Belfast: Being Young in a Divided City: Belfast_BYiaDC_13

A republican mural depicting former north Belfast IRA volunteer Martin Meehan on a housing estate in the Catholic Ardoyne area of north Belfast. Northern Ireland has a long tradition of murals with paramilitary and historical narratives as dominating themes.Young people live in segregated neighborhoods where the violent past is normalized in barriers, murals and commemorations.

A republican mural depicting former north Belfast IRA volunteer Martin Meehan on a housing estate in the Catholic Ardoyne area of north Belfast. Northern Ireland has a long tradition of murals with paramilitary and historical narratives as dominating themes.Young people live in segregated neighborhoods where the violent past is normalized in barriers, murals and commemorations.