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Welcome to the map of Belfast's peace walls on Virtual Belfast Mural Tour. Use the map below to find your way about Belfast and see where the peace lines are. The peace walls in Belfast, also known as peace lines, are a series of separation barriers.
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- Some Quick Need-To-Knows About The Belfast Peace Walls
- The History Behind The Belfast Peace Walls
- How to Visit The Peace Walls in Belfast
- FAQs About The Belfast Peace Wall Murals
A visit to one of the Belfast Peace Walls is fairly straightforward, once you know where they are (it’s worth understand the difference between Northern Ireland and Irelandin advance).
Though something of an arresting sight to first time visitors, the Belfast Peace Walls have been in existence for 50 years and it all began with the riots of August 1969. With tensions reaching boiling point, intense sectarian violence broke out that month between the Loyalist community of The Shankill Road and the Nationalist community of The Fall...
If you fancy seeing the Belfast Peace Walls for yourself, you’ve several different options: you can go solo, visit on a Black Cab Tour or visit on a walking tour. If you do visit solo, please make sure to visit early in the day – the Peace Walls are in areas of Belfast to avoidafter the sun drops.
We’ve had a lot of questions over the years asking about everything from is Belfast segregated to are there still peace walls in Belfast. In the section below, we’ve popped in the most FAQs that we’ve received. If you have a question that we haven’t tackled, ask away in the comments section below.
- James March
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 and 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...
Aug 3, 2023 · If you're interested in visiting the Peace Wall in Belfast, I have put together this guide with a map and selected murals. Let me also tell you a bit about the history of the Belfast Peace Wall and how the troubles have not truly ended.
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Apr 7, 2023 · Belfast’s peace walls: potent symbols of division are dwindling – but slowly. Dismantling of the barriers between Catholic and Protestant areas reflects undeniable progress in the 25 years...
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...