On Easter Sunday we all had breakfast in the
hostel. It was the first time we’ve eaten breakfast as a group, something that
seemed befitting for the holiday. After we disembarked for tours of Belfast’s
political murals. We took a Black Cab Tour, which means that most of our guides
were Irish Catholic and lived through the Troubles themselves. Some were also
former-IRA members during the conflict.
The murals reflected the devastation of the Troubles, in which thousands of Protestants and Catholics were murdered. The effects of this vicious violence are still visible in Belfast today. Not only did our drivers each have individual experiences to contribute, but the partition between Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods remains a stark reminder.
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