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Shankill meaning

An outer suburb in south-east Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2522)

Using Shankill

  • The main meaning on this page is: An outer suburb in south-east Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2522)
  • In the example corpus, shankill often appears in combinations such as: the shankill, shankill road.

Context around Shankill

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

imagining 1× surrounding 1× 1993 1×

Often after:

road 2× bomb 1× project 1× butchers 1× garda 1× leisure 1× uvf 1× roads 1×

Sentence patterns with Shankill

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

area surrounding shankill garda station 1× dynamic between shankill and falls 1× falls and shankill roads are 1× from the shankill is being 1× in the shankill bomb accused 1× in the shankill uvf members 1× on the shankill road 1× re imagining shankill project which 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a loyalist women 1× a man who 1× aftermath of the 1× also every 12th 1× during violence in 1× on 16 june 1×

Common sentence endings:

and susan mccrory 1× as a whole 1× centre of lurgan 1× commission det twitter 1× filming schedule continues 1× marked by atrocities 1×

Words around Shankill

Just before it in the word index:

shankhamul 2 shanker 14 shanked 9 shankarrao 3 shankarlal 2 shankaran 2

Just after it in the word index:

shanking 2 shankland 53 shankle 3 shanklin 33 shankly 20 shankman 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Shankill

  • In this selection, "shankill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, imagining, surrounding, 1993, road, bomb and project stand out and add context to how "shankill" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include area surrounding shankill garda station and dynamic between shankill and falls. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shankill" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shankill

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The area surrounding Shankill Garda Station. (6 words)

During violence in the Shankill, UVF members shot dead RUC officer Victor Arbuckle. (13 words)

A loyalist women's band from the Shankill is being investigated after an alleged breach of a Parades Commission det… twitter. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Their effort to reach new heights is being done in order to raise vital funds for the Re-Imagining Shankill Project which plans to restore and reorder the church with the approach of the 300th anniversary of the original building in the centre of Lurgan. (45 words)

The areas around the Falls and Shankill Roads are the most deprived wards in Northern Ireland. citation Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. (40 words)

The film, commissioned by ITV and supported by NI Screen has been filming in the Glen Road school while students were off on summer holidays as well as using the Shankill Leisure Centre as the filming schedule continues. (38 words)

Example sentences (11)

A man who lost his teenage sister in the Shankill bomb accused festival organisers of “knowingly” organising a musical event “engaged in the promotion and celebration of IRA terrorism”.

Powerful partnerships are explored such as Peace People, NI Women’s Coalition, Women Together, Derry Peace Women and the special dynamic between Shankill and Falls Women’s Centres through the leadership of Eileen Weir and Susan McCrory.

Their effort to reach new heights is being done in order to raise vital funds for the Re-Imagining Shankill Project which plans to restore and reorder the church with the approach of the 300th anniversary of the original building in the centre of Lurgan.

A loyalist women's band from the Shankill is being investigated after an alleged breach of a Parades Commission det… twitter.

Also every 12th July Unionist politicans march in the same Parades with “tributes” to Shankill Butchers and other Unionist terror parapenlia.

The area surrounding Shankill Garda Station.

The film, commissioned by ITV and supported by NI Screen has been filming in the Glen Road school while students were off on summer holidays as well as using the Shankill Leisure Centre as the filming schedule continues.

Aftermath of the 1993 Shankill Road bombing The year leading up to the ceasefires was a particularly tense one, marked by atrocities.

During violence in the Shankill, UVF members shot dead RUC officer Victor Arbuckle.

On 16 June 1994, just before the ceasefires, the Irish National Liberation Army killed a UVF member in a gun attack on the Shankill Road.

The areas around the Falls and Shankill Roads are the most deprived wards in Northern Ireland. citation Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole.

Common combinations with shankill

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shankill" in a sentence?
An example: "A man who lost his teenage sister in the Shankill bomb accused festival organisers of “knowingly” organising a musical event “engaged in the promotion and celebration of IRA terrorism”." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shankill" from authentic English texts.
What does "shankill" mean?
Shankill means: An outer suburb in south-east Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2522)
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