Summer of 69

I said already that for passing from the Republican area to the Unionist one, I had to make a kind of "U" as the Peace Line was closed.

When you arrive to the Unionist area, around Shankill Road, and if you come from the Republican area of Falls Road, then the impact is significant. You have the impression to be completely in another country, no matter if actually you are in the same city and just few km away.

British flags waves everywhere, from building and across roads...with more showiness (under my point of view) than the Irish ones in the area around Falls Road.

Hopewell Avenue, Belfast, 2015

The summer of the 1969 was the beginning of the Troubles, as consequences of tensions amongst Republicans and Unionists based mainly on inequalities in housing allocation and problems in voting systems.

Conflicts and attacks on homes saw the displacement of several Catholic and Protestant families. This mural remembers that period.