The rioters terrorised the street’s Catholic families, burnt their houses and drove them out. Gerald McAuley, a 15-year-old member of the IRA’s youth wing, was shot dead as he helped his neighbours ...
Lee is Protestant, Cein a Catholic — and their communities in Belfast's west inner city are separated by a wall called a peace line. It's nearly 40 years old and 40 feet high. Ten years after peace ...
Belfast's peace walls, built during the Troubles to tamp sectarian violence, were slated to be torn down in 2023. But locals are trying to block... Belfast locals fight to preserve peace walls built ...
A recently opened shared space close to one of Belfast’s most notable peace walls has been recognised as among the top EU-funded projects in Europe. The £7.8m Shankill Shared Women’s Centre, in the ...