{"id":7358,"date":"2012-09-14T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T17:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurotriptips.com\/?p=7358"},"modified":"2016-02-06T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T19:27:55","slug":"the-troubles-murals-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/the-troubles-murals-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland&#8217;s Troubles Murals &#8211; In Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s hard to believe that it was only a few years ago. And perhaps even harder to believe that despite the time that passed, and the efforts made, the issue isn&#8217;t entirely settled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of Irish history, the so-called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Troubles\">Troubles<\/a>&#8221; are a major\u00a0chapter, and is still very true in Northern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/tag\/ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a>, especially in Derry and Belfast. Two cities where history took tragic a turn of event just a few decades ago, killing several and permanently severing two groups:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Queen-lovers, pro-Britain protestant Loyalists.<br \/>\nThe Queen-haters, pro-Ireland catholic Nationalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What surprised me the most is that despite the almost 20 years that passed since the last uprisings, both cities are still divided. Loyalists on one side, nationalists on the other. They barely ever mix together, except in the downtown area during working hours, which is considered neutral and\u00a0immune to attacks from either parties. In 2012.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Derry murals<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Derry&#8217;s murals are a bit more touristy than the others, perhaps because of their location, and the extremely iconic &#8220;<em>You are now entering Free Derry<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13531\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8031.CR2_.jpg\" alt=\"A mural dedicated to the violent 1968 March of the Civil Rights, that campained against discrimination in housing and the shortage of social housing in Derry, and later erupted into the infamous Battle of the Bogside - a three day riot between residents and police.\" width=\"610\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8031.CR2_.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8031.CR2_-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8031.CR2_-400x525.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8031.CR2_-300x393.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural dedicated to the violent 1968 March of the Civil Rights, that campaigned against discrimination in housing and the shortage of social housing in Derry, and later erupted into the infamous Battle of the Bogside &#8211; a three-day riot between residents and police.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13525\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13525 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_-930x596.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8020.CR2\" width=\"875\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_-930x596.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_-610x391.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_-234x150.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_-400x256.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8020.CR2_.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free Derry was a self-declared autonomous nationalist area and ruled by the IRA between 1969 and 1972\u00a0when thousands of British troops moved in with armoured cars and bulldozers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13526\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13526 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_-930x651.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_-930x651.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_-610x427.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_-214x150.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_-400x280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8023.CR2_.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernadette Devlin actively engaged in the Nationalist movement in the Battle of the Bogside. At age 21, she became the youngest MP to be elected.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13528\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_-930x673.jpg\" alt=\"The Death of Innocence, depicting Annette McGavigan, a schoolgirl killed by a British soldier in 1971, shortly before Bloody Sunday.\" width=\"875\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_-930x673.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_-610x441.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_-207x150.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_-400x289.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8025.CR2_.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Death of Innocence, depicting Annette McGavigan, a schoolgirl killed by a British soldier in 1971, shortly before Bloody Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the guide explained what each mural meant, and what&#8217;s the history behind each of them &#8211; which is extremely important if you ask me, just so the murals don&#8217;t become yet another bucket list item that people simply tick off without taking the time to actually understand,\u00a0or at least, try to, the situation both cities were in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Understand the hurt, the pain, the wrath, the need to be set free, and also, the need to be included.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Belfast murals<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While very touristy, there are black cabs tour that will take you to different murals, which is the best option really, because they are quite spread out. And you get to hear the stories straight from the horses&#8217; mouth, from someone who actually lived through The Troubles and wonder if that parson is a nationalist or loyalist.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13532\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_-930x563.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Nothing about us, without us, is for us...&quot;\" width=\"875\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_-930x563.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_-610x369.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_-248x150.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_-400x242.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8134.CR2_.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Nothing about us, without us, is for us&#8230;&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13533\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_-930x619.jpg\" alt=\"The most famous Loyalist mural in Belfast, and also the creepiest. The shooter is always pointing right at you, regardless of where you physically stand.\" width=\"875\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_-930x619.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8136.CR2_.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The most famous Loyalist mural in Belfast, and also the creepiest. The shooter is always pointing right at you, regardless of where you physically stand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13534\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_-930x634.jpg\" alt=\"A loyalist mural depicting Cell Block H of the Maze Prison, which was used to house paramilitary prisoners at the time.\" width=\"875\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_-930x634.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_-610x416.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_-220x150.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_-400x273.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8138.CR2_.jpg 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A loyalist mural depicting Cell Block H of the Maze Prison, which was used to house paramilitary prisoners at the time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13535\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_-930x619.jpg\" alt=\"A mural depicting Martin Luther and the Protestant reform.\" width=\"875\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_-930x619.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8141.CR2_.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting Martin Luther and the Protestant reform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>The Peace Walls<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In both Belfast and Derry, there is still a steel wall that splits the city in half\u00a0and very secure gates whose door close tightly after nightfall. Every night. In 2012. The walls were only meant to be a temporary measure to calm the riots in the 1960s, but due to their highly effective results, they have grown bigger, longer and higher throughout the years, with very little likelihood to be taken down in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The worst part?\u00a0The houses on either side of the\u00a0euphemistically called &#8220;Peace Walls&#8221; are protected by cages against the occasional missile, and have bulletproof windows. Same thing for the Nationalist remembrance garden nearby. Peace walls, you say?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Again. We&#8217;re in 2012. A relatively peaceful era, at least in the Western part of the globe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And while I don&#8217;t judge the reasons nor the situation itself, it astonishes me to see such behaviors in this day and age. As a fundamentally liberal and pacifist person, wars go beyond my understanding, my rationalization, whatever the reasons. It truly has me at a loss\u00a0for words. And if you know me at all, you know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/getting-the-gift-of-the-gab-at-blarney-castle\/\" target=\"_blank\">that doesn&#8217;t happen very often<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_-930x619.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8147.CR2\" width=\"875\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_-930x619.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8147.CR2_.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_-930x619.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8151.CR2\" width=\"875\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_-930x619.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8151.CR2_.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city may have donated parts of the wall to local artists and made it a true urban art gem, but its meaning nonetheless speaks louder than its state, despite how pretty and full of hope it is.\u00a0Perhaps, one day, we can all live together, minding our own business instead of fussing over our neighbor&#8217;s, choosing freedom over territory or religion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But maybe I&#8217;m also slightly delusional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>[disclaim]Disclaimer: I was a guest of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamrockeradventures.com\/allirelandrocker\">Shamrocker Adventures<\/a> on this trip. 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