BUOY PARK IN BELFAST

BUOY PARK - ACADEMY STREET [BELFAST 2018]

To be honest, I usually describe this type of public art as "Red Metal Things". Ireland is full of this type of Public art.

I last visited Belfast in May and because the hotel prices are increasing at such a rate there was a possibility that it was my last visit before Brexit. However, I have managed to book a hotel for three nights in the last week of March at a very good price so I will be in the UK when Brexit take place and hopefully that will be an interesting time. In 2018 I stayed in the Bullitt hotel and paid about Euro for two nights but when I tried to book three nights in March 2019 they were asking for Euro 150 per night which is crazy but almost be accident I got three nights at the Ramada for Euro 218 [ earlier in May of this year they were asking for close to Euro 160 per night].

The buoys which have been considered to be public works of art at Cathedral Gardens beside St Anne's Cathedral since the 1980s may be moved to a new location in the Titanic Quarter.

The buoys are more than 50 years old and are of the type used in local Irish waters. They were presented to the council by the Commissioner for Irish Lights in recognition of the port and maritime tradition of the city of Belfast. They were repainted in 2009, but the colours chosen were considered by many as controversial as they were not in line with the colours used to mark the buoys when they served as navigation aids. More recently they were repainted in the authentic colours and, in my opinion, they are more attractive.
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