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34-618: McKillen was born in Andersonstown , West Belfast . His father owned a garage in the same suburb. At the age of 16, he joined and built up the company, which became one of the first garage chains in Northern Ireland, sold in the 1990s for €25 million ($ 31 million). During the 1980s, McKillen built up a portfolio of assets including commercial buildings, retail stores and shopping centres in Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Limerick. He

68-412: A change of name. In 1832, it was described as a village consisting of eleven families, some of whom were named Anderson . The Andersons are likely to have been of Scottish Lowland descent. Most of what is now Andersonstown was a farm named 'Maryburne', owned by a family named Collins; however, after a family dispute the land was sold off. The settlement then rapidly developed in the 1950s and 1960s as

102-507: A landmark Supreme Court Case in Ireland and blocked NAMA from acquiring McKillen's debt . McKillen lined up Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Joseph Stigliz as an expert witness in the case which was unusually heard before all seven Irish Supreme Court judges. Professor Stiglitz erroneously stated that McKillen's international portfolio of prime property assets was run to pension fund standards and that his profitable loans were exactly what

136-516: A mainly Protestant following, was moved away from the area on the orders of police due to fears that violence would break out. The game was played at Windsor Park , but despite the move a riot broke out anyway. On the Glen Road, the path that leads into the mountains known as Glen Road Heights is home to both Sport & Leisure Swifts F.C. and St. Teresa's GAC, with the two clubs grounds being almost adjacent to one another. The local newspaper,

170-401: A property developer with the same owners but operated independently. In 2019 they announced the development of a bowling alley at Dundrum Town Centre . The company investigated an initial public offering in 2018, but this was cancelled in 2019. In July 2022, it was announced that Press Up would open its first UK venue after converting the listed Methodist Central Hall, Birmingham into

204-570: A redevelopment of Claridges and the expansion of hotel group to include Maybourne Riviera in France and Maybourne Beverly Hills. In April 2022, the Qataris removed McKillen from the board of Maybourne Hotels. Paddy McKillen owns and has been developing Chateau La Coste, a biodynamic vineyard and international destination for art, architecture and natural beauty in Provence , for the past 15 years. It

238-569: A result is a source of conflict between rival gangs of youths. The area around Suffolk Road was previously considered part of the Protestant Suffolk area (and a Church of Ireland church stands on the corner of the Stewartstown Road here) with Lenadoon Avenue forming an interface. In 1972 this street was the scene of violence that brought an end to a short-lived Provisional IRA ceasefire. Several houses were left empty in

272-616: Is a suburb of west Belfast , Northern Ireland , at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a strong Irish nationalist and Irish Catholic tradition. The district is sometimes colloquially referred to as "Andytown". This area stretches between the Shaws Road, the Glen Road and the Andersonstown Road. The area

306-624: Is in County Antrim . Historically, it was part of the Barony of Belfast Upper, the parish of Shankill and the townland of Ballydownfine (from Irish Baile Dúin Finn  'townland of the fort of Finn'). The area was also known as Whitesidetown after the family that owned the land, but they were dispossessed for the support they gave to the Society of United Irishmen , resulting in

340-966: Is shared between Paddy McKillen, Jr., son of Paddy McKillen , and Matt Ryan. Their properties include the Clarence Hotel , the Dean Hotel, the Dean Hotel Cork, the Devlin Hotel, the Mayson Hotel, the Irish franchise for Wagamama and the Stella Theatre cinema chain. They also operate two formerly franchised Tower Records locations, which have outlasted the US-based parent chain by many years. A number of their new properties are located in new developments by Oakmount,

374-565: The Andersonstown News , voices an Irish Republican viewpoint. Produced by the Belfast Media Group, which also publishes papers in other areas of the city, editions appear on Mondays and Thursdays. The district is also the subject of the novel Titanic Town by Mary Costello and the movie adaptation by Anne Devlin . The area is part of the Black Mountain district electoral area for Belfast City Council. In

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408-479: The 2014 Belfast City Council election this district elected five Sinn Féin councillors, as well as one councillor each for the SDLP and People Before Profit . In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the area was a major centre of civil disturbances during the social-political conflict known as The Troubles . A large British army fort – known as Silver City – was built in the central Broom Hill part of Andersonstown. There

442-616: The All Saints College are located on the upper Glen Road . Casement Park , the main Gaelic Athletic Association stadium for Antrim GAA , is in Andersonstown. Donegal Celtic F.C. , an association football club, play their home games at Donegal Celtic Park on Suffolk Road on the outskirts of Andersontown. In 1990, an Irish Cup game between Donegal Celtic and Linfield F.C. , a club with

476-738: The Finaghy area and the Upper Lisburn Road ) and the M1 motorway . Riverdale Estate was built in the 1940s to accommodate both privately bought and privately rented tenants. This area is bounded by Andersonstown Road and the M1 Motorway to the rear south side. Ladybrook is adjacent to the Blacks Road area which is the only predominantly loyalist section of what is otherwise a mostly republican locality. The area, also known as Suffolk,

510-473: The Irish economy needed to recover and stimulate growth and jobs, and that it would be detrimental to Mr McKillen's businesses and the Irish economy to transfer them to NAMA. The Irish Attorney General argued McKillen was unable to repay or refinance his loans and his debt qualified for NAMA. The seven Irish Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled in McKillen's favour essentially because the decision to acquire

544-1032: The US, Asia and South America. Led by Irish investor Derek Quinlan, McKillen invested in the Savoy Hotel Group in 2004. Shortly afterwards Quinlan sold the Savoy Hotel and changed the name to the Maybourne Hotel Group which then included Claridges, The Connaught and The Berkeley. In 2015, the Qatari royal family (through Constellation Hotels , subsidiary of Qatar Holding ) bought the Maybourne group for an undisclosed amount believed to be around £1.4 billion. McKillen launched his first major legal action to stop NAMA when it attempted to seize his estimated €3 billion of debt owed to Irish banks during Ireland's banking crisis. In February 2011 he won

578-469: The area of Andersonstown. In 2008, Andersonstown ward had a population of 5,064. There are five Catholic churches in the area: St Agnes' and St. Michael's and St Teresa's, St Matthias', and Holy Spirit Church. There are several schools including Holy Child Primary School and De La Salle College . St Genevieve's High School for girls is situated at the junction of Stewartstown and Andersonstown Roads. St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School and

612-716: The evening of the event the IRA announced an end to its ceasefire as a direct response to events at Lenadoon and a gun battle with the army and UDA ensued. The Glengoland area, which borders on Colin Glen Forest Park between the Stewartstown Road and the Glen Road, represented the western edge of the Belfast City Council area. After the Suffolk Road junction Stewartstown Road entered the jurisdiction of Lisburn City Council , heading towards Poleglass and

646-580: The junction with Shaw's Road). The interface, which is close to the fortified Woodbourne Police Service of Northern Ireland barracks, has seen numerous clashes between youths from the areas. The barracks are on the site of the former Woodbourne House Hotel, which was destroyed in the earliest days of the Troubles. To the north of the Stewartstown Road is the Lenadoon area, which is bordered by Shaw's Road. Lenadoon includes an eponymous public park which

680-525: The largest commercial legal actions taken in London's High Court. McKillen was defeated in court and was found liable for £27m in legal fees. Following this loss, in 2015, both McKillen and the Barclay Brothers both sold their entire shareholding in the hotels to Qatar's Constellation Hotels. After selling his shareholding McKillen continued to run the hotels for a £5 million annual fee. He managed

714-408: The loans was made before NAMA had been formally established. They also found that McKillen has a right to be heard before acquisition of his loans. His Irish Supreme Court case Dellway vs NAMA is recognised as a landmark legal decision and is used internationally as an example of how Governments cannot override citizens’ rights during national emergencies. The Supreme Court ruled NAMA could now, given it

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748-660: The local housing authority built hundreds of houses for people who were rehoused during the redevelopment of the lower Falls Road district. As the population of the area increased, Twinbrook and Poleglass housing estates were built further out of Belfast. The area is bounded by Andersonstown Road on the south, Glen Road on the north and Shaw's Road on the west. The Black Mountain district electoral area consists of six electoral wards: Shaw's Road, Andersonstown, Colin Glen, Turf Lodge, Falls Park and Beechmount. The electoral ward named Andersonstown and that named Shaw's Road covers

782-585: The name of the townland , is home to around 800 Protestants and is represented by the Suffolk Community Forum, a group which since 1996 has co-operated in the Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group with its Catholic neighbours. The close proximity of Suffolk to neighbouring republican areas has led to the development of an interface area at the junction with the Stewartstown Road (which the Andersonstown Road merges at

816-399: The street but at the last moment the army, fearing a riot, rammed the vehicle with an armoured car. The republican supporters erupted in an angry display, resulting in the soldiers firing rubber bullets, CS gas and water cannons. The Provisionals accused the army and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw of going back on earlier negotiations and favouring the loyalists. By

850-563: The street until the IRA accompanied a Catholic family into one after the family's move had been approved by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive . This attracted a crowd of UDA members and supporters who attacked the houses and before long the British Army arrived on the scene. A stand-off followed for several days until the IRA decided to accompany another removal lorry with another Catholic family into

884-525: The surrounding areas. However following the reform of local government in Northern Ireland that preceded the 2014 local elections these areas were absorbed into an expanded Belfast City Council. 54°34′42″N 5°59′38″W  /  54.57833°N 5.99389°W  / 54.57833; -5.99389 Press Up Entertainment Press Up Hospitality Group is a cinema, hotel, pub, retail and restaurant operator based in Dublin , Ireland . Ownership

918-535: Was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and evading police after allegedly refusing to stop after being reported as a drunk driver. They have four children together and live in Los Angeles and France. Together with his son, Paddy McKillen Jr, McKillen was a large shareholder of the insolvent Press Up Entertainment which was taken over by its largest lender Cheyne Capital. Andersonstown Andersonstown , known colloquially as Andytown ,

952-574: Was established, acquire McKillen's loans however as all Irish Banks had by then been nationalised NAMA decided not to acquire McKillen's remaining €1.5 billion of debt which had not already been transferred to NAMA. The British Barclay Brothers became the largest shareholders of the Maybourne Hotel group in 2011 with a direct & indirect holding of 64%. In 2012 McKillen sued the Barclay Brothers and NAMA in his attempt to gain control of Maybourne; spending over £27 million in legal fees on one of

986-724: Was generally less strife than in, for instance, neighbouring districts such as Lenadoon, which in 1972 saw clashes between the IRA and Ulster Defence Association and a subsequent demographic shift in the estate from Protestant to Catholic, and Ballymurphy , the scene of the Ballymurphy massacre and Springhill massacre . On 5 April 1979, two British Army soldiers were shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) whilst closing security gates at Andersonstown joint Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and British Army base. The PIRA in Andersonstown

1020-551: Was named by Newsweek as one of the Top 100 Destinations to ‘Visit in the World’. In 2017 McKillen opened a luxury hotel, Villa La Coste, on the 600-acre estate. McKillen is continuing to expand his global business. In April 2022, he opened the nine-bed Shinmonzen, A Tadao Ando designed Japanese Inn which he developed in Gion, Kyoto. McKillen’s wife is named Maura. In 2009 Maura McKillen

1054-570: Was one of the ten republican prisoners to die during the 1981 Irish hunger strike , was a native of Andersonstown. Andersonstown is the main area beyond the Falls Road although it is bordered by several other areas that form the Upper Falls District Electoral Area . On the south side of the Andersonstown Road the main district is Ladybrook , which is approximately bordered by Finaghy Road North (which leads to

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1088-554: Was part of the First Battalion of the Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade . On 26 June 1980, Miriam Daly , a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast and an Irish Republican Socialist Party activist, was found tied up and shot dead at her home in the area. The murder was widely blamed on loyalist paramilitaries, but no group ever claimed responsibility. Kieran Doherty , a Teachta Dála who

1122-478: Was redesigned in 2000. Lenadoon was previously a mixed area and indeed in the early stages of the Troubles the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) was active in the area but following the street violence of the early 1970s Protestants moved out and the area became almost wholly Catholic. The Suffolk Road area lies further west and is home to Donegal Celtic. Suffolk includes Blacks Road and as

1156-680: Was the main shareholder of the Jervis Shopping Centre (which was a hospital that he turned into a shopping mall), and a key investor in Clarendon Properties. In the 1990s, he turned his attention to building an international property business. He focused on buying properties with significant unrealized potential in key locations, improving them and managing and holding the assets for the long-term. His portfolio gathered hotels, retail and commercial properties in Europe,

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