Divis

This is a personal guided tour around the famous Belfast murals. Painted by ex-prisoners from both sides of the community, these murals tell individual stories of conflict, community strife, civil rights and unrest, stories of inspiration, prison protests and much more. Your guide, using local knowledge, will relate stories to you in an understandable format, using photographs/video from the 1970s onward depicting the neighbourhoods you will visit. You can almost feel the atmosphere as you stand at the exact spots these events took place on over fifty years later in the present.First Stop is at the Welcome Wall at the very start of the World Famous Falls Road the Heart of West Belfast which is a Republican Area. Your Guide will show you the Amazing Wall Art Associated with the 854 Years Old Republican Struggle for Irish Freedom. You will also see the infamous Divis Tower which was Occupied by the British Army as an Observation Tower and a Snipers Nest During the Troubles!

International Mural Wall Divis Street

The Largest Outdoor Gallery of Politically Charged Art in Western Europe, Capture amazing Photos of Republican Wall Art including the Ten Hunger Strikers who gave their lives for their Political beliefs in 1981 including the Revolutionary Icon Bobby Sands. Your guide will explain the Battle between the Iron Lady aka the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. You will also see murals associated with other conflicts around the World including Palestine/Israel, the most recent Mural to the addition is that of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Other Murals include Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. This is also where you will Capture a Photo of the Peace Gates and your Guide will explain their significance.