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Overview

Discover Belfast’s past while exploring life during The Troubles, when conflict, fear, and resilience shaped everyday reality. Guided by two local women — one from a Republican background and one from a Loyalist community — you’ll walk the Falls and Shankill Roads, where murals, streets, and memories reveal how identity, division, and community shaped their childhoods. They share personal stories of loss, strength, everyday routines under threat, and the courage required to hold families and neighborhoods together. Though separated by politics and walls, their experiences reflect a shared determination to protect loved ones and hope for a better future. You’ll also learn how women on both sides supported dialogue, helped sustain the peace process, and continue to work toward reconciliation today. More than a sightseeing tour, this is a reflective, human encounter with lived history — an invitation to hear real voices and understand Belfast through the perspectives of its women.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Divis Street, Northern Ireland, BT12 4AL, United Kingdom

Meet Infront of the Gold Coloured building

End Point

End point

This location is approximately 8 minutes from the Start point and 15 minutes back to City Hall. A taxi company is conveniently located at this location if transport is required

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Divis
Was the tallest building in Belfast and house a British Army observation building on its roof and was the location of the tow of the first deaths on the night the troubles broke out in August 1969
Duration: 10 mins
2. International Mural Wall Divis Street
A wonderful array of murals depicting local events and international conflicts both past and present.
Duration: 15 mins
3. Garden of Remembrance
A garden to remember local Republicans who lost their lives in the conflict from the Lower Falls Road area. One of two gardens that we visit and can be controversial as they honour the dead of IRA members.
Duration: 10 mins
4. Bobby Sands Mural
One of the most famous murals in Belfast, Booby Sand who died on hunger strike in the Maze prison in 1981
Duration: 10 mins
5. Clonard Monastery
Fr, Alex Reid was the resident priest who was instrumental in the beginning of the talks that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement being signed.
Duration: 10 mins
6. Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden
The second of the Memorial Gardens we visit, this time dedicated to the Republicans of The Clonard area and the location which is generally accepted as being the location where 'The Troubles' broke out in August 1969
Duration: 10 mins
7. Peace Wall
Gates between the Loyalist Shankill Road and the Republican Falls road that still close nightly
8. Peace Wall
Sign the 14m high "Peace Wall that divides the two communities and leave your thoughts on peace.
Duration: 5 mins
9. Shankill Road
A UVF Mural in remembrance of 7 members of the UVF that lost their lives in the Conflict
Duration: 5 mins
10. Shankill Road
Shankill Bomb Site where 9 people lost their lives
Duration: 10 mins

Inclusion

Two Local certified Guides

Exclusion

Gratuities

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Tour is approximately 3 miles (4km) walking

There is a lot of standing at the local places of interest connected with the troubles

Supplied by Yellow Umbrella Tours Limited

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