shown here, is a landmark located in Donegall Square in the center of Belfast. B rick Edifices (大建筑物) of Belfast Late afternoon sun casts long shadows on the brick buildings of downtown Belfast. Almost half of the population of Northern Ireland lives in and around this densely populated city. Catholics and Protestants once lived side by side in the blue-collar neighborhoods of Belfast, but after spates of sectarian violence in the mid-19th century the city developed a tight ethnic segregation in housing patterns