pat loughery

I noticed this a few years ago when I visited the city.  CNN is now picking up on the story:

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) — Belfast may no longer be the hotbed of violence it was decades ago, but the legacy of “the Troubles” is visible all over the city: miles of “peace walls” that keep Catholic and Protestant communities segregated, political murals painted by supporters from both sides and markers and monuments to people and places affected by the fighting.

Another option for tourists interested in learning about the troubles is the political tours offered by former prisoners groups from both sides of the conflict. Coiste offers a detailed walking tour of the Falls Road neighborhood told from a Republican perspective, while their Loyalist counterparts from the Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre(EPIC) offer a similar tour of the Shankill Road.