C S Lewis - The Lion, The Witch and Belfast

Our Roving Reporter travels into east Belfast to visit the childhood sites of author C S Lewis' life and sees how Northern Ireland can be found in his work.

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• Narnia
• Aslam
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• Lion
• Witch
• and
• Wardrobe
• Belfast
• Northern
• Ireland
• books

[CelticBeatleNarnian]

I love Narnia so this a cool video are you from Ireland?

[jgregthompson]

Thanks very much. Yep, I'm from Belfast itself.

[logicpractitioner]

I read on another website that the man in the statue was actually W.T. Kirkpatrick (Lewis' tutor - the "Great Knock") peering into the wardrobe which made no sense to me since that would be meaningless to a lot of Lewis fans especially children. Have you heard that before? Plan to be in Belfast next week and want to have my facts straight.

[jgregthompson]

I haven't heard this and it would seem rather odd to have Kirkpatrick in the statu instead of Lewis as you say. The statue does have a small plague mounts on the ground but actually I couldn't tell you what's written on it. I hope you enjoy your visit to Belfast it is a new city now with lots to do when you get here

[logicpractitioner]

I just got back from my trip to Ireland where I spent part of the day in Belfast for the C.S. Lewis tour. The red door in your video is the door to the rectory where Lewis's grandfather lived. By chance, a man there allowed me to go in and look around. He showed me a closet upstairs that was said to be the inspiration for the wardrobe. Have you ever heard of that? I always though the inspiration for the wardrobe came from one that was in home - Little Lea.

[CelticBeatleNarnian]

your welcome for the comment.