Falls Road Peace Wall

Belfast Peace Wall on Falls road estate. Other side of this wall in Shankhill Road. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Republican and Nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly Loyalist and Unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).

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Belfast Peace Wall on Falls road estate. Other side of this wall in Shankhill Road. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Republican and Nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly Loyalist and Unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).