A couple of Pints Rich and I got from the Crown Bar.
The Europa hotel at one time held the distinction for being the most bombed hotel in Europe. Perhaps it still does, as I'm fuzzy on the details. The main bus and train stations are located there as well.
One of many murals in the Shankill Road area (i.e. Protestant).
Another Shankill Road mural.
And one more Shankill Road mural for good measure.
This is the main cenotaph at the Remembrance Gardens at Belfast City Hall. It's really a nice memorial, me thinks.
This is the Great War Memorial at Queen's University Belfast. It is located in front of the main university building and is literally the first thing you see when you walk through the main gates onto campus.
I just liked the look of this Celtic Cross. However, behind it you can see a list of names. This is one of the memorials in the Falls Road (i.e. Catholic) area. The names belong to people from the neighborhood (actually the surrounding streets) who have died in the Troubles.
This is a look at the grave sites of the Hunger Strikers and other Republican martyrs in Milltown Cemetery. Toward the back you can see a tricolor flying and a massive black tablet. On that is inscribed the text of the 1916 Proclamation. My camera battery died as I took a picture of it, sadly.
The grave of Bobby Sands. Frankly, I expected something more.
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