Ireland and Northern Ireland Compared
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Ireland and Northern Ireland
Two bordering countries on the North Atlantic island of Ireland. Well, Northern Ireland is kind of a country. It’s also often called a province, or just a region. Regardless, IT is part of the United Kingdom. Ireland is not. Ireland, aka the Republic of Ireland, has officially been around since 1937 and has been at least a somewhat independent country since December 6, 1921 and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which ended the Irish War of Independence.
The capital cities and biggest cities in both, Dublin and Belfast, are along the east coast of the island, and just a two hour trip apart by car. But Dublin is more than twice as big as Belfast. (D-1.3 million, B- 700,000) And the Republic of Ireland as a whole has 2 and a half times more people than Northern Ireland. In terms of land area, Ireland is about five times bigger. Northern Ireland has less than 3% of the United Kingdom’s population.
Around 1/3 of Ireland residents live in or near Dublin, and just over 1/3 of Northern Ireland residents live in or near Belfast . Both are more rural than most of the rest of Europe.
Both have little islands around them. Aw, how cute.
Both are green. Very green. Due to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream, both get A LOT OF FREAKING RAIN. Well, mostly in the western portions. It’s also cloudiest out west. Ireland does get more precipitation overall.
Irish Republican Museum
The Irish Republican Museum is just behind an old city mill off the Falls Road. This is a first for Belfast. Guns, posters, memorabilia, even a cell door and bed from Armagh jail, are a few of the displayed items marking the historic struggle of the IRA.
Belfast reflects on 20 years since first IRA ceasefire
Northern Ireland will reflect on a long spell of relative peace this weekend, marking 20 years since the IRA announced it would cease all military operations.
Shortly after 11am on Wednesday 31 August 1994, the Irish Republican Army called a ceasefire that paved the way for the Northern Irish peace process.
Two decades have passed since the IRA ceasefire of 1994 (August 31, 1994) and the peace dividend has revitalised Belfast's city centre.
The Titanic museum and Titanic film studios are some of the must-see sights on any trip to the capital of Northern Ireland.
But not far from the city centre, so-called peace lines - walls of brick, steel and barbed wire - divide Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods.
The largest barrier dates back to 1970, after the British territory's sectarian conflict began with major Catholic-Protestant street battles.
Despite relative peace, the walls have kept growing in number and size during the past two decades.
The Falls Road is a Catholic heartland, a thriving community rich with heritage and culture.
Running almost parallel, only a few hundred meters away, is the Shankill Road.
It's a Protestant area� rich in heritage and also proud of its culture.
Brian McFaul, reflects on how life has changed since the start of the peace process.
Waking up every morning and hearing news reports of who has been killed and wondering who was next. Getting stopped by the army everywhere you went and the police everywhere you went. Things seem a lot calmer now but we are still a long way off getting Peace, but it's a lot better now than what it was twenty years ago, he says.
Stephen Morrow lives in nearby Lisburn, a suburb of Belfast.
I grew up in the trouble's and I remember the barricades and the soldiers on the streets, people not being able to go into town and being restricted to their own areas, and just staying within their own areas, he recalls.
These abandoned homes of formerly protestant residents face Catholic homes with reinforced protected glass face just feet away. The communities are kept apart by a fence, which is part of the peace line.
Claire Harris is youth worker with the Belfast Interface Project, which aims to improve cross-commuity relations in districts close to the peace lines.
She says: Really, what we find is that the young people are there because it's a bit of craic (fun) and something to do, it's the adrenalin of being in a riot is something that's unparalleled in terms of the excitement that that brings.
Tourism in Northern Ireland has grown significantly in the past decade and dozens of new hotels have opened to cater from the growing number of visitors.
Sporadic intercommunal clashes have occurred in recent years, but this July's annual parades by Protestant hard-liners, passed off relatively peacefully.
Aiden McCormick, Director of Belfast City Sight Seeing buses, says that his industry relies on peace and stability.
A business like ours relies on political stability and peace and more importantly the perception of peace and stability. If you look at other regions in the world that have conflict or instability, visitor numbers drop immediately. Thankfully this year we have had a peaceful summer and visitor numbers are growing every single year.
in 2013, there 1.8 million visitors and the local unity government hopes to increase that to over 2 million annually by 2016.
The main faction of the Irish Republican Army, the Provisional IRA, killed nearly 1,800 people during a failed 1970-1994 campaign to force Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom.
However the ceasefire resumed in 1997.
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UK: BELFAST: REPUBLICAN PARADES MARK 1916 EASTER UPRISING
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North Ireland's Republicans have been holding parades on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter uprising against British rule in Ireland.
They're being seen as a chance for the Republican leadership to assess grass roots support for Friday's historic peace deal.
At its march, the paramilitary group the Irish National Liberation Army said they weren't convinced the deal had anything to offer the Irish people.
And other Republican supporters also expressed their disquiet at what they say are concessions made to the Unionists.
It's one of the most bitterly remembered days in the Republican calendar.
The Easter uprising of 1916 was an attempt by the Irish to end centuries of British rule.
On Easter Monday, Irish nationalists took over the Post Office in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic.
But the uprising was violently quashed by thousands of British troops within the week.
Many lives were lost and some of the leaders of the uprising were executed - others were given life sentences.
And it was the Republican prisoners who have fought a bloody campaign for the last 30 years to get the British out who were remembered today in Belfast by the paramilitary group, the I-N-L-A.
A representative from the Irish National Liberation Army read a message out from prisoners who outlined their reaction to Friday's peace deal.
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We are not convinced that the ongoing pacification process has anything to offer the Irish people, nor will it achieve the stated aims of these Irishmen Connelly, Costello and Gallagher fought and died for and which we, as Republican soldiers draw inspiration from. Our allegiance today lies with the leadership of the republican Socialist movement, whose steadfast commitment and struggle against British imperialism and oppression continues to motivate us in our prison cells.
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Marches remembering the Easter uprising took place throughout the British ruled province including this one by Sinn Fein, the political arm of the I-R-A.
Some followers expressed their unease with how many concessions the Republican leadership had made to the Unionists.
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Well, a bit apprehensive because if there's an agreement reached with the Unionists then we'll know we've lost out somewhere. Personally having seen part of the agreement and got the gist of it, I'm not too happy.
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Remains to be seen, but it's hard work and from everybody involved, like its going to be give an take and compromise.
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Although Protestants in the North feel they have had to compromise as well, some churchgoers expressed relief and hope that a better future would lie ahead.
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Relief, that my grandchildren will have a better future and things will get back to normal.
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Hope, bordered with caution. Because we have seen so much of hope dashed over the years in Northern Ireland we are fearful that it might be dashed again, but we are hopeful and prayerful at this time that we can move out of suffering and violence and find a means to establish a country where we can respect one another's differences but live together as neighbours in the future.
SUPER CAPTION: Reverend Doctor Donald Patton
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But then you have the fringe elements who really aren't in the agreement, don't want to be in the agreement, never were in the agreement and are just a law unto themselves.
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Referendums will be held on the pact in both parts of Ireland in May.
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Irish Republican History Part One
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Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | We start in bustling Belfast's City Hall and Ulster Museum, then head out to Northern Ireland's favorite resort: Portrush, along the Antrim Coast, where we taste-test Irish whiskey, scramble over some six-sided geology in the Giant's Causeway, drop in on a world-class golf course, and stomp our feet to some traditional music.
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Places to see in ( Belfast - UK )
Places to see in ( Belfast - UK )
Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital. It was the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, which famously struck an iceberg and sunk in 1912. This legacy is recalled in the renovated dockyards' Titanic Quarter, which includes the Titanic Belfast, an aluminium-clad museum reminiscent of a ship’s hull, as well as shipbuilder Harland & Wolff’s Drawing Offices and the Titanic Slipways, which now host open-air concerts.
Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, the second largest on the island of Ireland, and the heart of the tenth largest Primary Urban Area in the United Kingdom. Belfast was a centre of the Irish linen, tobacco-processing, rope-making and shipbuilding industries: in the early 20th century, Harland and Wolff, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world's biggest and most productive shipyard. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, and was a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. It has sustained a major aerospace and missiles industry since the mid 1930s. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast Ireland's biggest city at the beginning of the 20th century.
Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the Troubles, but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Additionally, Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square.
Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport in the city, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. Belfast is a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city.
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Titanic Belfast
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IRELAND: DUBLIN: ENGLISH SOCCER HOOLIGANS ON RAMPAGE
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England soccer fans are heading home in shame after going on the rampage at a supposedly friendly exhibition match with Ireland in Dublin.
Trouble flared when Ireland scored at the Lansdowne Road football ground last night (Wednesday) and the violence was so bad the game had to be abandoned.
The English supporters chanted No surrender to the I-R-A and hurled seats onto the pitch.
One man in his sixties collapsed and died after leaving the match and twenty others had to be treated in hospital.
Forty English fans were arrested and are expected to appear in court today (Thursday).
The first shipload of the disgraced supporters arrived at the port of Holyhead early this morning (Thursday).
Irish police had been warned that hard core troublemakers might be among the English fans, according to the head of Britain's National Intelligence Football Unit.
After the aborted match police moved to block off roads, separate the crowd, and herd fans towards trains. While Irish fans were moved out of danger English fans who had caused the disruption cheered and waved.
Police rode trains crammed with English fans as they heading to the port where ferries waited to take them back to Britain.
Other supporters had a much shorter journey - to police cells.
Forty England supporter were arrested and are expected in court later.
The scene at the ferry terminal in Dun Laoghaire was chaotic. Despite the show of force by the police, English fans continued to chant slogans.
The violence raises questions about England's participation in international games. England is due to host the European soccer championships in 1996.
One Irish soccer fan collapsed while leaving Lansdowne Road when the match was abandoned. Twenty people needed hospital treatment - including one who suffered a skull fracture.
As the second of two ships left a few minutes after midnight, the port area was suddenly calm. About thirty police joined the ferry to keep order aboard.
Sports authorities and politicians expressed disgust. One player described it as a sad night for football.
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Bloody Sunday 1972: The day's events explained
Bloody Sunday has become synonymous with the darkest period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But how did a protest march on January 30th 1972 lead to a massacre?
Thirteen people were killed and a further 15 wounded after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside - a predominantly Catholic part of Londonderry (Derry).
The image of a Catholic priest waving a blood-stained handkerchief as he helped a victim to safety was broadcast around the world.
The Saville Inquiry, set up by Tony Blair in 1998, found that none of the casualties were posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting.
Victims' families have waited 47 years to see if there would be prosecutions. One former British paratrooper is to be charged with the murder of James Wray and William McKinney, and for the attempted murders of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon and Patrick O’Donnell.
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FESTIVAL OF CHANGE: Reading The Past x History Speak - Museums Association Conference 2018, Belfast
Manasi Pophale’s History Speak project examines secondary school history textbooks as a medium that constructs narratives of nationhood and national identity.
Educational curricula are most often based on state-sanctioned syllabi. Historical accounts told within the framework of a national curriculum, reflect how governing authorities offer their own narrative version of the past. The way a nation chooses to package and teach its history is both evidence of who they are, who they want to be and who they will become.
This project was part of the Festival of Change at the Museums Association Conference, Belfast 2018 where it was presented as an interactive workshop. The “telling” of historical events is analysed by comparing secondary school history textbooks from the United Kingdom and India. History Speak aims to find out if different narratives of the same events reflect particular national interests and values.
Using the History Speak Workbook, we asked participants to engage in the following questioning of the texts under investigation:
What people, events, places and actions are foregrounded and which are backgrounded?
What is absent by comparison and from both texts?
What practices, ideas, values and identities are naturalised?
What assumption or presupposition is the text making?
Which linguistic details reveal power relations and political ideology?
How are power relations exercised and negotiated in the discourse?
Going ahead with the History Speak project, we would like to digitalise the content that has been created during the Festival of Change so that it can reach a wider audience. The project can also use funding in order to present at other venues and maintain a collection. History Speak needs to expand its collection. We need secondary school history textbooks that cover historical events from the 20th Century from countries that teach the curriculum in English.
We want to collect books from:
AFRICA: Botswana, Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
ASIA: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka
CARIBBEAN AND AMERICAS: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
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Ulster Museum Belfast | Northern Ireland | Belfast Museums
Are you still thinking about the museums to visit in Belfast during your vacation? Let us explore more about Ulster Museum which is one of the different suggestions we have.
Ulster Museum in Belfast is the place where you are going to hear the unique human story of Ireland as well as other different parts of the globe, and you will be even given guidance through the collection you are going to witness. From the interesting and exciting collection which you are going to see inside the museum, there are dinosaurs, Egyptian mummy, you will dive into the discovery zones, and a lot more.
This museum located in Belfast is for all people and all age groups because it carries something inside for all the different types of people; it has something for art lovers, for excited children who want to learn something new, for history buffs and for all the curious people out there.
There are different things to be seen inside the museum, such as the bronze age gold jewelry, the Corrard torc, which was discovered in 2009 and is the only coiled torc of this type from Ireland. There is also the Champion Patrick of Ifold, which is an Irish wolfhound that was born on St. Patrick's Day in 1923 and died in 1931 at the age of eight; wolfhounds are considered a symbol of wealth and strength in Ireland.
The list is still long, among the different other things to be seen in Ulster Museum, there is the Dale Chihuly Glass Sculpture which was done by Dale Chihuly who is the most famous glass maker in the world. Peter the Polar Bear is also one thing to be found inside this amazing museum and it is one of the museum's most famous exhibits who died in 1972 and Belfast Zoo decided to give it to Ulster Museum; it was considered the largest animal ever mounted in Northern Ireland.
In addition to showcasing things and parts of Northern Ireland, Ulster Museum is also educating people and entertaining them with other pieces from around the world, such as having Takabuti, the ancient Egyptian mummy, which helps in telling people more about how the ancient Egyptians prepared for death since they believed it is another life which they never feared. Natron salt, sweet smelling spices, resins, oils and linen bandages were used to preserve the body. The stomach, intestine, lungs and liver were stored in canopic jars made from clay or stone. Things the person would find useful in the afterlife, such as food, make-up jars, combs, children’s toys, lamps and jewellery would be placed in the burial tomb. This is all interesting to know about the ancient Egyptian mummies which Takabuti is just one of them and which was brought to Belfast in 1834 and was unwrapped in 1835.
This museum in Belfast is not just about the mummies and the old animals, but it is about history and the old stories which would be interesting to know about and even educate the kids with.
As much as this place is considered interesting for the public, there are actually lots of things calling out for different types of people, such as those Game of Thrones fans out there. The Game of Thrones tapestry is found in Ulster Museum in Belfast and it is a giant 77 meter long Bayeux tapestry, giving visitors the chance to walk by it and check this piece of art and everything else that is related to it. This tapestry brings to life the infamous events, locations and story of the most popular television series of all times, it is weaving the story from episodes 1 to 10 and it is designed by hand but weaved by a state-of-the-art machine and hand finished in Northern Ireland.
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This is one of the different interesting places which we have been to in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and which we definitely recommend for all those who appreciate art, science, history and those who would like to learn new things and information along with bringing their kids to a new exciting place which they would enjoy.
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1. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 1952. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population.
2. Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Unlike Southern Ireland, which would become the Irish Free State in 1922, the majority of Northern Ireland's population were unionists, who wanted to remain within the United Kingdom. Most of these were the Protestant descendants of colonists from Great Britain. However, a significant minority, mostly Catholics, were nationalists who wanted a united Ireland independent of British rule. Today, the former generally see themselves as British and the latter generally see themselves as Irish, while a distinct Northern Irish or Ulster identity is claimed both by a large minority of Catholics and Protestants and by many of those who are non-aligned.
3. In the late 1960s, conflict between state forces and chiefly Protestant unionists on the one hand, and chiefly Catholic nationalists on the other, erupted into three decades of violence known as the Troubles, which claimed over 3,500 lives and caused over 50,000 casualties. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement was a major step in the peace process, including the decommissioning of weapons, although sectarianism and religious segregation still remain major social problems, and sporadic violence has continued.
4. Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, and the second largest on the island of Ireland. On average, it rains 157 days a year in Belfast, that’s less than Scotland. By the early 1800s the former town was home to a major port. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast Ireland's biggest city at the time. It became the capital of Northern Ireland following the Partition of Ireland in 1922.
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NORTHERN IRELAND: UK P.M. JOHN MAJOR'S VISIT
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Fighting between police and supporters of the Irish Republican Army has disrupted Prime Minister John Major's trip to Northern Ireland's second largest city.
Hours before the Prime Minister was due to arrive in Londonderry, hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police. Several civilians and members of the predominantly Protestant police force were injured.
But, after initially cancelling his visit, Major defiantly walked the city's streets.
Sinn Fein demonstrators fought with police in Londonderry in the worst outbreak of violence since the IRA ceasefire was signed seven months ago. They had hoped to prevent a visit by British Prime Minister John Major.
Reinforcements from the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) arrived to try and contain the scuffles outside the Tower Museum, but to little avail.
Several people were injured in the bitter clashes, which shocked both the British and Irish governments.
Police dragged several protestors away from the scene.
But despite the melee, a defiant Major toured the Tower Museum anyway.
Earlier in the day, he spoke to prominent businessmen in Country Antrim.
He said that he looked forward to his government's continuing negotiations next week when Britain's number two minister Michael Ancram is expected to sit down with Sinn Fein negotiators.
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We want all parties in Northern Ireland to be full participants in a democratic political, and exclusively peaceful process. And that is one of the main purposes of the exploratory dialogue with the loyalists and Sinn Fein. When Michael Ancram joins the dialogue with Sinn Fein next week, it will be an historic moment. It will also be an historic opportunity, because we want to explore how Sinn Fein and the provisions can best demonstrate their exclusive commitment to peaceful methods by putting away violence and by putting away the instruments of violence.
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The meeting will mark the first time a British minister has met with Sinn Fein since the September 1st ceasefire which ended its 24-year campaign against British rule.
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Milltown Cemetery - Steeped in The Troubles Conflict
This cemetery is located in the heart of West Belfast, in Ballymurphy, close to the Falls Road and the main Motorway into Belfast. It was opened in 1869 and over 200,000 people are now buried there - mostly Irish Catholics. In recent years it has become linked to the Republican movement due to the high number of republican volunteers who have been buried here including the Hunger Strikers Bobby Sands, Kieran Doherty, Joe McDonnell and Pat McGeown. In March 1988 it became the scene of a loyalist attack at a republican funeral where 3 mourners were killed.
Within this cemetery, there are three large sections of open space which are designated as poor ground, each of them is the size of a soccer football field. These poor grounds are not empty as some people think at the beginning when they first see it, but there are about 80,000 people buried in this poor grounds and many of them died of the flu pandemic (which was a deadly influenza pandemic that appeared back in 1918).
The history and even the story of this cemetery always refers to the place as a nationalist and Irish Republican site while in fact the majority of those buried in there are unknown Catholics. For some people, it might not be a place which they will be interested to visit and know more about its origins, while for others it could be one sport where they might go to in order to know more about those famous characters who might be buried there.
Along the history, this cemetery turned to be synonymous for some people with the Irish Republicanism and there are even some famous figures buried there who played their roles and parts in some of these events and strikes. One of the examples is the Irish Republican Army Volunteer, Bobby Sands, who died on hunger strike in 1981 and who is buried there, and there are different others names which could be stated down and who are all buried in Milltown Cemetery as well. Actually one of the most visited parts of the Milltown Cemetery is the New Republican Plot which includes the final resting place of 77 Irish Republican Army volunteers who Bobby Sands is one of them. For those who might not know, Bobby Sands's funeral was attended by over 100,000 people and it was seen all around the world and that could explain why his grave is still visited by lots of people annually until today.
This is one of the places to be mentioned about Belfast for the mixture of tragedy, history and conflict that it tends to carry within. Milltown Cemetery is the only graveyard in Northern Ireland that witnessed some of the largest funeral processions in all of Ireland and is also the final resting place of more than 200,000 souls.
Thinking about a graveyard might bring lots of tragic memories to any person living out there but the thing with Milltown Cemetery is that it passed through some tragic events itself such as the death of three people and the injury of more than 60 back in 1988 by a rival paramilitary member who was armed with guns and grenade and that was during a funeral which these victims were attending - so there are also those tragic stories that this cemetery passed by as well.
The cemetery is not only home for the Irish dead but you will find lots of bodies buried in this place from different times and who might not be even Irish, such as the British and Irish soldiers who are buried in the place from both World Wars.
This might not be one of the several items that should be placed on the list of places to visit in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but it would definitely serve those who are interested in the stories related to wars and the general political life and who might be interested to hear some of the death stories related to those famous figures found out there and even realize that they are buried in this cemetery which they are standing at - so you could still make it part of your list of touristic places if you have some time and if you are interested in such stories.
There are some suggestions which we could provide for all those who have intentions of visiting Belfast and we could provide you all with a good list of the best places. Among this long list, we would suggest visiting Ulster Museum in Belfast ( Belfast City Hall ( Sandy Row ( Royal Avenue ( the Giant's Ring ( and of course visiting the centre of the city with the most famous attractions there which you will definitely have on the list.
Sad and tough reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.
This is one of Belfast's attractions for the different stories that one will get to know there and for the tragic times it passed through once upon a time.
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IRA intelligence dossier goes on display at new exhibition
A rare and previously unknown IRA intelligence dossier from the War of Independence has emerged as part of a new permanent exhibition covering the Wars of Independence and the Civil War.
The book, which contains photos and details of British forces at Dublin Castle and elsewhere, was compiled to identify and target many of them.
It has been loaned to the National Museum at Collins Barracks in Dublin by Gerard Fitzpatrick, from Clones, County Monaghan, whose father was an intelligence officer in the Irish Army.
He is uncertain, however, as to how his father came into possession of the book.
The book contains photos - often obtained from photographic studios in Dublin and from spies within Dublin Castle - and details names, ranks and other details such as nicknames.
In some cases men are described in detail - Of a nervous disposition is one observation and torturer is another.
It is know that some of the men in the photographs were later killed by the IRA.
Mr Fitzpatrick said he had only realised the importance of the ledger when he contacted the National Museum.
I was amazed at what they were able to tell me about its importance, he says, and urges others with artifacts from the 1919 to 1923 period to contact the museum.
The curator of the exhibition, Brenda Malone, said the book is a unique asset of the history of the period.
She described it as an important glimpse into the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the IRA at the time of the War of Independence.