用英语简介英国城市贝尔法斯特

Belfast is the anglicised version of Béal Feirste, the area's Irish name, which translates as "mouth of the Farset River",referring to the sand bar which formed where the River Farset enters the River Lagan at Donegall Quay, and flows into Belfast Lough. This forms the hub around which the city developed. The River Farset also gets its name from the word for ‘sand spit’—feirste in Irish. Superseded by the River Lagan as the more important river in the city, the Farset now languishes in obscurity, under High Street. The Farset formed a dock on High Street until the mid 19th century, and the open river can still be seen at the edge of the Shankill graveyard. Bank Street in the city centre refers not to banking, but to the river bank and Bridge Street was the site of an early a bridge across the Farset.

The site of Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze Age. The Giant's Ring, a 5000 year old henge, is located near the city, and the remains of Iron Age