The second annual New York New Belfast conference, held last week at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, featured an eclectic array of speakers and a conference crowd that listened intently as the future relationship between the two cities was outlined and discussed. Conference-goers also attended a luncheon and a number of them took part in a tour of the Red Hook district in Brooklyn, which, like much of Belfast, has enjoyed a storied history centered on its industrial waterfront. The two days of the conference were rounded off by a reception hosted by Irish Consul General in New York, Noel Kilkenny, at his Midtown residence.
