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Jan 13, 2020 · But for Brennan, Forsyth, Thompson and many others living near peace walls in Belfast and around Northern Ireland, it seems they are going to be a source of security for the foreseeable future. “The peace lines won’t come down in the time I have ahead of me,” 70-year-old Brennan said.
Apr 7, 2023 · Good Friday agreement. This article is more than 1 year old. Belfast’s peace walls: potent symbols of division are dwindling – but slowly. Dismantling of the barriers between Catholic and...
The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Irish republican or nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly British loyalist or unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast and elsewhere.
Aug 3, 2023 · There are still over 20 miles of peace walls - or peace lines - across Northern Ireland, the Majority across Belfast. In 2023, about 60 remain, scattered mostly across Belfast, but with one or...
Dec 29, 2023 · The most prominent of the peace walls in Belfast are found, unsurprisingly, between The Falls Road and The Shankill Road in West Belfast. There are also peace walls in North Belfast, East Belfast, Portadown and Derry.
Apr 26, 2023 · Even after the Good Friday Agreement formalised the end of the Troubles in 1998, peace walls continued to be built. Today, Belfast counts 30.5km of walls in a total of 97 different barriers and...
Sep 25, 2018 · Discover Belfast Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland: These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.
