Belfast still split by 'Peace Walls'

REPORT : In 2002, Belfast's Short Strand neighbourhood was rocked by violent riots. Since then, calm has returned, but the "peace walls" still lie between Northern Ireland's Catholic and Loyalist communities.

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[jjhearn]

@90leeds How about you go fuck yourself? It's Britain and not England. Northern Ireland, all 6 counties are fucking British. Go fuck off to the South if you love it so much. I used to be Catholic and am a loyalist? where do I stand? Fuckhead.

[dave19941000]

@90leeds What you are saying is just as rascist as a white man in the new world telling a black one to go to Africa or a Native American telling a white man to go to Europe. If I was born in Northern Ireland, raised in Northern Ireland and lived in Northern Ireland, then I have every right to live in Northern Ireland. Its people like you which make it clear that unification with Ireland is a bad idea for the Northern Irish who are not Catholic, who are the majority.

[90leeds]

FUCK ALL YOU PROTESTANT CUNTS IF ENGLAND IS SO GREAT THEN JUST GO FUCKING LIVE THERE AND LEAVE US BE YOU PRICKS

[AVeryVeryNottyMan]

@Caryatides No, around half of Northern Ireland is Protestant, the other Catholic. But the Republic is mostly Catholic, I think it's at like 95%. And it isn't and wasn't a civil war. A civil war I would think was continuous open conflict, which never really happened. The closest it was to civil war was the early 70's. Around about 1500 people died in 6 years. 500 alone in 1972.

[Caryatides]

Can someone explain to me something? I'm very fascinated with this whole topic, but I'm a little confused: I thought the Protestant/Catholic divide was between Ireland and Northern Ireland, not within the city of Belfast itself. Is this considered a civil war (but not necessarily to a "war" extent), since essentially two groups in one country (or city) are fighting against each other? I find it so crazy how there's literally a wall splitting up the city. Thank you

[loyalwull]

@frankyboy283 Amd the day we drop the union in scotland will be the day a bloody civil war will start as the snp want scotland to go down the same road as ireland and just have a look at the state they are in with the euro,bail out after bail out they will still be in debt a 100 years from now

[loyalwull]

@frankyboy283 how back ward are you do you know who fort william is named after. At the time of the reformation mary queen of scots(french) killed over 400 people just because they were not catholic. and wee bonnie prince charlies was(french) tryed to stop the reformation. this is why the stewart dynasty was chased out of scotland. the saltire was not inspired until after the reformation. all the stewart clan wanted to do at the time was to impose the dogmatic catholic faith over the people....

[mwillis1000]

@gkelly2009

How? I speak the truth, if i dont, why hasnt thir been a vote?

[mwillis1000]

@gkelly2009

Go die in the gutter you were conceived in!

[mwillis1000]

@gkelly2009

Why?? The people want to remain British.

so FUCK YOU!!!