A fact from Lagan Canal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 January 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Lagan Canal(pictured) was once one of the most successful canals in Ireland but closed in the 1950s after succumbing to competition from road and rail transport?
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