Clanard Martyrs Memorial Garden
Belfast

A poster by the Clonard memorial near Clonard Monastery, Bombay St.

Once settling into our hostel in Belfast, we hired a black taxi tour. These tours feature the Loyalist and Republican murals of Belfast, and give an up-close view into the history of this divided city.

In August, 1969, Loyalist extremists burned Catholic apartments on Bombay Street. Listen to Bobby, our black taxi driver, tell us more of the background here: .

Bobby then took us to Shankill Rd, on the Loyalist part of town. This city is divided by a 20ft-high peace wall, running for miles in western Belfast. Here's a close-up of a Loyalist mural on Shankill, commemorating Oliver Cromwell's legacy in Ireland:

Click here for more pics of the murals of Belfast.

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