The New Lodge district of Belfast is located to the north of St Malachy 's College and centred around the New Lodge Road , which links the Antrim Road to North Queen Street . New Lodge is bordered on the north by Duncairn Gardens with the loyalist Tiger 's Bay forming an interface area . It is one of the older areas of the Antrim Road , although it was previously known as the Pinkerton Row area . A smaller republican area , Newington , forms a separate interface with Tiger 's Bay , being approximately bordered by the Antrim Road , Halliday 's Road and Limestone Road . The main Catholic church in the Newington area , the Holy Family , has been the scene of sectarian tension and in 1993 in the immediate aftermath of the Shankill Road bombing it was placed under heavy police protection after a rumour was circulated that members of the UDA intended to launch a revenge attack on the church . The areas are served by two public parks , the Waterworks on the corner of the Cavehill Road and Amongst the most notorious is that between the lower Antrim Road and the lower Shore Road which was seen as such a flashpoint that in 1994 a fence was added to Alexandra Park , which in 1994 was divided in two by a fence after clashes between Newington republicans and Shore Road loyalists . The fence remains in place although a gate was added in 2011 permitting limited access from one side to the other . This area of the Antrim Road also hosts Saint Ignatius ' , a building used by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia , having previously been occupied by the Antiochian Orthodox Church
Shankill Road bombing
Shankill Road bombing
Antrim Road