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Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden In memory of: IRA members, ex-prisoners, political activists and civilians from the Clonard area. Information on those commemorated Date of incident: January Description: Medium sized memorial garden divided into three interconnected sections; surrounded by walls, railings and three metal gates. The central section contains a large Celtic cross on a plinth, a large plaque attached to a wall and four flags. The side sections contain plaques and memorial benches.(Source: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/victims/memorials/static/monuments/546.html)

In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a funding programme called Peace Walls to support local communities who want to campaign for the removal of the peace walls. [14] In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to removing all peace lines by mutual agreement by 2023. But they are still standing. As a tourist, I like them as a memorial and a relic of the past.

The stated purpose of the Peace Lines is to minimise violence between communities, between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who call themselves Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who call themselves British). The Peace Lines range in length from a few hundred metres to over five kilometres. They may be made of iron, brick, steel or a combination of these three materials, and are up to eight metres high. Some have gates (sometimes manned by police) that allow passage during the day but are closed at night. In recent years they have become tourist attractions. Black taxis now take groups of tourists to Belfast's Peace Lines, trouble spots and famous murals. The most conspicuous peace lines of recent years separate the nationalist areas of Falls Road and Shankill Road in west Belfast, the nationalist Short Strand from the unionist areas of Cluan Place in east Belfast, the unionist Corcrain Road and the nationalist Obins Drive in Portadown, and the unionist Fountain Estate and the nationalist Bishop Street in Derry. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Peace Lines or Peace Walls are a series of dividing barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Irish republican or nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly British loyalist or unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They were built on urban border areas in Belfast and elsewhere. Most of the peace walls are in Belfast, but they also exist in other regions of Northern Ireland, where there are more than 32 kilometres (20 miles) of walls in total. (Source: Wikipedia)

Cave Hill is a very beautiful mountain on the outskirts of Belfast

Beautiful castle with great hiking tours

Very worth seeing relics of the Civil War. It's worth taking a guided bus tour along Falls Road and Shenkill Road along the Peace Wall. A very strange mood. 20 years ago it was downright spooky.

Even many years after the peace agreement, Northern Ireland's capital Belfast remains divided: “Peace” walls up to eight meters high separate the Catholic and Protestant quarters. But the future has long since begun in the city center. People are crowding into the new pubs, cafes and shopping centers. It gets a little better every day,” says a former IRA fighter who spent years in prison. The taxi drivers have now opened up an additional business: on the Black Cab Mural Tours, they drive tourists to the sites of the civil war. The rows of brick-red houses west of Falls Road end at a twenty-foot-high concrete wall. The so-called Peace Walls separate the Republican and Protestant districts. The majority of Catholics want to join the Republic of Ireland, so they are Nationalists or Republicans, while the Protestants want to remain British. They are therefore called Loyalists or Unionists.