Item: Belfast City Tour: Explore Local Communities with Original Cab Drivers
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Belfast City Tour: Explore Local Communities with Original Cab Drivers

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Belfast

Journey with the original drivers who maneuvered the side streets to create a transportation network for their local societies.

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Divis - This is the mouth of Republican Belfast and has seen war on its streets for over 50 years.The apartment complex top 2 floor was used as British army base until 2007
International Mural Wall Divis Street - The international wall have a vast array of political murals from around the world that are always changing monthly.
Falls Road - The heart of republicanism with the burning of Catholic homes 1969 and the birth place of the modern PIRA.You guide will explain the famous murals and history.
Falls Road Library - Bobby Sands MP the worlds most famous mural is on the opposite gable on Sinn Fein head quarters.Your guide will bring you through 900 years of irish history.
Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden - This memorial garden was created by the local community to remember their fallen dead.
Clonard Monastery - The monastery dates by over 100 years and hosted the secret peace talks with Gerry Adams and John Hume which had been bugged by M15
Peacewall Taxi Tours - Come see just once of the huge peace wall that divide both communities.Sign your name and a quote for peace with over 1 million other tourist.
Shankill Road - The heart of loyalism and birth place of the UVF ,UFF with murals that depict the history and culture of the protestant people.
Crumlin Road Gaol - Built back in the 1800s and housed most of the prisoners that had been remanded then shipped to the famous Hblocks