Belfast Is A City Known For Its Painted Walls,One Of The Political Murals On Display In Belfast Editorial Photo

By the early 19th century, Belfast became a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, becoming briefly the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname `Linenopolis`.[8] By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world`s largest shipyard.[9] Belfast as of 2019 has a major aerospace and missiles industry. Industrialisation, and the inward migration[10] it brought, made Belfast Northern Ireland`s biggest city and it became the de facto capital of Northern Ireland following the partition of Ireland in 1922. Its status as a global industrial centre ended in the decades after the Second World War of 1939–1945.