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In total, these walls stretch over 34 kilometres or 21 miles, with a majority being located in north and west Belfast. The peace walls vary in size, with some being a few hundred metres to over 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) long and up to 8 metres high. Even the materials used to construct these walls vary as you will see some made of bricks, iron.
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Belfast Peace Lines - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Atlas Obscura Belfast Peace Lines Belfast, Northern Ireland These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past..
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By the first day of 1971, the number of peace walls in Belfast had increased to 17. The view in 1999 of the Springfield Park peace wall in west Belfast.
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The most famous of the 'peace walls', as they're now known, divides the Falls and Shankill Roads in the western part of Belfast. It runs for several kilometres and is interrupted at several junctions by enormous metal gates across roads. At the height of the troubles, these were used as security checkpoints.
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Peace walls still proliferate, especially in Belfast. One at Cupar Way, between the Falls and Shankill, stands 45-feet tall, three times higher than the Berlin Wall, and in place for twice.
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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.
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Map drawn by James O'Leary in 2015, based on map produced for: Cosstick, V. (2015). Belfast: Toward a City without walls. Belfast: Colourpoint. 3.1.5 Year 2015 3.1.6 Type Map of extent of Belfast Peacelines in relation to City Centre and River Lagan, mapped in 2015
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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 or two.
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Peace walls - or peace lines as they are sometimes known - are a series of barriers in Northern Ireland that separate republican and nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from loyalist and.
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The Belfast Peace Wall Murals - Google My Maps A map to help visit the Peace Wall in Belfast and see the murals. More info here:.
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Today, Belfast counts 30.5km of walls in a total of 97 different barriers and forms of defensive architecture, including walls, fences, gates and closed roads. These are primarily in the.
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1. Location The most prominent of the peace walls in Belfast are found, unsurprisingly, between The Falls Road and The Shankill Road in West Belfast. There are also peace walls in North Belfast, East Belfast, Portadown and Derry. 2. What it's all about
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Map of the Week: Peacewalls in Belfast By Nina Edward This map, from the Peacewall Archive, shows where peace walls in Belfast are still up in 2017. The Troubles was a period of violent conflict from 1969-1998 in Belfast between paramilitary groups and the British military over ethno-religious identities.
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Legacy of peace walls. 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.