Turf Lodge
The area was built in the late 1950s to house excess people from the overcrowded districts of the lower Falls.
Is andersonstown Catholic or Protestant?
Andersonstown is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition.
How did andersonstown get its name?
Andersonstown is a suburb in west Belfast, Northern Ireland. The area was originally known as Whitesidetown after the family that owned the land but they were dispossessed for the support they gave to the Society of United Irishmen, resulting in a change of name.