Belfast's Peace Walls: A Self Guided Walking Tour

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1. Discover this locally recognised mural spot named for Conor, a Belfast street artist known as "the people's artist." Learn how he'd sketch neighbours and everyday shopfronts on the sly, hiding loose sketchbook pages inside a newspaper while pretending to read the sports results.

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2. Gaze across the road at the black gates marking the Garden of Remembrance and, just beside it, the H-Block Memorial. Both commemorate Irish republican paramilitaries, local civilians, and former prisoners who died during the conflict, including those connected to the H-Block hunger strikes.

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3. See the imposing corrugated iron and concrete peace walls that still divide parts of the community today. Enjoy the chance to view them up close, touch them, and even write a personal message of your own.

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4. Visit the Shankill Memorial Garden, a quiet space honouring members of the Protestant community who lost their lives during the Troubles. Pause here to reflect on the losses felt on this side of the peace walls.

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5. Walk along the world-famous International Solidarity Wall, where murals connect West Belfast's struggle to conflicts in Palestine, Cuba, and beyond. Explore how these political murals became a global language of resistance and support across communities far from Belfast.

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6. Stand before Divis Tower in West Belfast, where a plaque remembers Patrick Rooney, aged nine, one of the first children killed during the Troubles. This is where the tour begins, marking the start of decades of urban conflict that shaped the city around you.

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7. Finish at the famous Bobby Sands mural, a powerful symbol of the 1981 hunger strikes that drew worldwide attention to the Maze Prison. This iconic image marks the end of your journey through Belfast's divided but resilient communities.

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8. Pass this Grade II listed Carnegie library, opened on 2 January 1908 and built with funds donated by Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Notice the ornate spandrel angels over its entrance, the work of Irish artist and sculptor Rosamund Praeger.

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About Belfast

Belfast is Northern Ireland's capital, a harbour city between hills and lough, known for shipbuilding, Victorian pubs, murals and the Titanic story.

Belfast grew with the linen and shipbuilding trades, and the giant yellow cranes of the old shipyard still stand over the docks where the Titanic was built and launched in 1911. The Titanic Quarter now holds a large museum on that story. In the centre, the domed City Hall, completed in 1906, stands in a square of Victorian and Edwardian buildings, and the Cathedral Quarter has cobbled lanes and old pubs.

Top-ranked sights in Belfast: Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Dark Hedges.

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