In Film and Fiction
- Featured in 2002 film "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," Pirrie Park used as setting for 'The Battle of Helms Deep.'
- The 2008 film, City of Ember, used the School and in particular the Whitla Hall as a filming location.
- In the BBC's modern adaptation of Cinderella, McArthur Hall was used as a filming location.
- In the 2008 film, Miss Conception, McArthur Hall is used as the setting for a nunnery.
- The 2011 novel, Popular is set in a fictional co-educational Belfast grammar school which is situated at the top of the Malone Road.
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