Where is Belfast actually located? United Kingdom or Ireland?

Question

I am a bit puzzled, as I've heard mixed answers from people.

Answer 1

Belfast is technically located within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland although it is also located on the island of Ireland.  Your confusion may be coming from the fact that historically it has not always been that way.

Today Belfast is one of the four British cities with capital status along with London, Edinburgh and Cardiff and it has been the capital of Northern Ireland since Northern Ireland was establised in 1921 following the Government of Ireland Act 1920

Ireland was partitioned on 3 May 1921 under the authroity of the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Before Partition the island of Ireland was technically one territory but the act of partition created two territories on the island of Ireland: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. Today the former is still known as Northern Ireland and is under British control and is part of the UK while the latter is known simply as Ireland (or, if differentiation between the state and the whole island is required, the state can be referred to as the Republic of Ireland) and is controlled by the people of that country.

Answer 2

The United Kingdom is England, Scotland, Wales and most recently Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland used to be part of Ireland, until the late 1800's/early 1900's when the English government, who claimed they were the rulers of Ireland, began to send armed forces across the water.  The British Army established several strongholds in the north of Ireland. This was the Ulster Plantation.

The Irish obviously rebelled against this invasion.  The six northern-most counties were eventually filled with British people, mainly Scottish I think.  (Remember that the U.K was Protestant, and Ireland was Catholic.) So the settlers were Protestant, which caused a clash.

In 1921, the counties that were mainly Protestant formed a new country called Northern Ireland.  This was to establish its independence from Ireland.  Howver, the borders between Ireland and N.I. were never patrolled or even marked, and residents of N.I. can have either an Irish passport or a British one.

So anyway, the answer is that Belfast is in NORTHERN IRELAND, which is part of the U.K., although a minority of Northern Irish residents and the Irish government deny this.

Answer 3

Belfast is geographically in Ireland, however it is in Northern Ireland (Ulster), which politically is part of the UK.

PS one of your answers above is wrong. Ireland is not part of the UK. NORTHERN Ireland is. They are, as another answer pointed out, separate countries, with their own currency and different governments.

Answer 4

Northern Ireland.

Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. UK is made up of Scotland England, Wales and Ireland.  

Answer 5

Its located in the united kingdom, as we used pounds.

Answer 6

Belfast is the capital of nothern. Ireland

Dublin is the capital of ireland

by the way the UK is made up of nothern ireland, england, scotland and wales NOT IRELAND! nothern ireland and ireland are serperate countries.

Answer 7

to the answerer above...they are not seperate countries

they are seperate counties..there is a border between both of them  

Answer 8

all answerers have got it spot on except for little m since when has ireland north and south been made up of 2 counties!!! i'm not getting at you but could we plse have more light hearted questions on here!!

Answer 9

Simple answer:

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland which is one of the four constituent countries of the UK.

It lies on the Island of Ireland but is NOT part of the Republic of Ireland.

Just to clear up....

SLF is wrong - Northern Ireland and Ulster are NOT the same thing - Ulset is a Province which consists of 9 counties, 3 of which are part of the Republic of Ireland.

Little_miss_diva is also incorrect - Northern Ireland is not a county.

Answer 10

Belfast is at the mouth of the river Lagan and is in Northern Ireland the rest of Ireland is called the republic or the south of Ireland Norther Ireland is part of the U.K. this came about due to Lord Edward Carson refusing to except direct rule from the British and Irish government's during the 1900s.