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Music &
         Literary Tour










































                                                                                                                     Northern Ireland has a long tradition of literary
                                                                                                                     masters and songwriters. Stretching back to
                                                                                                                     C.S. Lewis creator of The Chronicles of Narnia
                                                                                                                     who was born in the city right through to Nobel
                                                                                                                     Lauret Seamus Heaney who was a lecturer at


                                                                                                                     Queens University in the city.
                                                                                                                     Belfast's most famous son is undoubtedly Van
                                                                                                                     Morrison but others like Snowpatrol from
                                                                                                                     nearby Bangor and the Devine Comedy all

                                                                                                                     have had an impact on modern day Belfast.
                                                                                                                     During the tour you will see the locations which

                                                                                                                     inspired them, drink in the pubs in which they
                                                                                                                     have sang and drew inspiration.
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