West Belfast Peace Wall, Cupar Way
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West Belfast Peace Wall, Cupar Way
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 26 May 2017
One of the most prominent peace walls separates the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill areas of West Belfast. Almost twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement , it is saddening to see this that this huge wall still stretches across the city to divide it. The Northern Ireland Executive has committed to the removal of this and the other peace walls by 2023 (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/robinson-and-mcguinness-want-peace-walls-down-within-10-years-1.1388183 The Irish Times); in the meantime, the wall has become something of a tourist attraction. The best viewing section is on the Shankill side where visitors are encouraged to add their signatures to those of the Dalai Lama and former US President Clinton. Art panels showing the area's political and cultural history have now been added to the wall along Cupar Way.
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Image Location
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54.600491
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-5.952662