Landing in Dublin
Welcome to Dublin
The walk to the bus to Belfast
Waiting for the bus to Belfast
A reconstruction of the inside of a Protestant Loyalist Orange Hall, in the Museum of Orange Heritage, Belfast
Stained glass window in the Museum of Orange Heritage, Belfast
Banner commemorating the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James in 1690, in the Museum of Orange Heritage, Belfast. Banners like this are carried by Protestant Loyalist flute bands.
View of the H & W cranes from inside Victoria Square Shopping Centre
Outside the Great Northern Mall
Going through the Great Northern Mall to the Europa Bus Centre
Europa Bus Centre
Shelter in Woodvale Park, the Shankill.
Mural commemorating the IRA in the Falls
Graves in Milltown Cemetary
Phoenix rising at the Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden
Commemorating the Burning of Bombay Street in the Falls
The “zombie apocalypse sunroom” over the back yard of a house in the Falls abutting the peace wall.
Black taxi on Bombay Street, the Falls.
Black taxi parked outside of a house in the Falls
Bombay Street in the Falls
Irish Declaration of Independence, in the Irish Republican History Museum in the Falls
Weapons used by the IRA, in the Irish Republican History Museum
A flag in the Irish Republican History Musuem
A harp carved by an IRA volunteer while in prison, in the Irish Republican History Museum
The Shankill Road before the Twelfth of July
Loyalist mural celebrating William of Orange near City Center
Protestant Loyalist Sandy Row
Morning view of Belfast from Farset Hostel on the Falls Road
Clonard Monestary in the Falls
Gate in the wall between the Falls and the Shankill, looking into the Shankill
Another view of the Lanark Way gate between the Falls and the Shankill
A gate in the wall between the Shankill and the Falls
A wall between Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in East Belfast
Grafitti in the Falls
A gate in the wall between the Shankill and the Falls
On the Shankill side of the peace wall
Poster in the Irish Republicann History Museum on the Falls Road
Closed gate on the Shankill side due to a parade
A wasteland in the Shankill, where an Eleventh Night bonfire is being built
The H&W crane; the company that built the Titanic
A mural on the Shankill side of the wall
On the Shankill side of the peace wall
Inside Clonard Monestary
Murals in the Shankill; this one was removed before my 2016 visit.
Loyalist Eleventh Night bonfire in being built in the Shankill
Belfast City Hall
The Shankill Road
Murals in the Falls
Clonard Martys Memorial garden in the Falls
Wasteland in the Shankill
On the Shankill side of the peace wall
Protestant Loyalist Sandy Row
Milltown Cemetary, Falls Road
Loyalist flute band marching in the Shankill
Crumlin Road Gaol, where arrested Loyalist and Republican paramilitary members were sent during the Troubles
UDA mural in the Shankill
Grafitti in the Falls
On the Shankill side of the peace wall
Honoring those who died in the Hunger Strikes.
Divis Tower, the Falls Road
Reaction to failed peace talks facilitated by the United States in 2013
Another Eleventh Night bonfire in the Shankill, still being built
Bobby Sands mural honoring the leader of the Hunger Strikes on the Falls Road
Big Fish
Memorial honoring those murdered in the Shankill Road Bombing
Clonard Martys Memorial garden in the Falls
Protestant flute band shop
Bonfire being built behind the Days Inn
Another bonfire being built in the Shankill
Sarah J. Carlson 