The Europa Hotel - is known as the world's most bombed hotel, having been targeted 33 times between 1970 and 1994 during "The Troubles", the Europa is part of…
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Mural on Hopewell Cres
The Women's Quilt mural - It shows a patchwork quilt of words related to women and the roles they play in families and communities, such as “aunt”, “mother”,…
King Williams Mural - In commemoration of King William III and his victory at the Battle of the Boyne.
Queen Elizabeth mural - celebrating the Platinum Jubille in June 2022.
Queen Elizabeth mural - celebrating the Platinum Jubille in June 2022.
King Charles III mural at Shankill Road and Argyle Street.
Ulster loyalism is a strand of Ulster unionism associated with working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland. Like other unionists, loyalists support the…
Unlike other strands of unionism, loyalism has been described as an ethnic nationalism of Ulster Protestants and "a variation of British nationalism".
They see themselves as loyal primarily to the Protestant British monarchy rather than to British governments and institutions
The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Irish republican or nationalist Catholic…
Although temporary peace walls were built in Belfast in the 1920s (in Ballymacarett) and 1930s (in Sailortown), the first peace lines of "the Troubles" era were…
Over 3,500 people died during The Troubles with almost 70% of deaths happening within 500 metres of one of these walls.
Originally few in number, they have multiplied over the years, from 18 in the early 1990s to at least 59 as of late 2017. They have been increased in both…
Since there are roads that pass through the peacewall gates were required, the gates remain and are closed at night still to this day.
Notice the cage structure built from the roof of the house seen on the right
This cage was built so that objects, such as fire bombs, thrown over the Peace Wall would roll down the cage to a ditch at the bottom.
The image of Bobby Sands, immortalized in paint on Falls Road, is a potent symbol of the Northern Ireland conflict. This mural depicts the late Sands, one of…
Look an antique ... and an old phone booth too!