Belfast, Northern Ireland - Divided by walls

Quite how the Troubles shaped the city of Belfast is yet be fully contended with. In 1969, the British army erected makeshift barriers to limit conflict between the city’s nationalist communities (mainly comprising Catholic residents) and the neighbouring loyalist communities (mainly comprising Protestant residents).

As the hostilities unfolded, the number of what are paradoxically known as “peace walls” increased. Many became permanent fixtures. Even after the Good Friday Agreement formalised the end of the Troubles in 1998, peace walls continued to be built.

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 working-class communities of the north, west and east of the city. In fact, it now has more walls than at the time of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

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