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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Belfast’s peace walls: potent symbols of division are dwindling – but slowly

A section of the peace wall separating Catholic and Protestant areas in west Belfast.
A section of the peace wall separating Catholic and Protestant areas in west Belfast. Photograph: Radharc Images/Alamy

Rosaleen Petticrew once had compelling reason to appreciate the high walls that separated her Catholic part of Belfast from the adjoining Protestant neighbourhood.

For five dreadful months in 2000, she and other mothers from Ardoyne had to walk their daughters to Holy Cross school past a mob of loyalists who hurled insults, rocks and bottles. Even by Northern Ireland standards it was a vile protest and made headlines around the world.

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