Béal Feirste

Béal Feirste—literally 'mouth of the Farset'—derives from the Irish béal (mouth) and feirste (sandbank or tidal ford), referring to the geographical feature where the River Farset met the River Lagan at what is now Queen's Bridge. This etymology directly reflects Belfast's origins as a riverside settlement around a crucial ford. Belfast remained a small medieval village through the Norman pe...