The Peace Wall

Temporary peace walls were built in Belfast in the 1920s. The majority of them were built in Belfast. Its purpose was to reduce the inter-communal violence between the Unionist and the Nationalist. Since the 1990s more permanent and higher peace walls were built. 

We came to see the most prominent part of the wall which separate the Nationalist Falls Road and Unionist Shankill Road in Belfast. This wall prevented attacks and rioting between the terrace houses adjoining the roads. 

There are gates along the wall

Peace Gate Belfast

Opening hours

Bayardo Bar Memorial

 It is memorial to the victims of the Bayardo Bar attack in 1975.

Shankill Road

Shankill Road is predominantly a unionist area. Union flags and murals in honour of the Royal family remain as a reminder of the sectarian divide.

Union flags along the road