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Under a long Victorian roof of brick, iron and glass, St George's Market is one of the last surviving covered markets of its kind in Ireland. It stands near the river Lagan, a short walk from the centre of Belfast. The hall was built in the 1890s on a site that had held a market for centuries, replacing an open-air market with a grand permanent building. Its tall arched front and rows of iron columns inside are typical of the confident public architecture of the late Victorian city. Over its ...