SHANKILL ROAD
Once in the area it’s easy to determine which area you’re in. Union Jacks, red, white and blue painted kerbs, Unionist murals, you’re in the Shankill. Irish flags, green, gold and white kerbs and Nationalist murals, you’re in the Falls. We walked the Shankill Road area today, stopping to take photos of the murals, some now having a historical and cultural theme rather than the violent paramilitary theme of the Troubles. Just last weekend here, there was a Loyalist march right along this street, the shop windows and street still decorated with red, white and blue bunting. But not only do they march through their own Protestant area, they also march through the Catholic area for no other reason than to antagonize the Catholics. You look at the people on the street, they look just like us, they look just like the Catholics we see in the Falls, and you wonder why so much blood was shed.
posted by Brian and Julie @ 7:11:00 AM
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