I-West Belfast - Ukuhamba Ngomlando Wezinkinga WeNyakatho Ireland

01 ngo-08

I-West Belfast Touring Touring - Madness?

"Ungasho ukuthi empeleni ngifanele ngihambe endaweni yokulwa?" Yebo, yebo, izinhlobo - kodwa izikhathi ziguquguqukayo.

Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuhamba emigwaqweni echazwe ngezansi ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1980 ngingeke ngikhulume isipiliyoni senhliziyo ephazamisekile. Abanye abantwana bathatha isikhathi ekukhulumeni nami ukuphonsa izitini ezimbalwa ezihamba phambili emotweni yamaphoyisa edlula. Ngemuva kokuthola isiphuzo esitolo ngaphansi kokubheka kweNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II izakhamizi ezimbalwa ezikhathazekile zangibuza ngebhizinisi lami endaweni yakubo ngezinye izinto ezingaphezu kobuhlanya emehlweni abo. Kwabe sekukhona isikhathi lapho ngidumala ikhamera yami lapho imoto eyisihlangu idlula, ingithola ukunakwa okungabanye kwamasosha aseBrithani. Enye yawo yayikhomba isikhali esibulalayo ekhanda lami.

Ngiphinde ngiqaphele izinyathelo zami ngibone ukuthi izinto zashintshile kangakanani. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi izindawo ezihamba phambili zithintela izintambo, ucingo olubhaliwe kanye nezimoto ezikhishiwe phambi kwezindlu ezijwayelekile. Abantu nabo bashintshile futhi umfokazi ngekhamera ayisabangela impendulo yegolo (noma -capping). Ngakho ake sihambe eWest Belfast ...

02 ngo-08

I-City Hall - Ukuphuma

Enye into eyamangalisa ukuthi eduze kwesikhungo sendawo edolobheni ezimbili zezibhamu eziyinhloko zobudlova bamahlelo ngempela. Uma kungenjalo ukukhishwa kwamatshe, inhlamvu ye-sniper izokwenza ibanga. Ngakho siqala ukuhamba kwethu eHholo Lomuzi elihle kakhulu laseBelfast eDonegall Square (yebo, i-L kabili ilungile).

Imingcele yomgwaqo wangaphambili yedolobha leDolobha laseDonegall Square North neDonegall Place, enye yezitaladi zokuthenga ezisedolobheni, iholela enyakatho. Eminyakeni eyedlule kwakunezinkokhelo zokuhlola kanye nokuseshwa lapho ufuna ukuhamba ngale ndlela - ngemuva kokuqhuma ibhomu yemoto ye-IRA lapha ngo-1972 (ukubulala abayisikhombisa nokulimala 150) lokhu kwadingeka.

Landela indawo ye-Donegall kuze kube yilapho i-Castle Street igxila ngakwesobunxele. E-Castle Street ungase ubone izibonakaliso ezicashile zokuthi ungena endaweni yobuzwe - njengendawo yokuthatha indawo ebonakalayo edlalwa abalandeli beCeltic Glasgow.

Ngokushesha uzothola ukuwela okukhulu, okuzothatha wena phezu kweWestlink kuya ku-Divis Street.

03 ngo-08

Ukuwela iWestlink Motorway Towards Divis Street

Indawo ephawulekayo ye-Divis Tower ingakwesobunxele sakho njengoba uwela umgwaqo - ufaka konke okubonakalayo. Isikhumbuzo sokuzama ukuhluleka. Umbhoshongo kanye ne-Divis Flats eseduze esakhiwe yenzelwe ukuhlinzeka izindlu eziphansi izindleko zemindeni. Ngenkathi lezindlu zindleko eziphansi, nazo zazingaphansi kwekhwalithi ephansi futhi empeleni zakhiwe i-ghetto yamaKatolika yanamuhla, i-cauldron yezimpikiswano. Manje kuphela i-Divis Tower ehlala lapho izindlu ezinengqondo zakhiwe eduze.

Isisulu sesikhombisa se " Izinkinga " sabulawa e-Divis Tower - elele embhedeni wakhe, uPatrick Rooney wabulawa ngokushesha lapho ehlaselwa ngumlilo oshisayo ovela emotweni yempi. Wayeneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala lapho efa ngo-Agasti 14, 1969.

Landela i-Divis Street kanye ne "Garden of Remembrance" maduzane ushiye. Lesi yisikhumbuzo seRiphablikhiya ezihlukahlukene ezifile "Izinkinga" - amalungu e-IRA enkonzweni esebenzayo, amalungu angaphambili, amalungu eSinn Fein kanye nezizwe ezivela endaweni ye-Falls. Isikhumbuzo nomphakathi ohlangene.

Kusuka lapha masinyane siphendukela ngakwesobunxele, ukuze uthole isithandwa sokungena e-Saint Peter's Cathedral.

04 ngo-08

I-Saint Peter's Cathedral

"I-Cathedral Church yaseSt. Peter" ikhonza ama-dioceses ase-Down no-Connor, ahlangana eBelfast. Eyakhiwe phakathi kuka-1860 no-1866, ama-spiers amawele ayo awaqedwanga kuze kube ngu-1885 - kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuye kwaba yinto engavamile ukuyikhumbula lapho ifika eBelfast esuka eNingizimu-ntshonalanga.

Lapho kuhlolwa ngokucophelela i-cathedral evelele ebonwe emgwaqweni ilahlekelwa ubuhle obuhle. Ikhona phakathi kwesifunda sezindlu ayikho umbono omuhle. Futhi ngenkathi ingaphandle yayo ibizwa ngokuthi "ayiyona into ephawulekayo", ingaphakathi layo lilinganisiwe njengelincane kune "elihle kakhulu".

Lesi sakhiwo esiyisimangaliso saseWest Belfast singase sibe ngcono kakhulu sichazwa njengesikhungo esiphezulu sendawo yokusebenza, "indawo yokuthandaza nokholo endaweni ethile ecindezelayo" (zonke izingcaphuno ezivela kuPeter Galloway "I-Cathedrals of Ireland").

Khokha uSt. Peter ngenkathi ehlola iWest Belfast ... bese uqhubeka uye ngaseDunville Park.

05 ka-08

NgaseDunville Park naseMuva

Lapho usuka eSt Peter's, jikela ngakwesokudla bese ushiya futhi emgwaqweni omkhulu, uhambela ezibhedlela zaseRoyal naseDunville Park. Uzobona izimbumbulu eziningi manje - ezibonisa konke kusuka ezidalweni zezinkondlo ukuze kuqhutshwe izinkinga zabacindezelweyo. Ukuxuba okungahambisani kahle ngezikhathi ezithile, intsha yasePalestina iba yizihambi ezihamba nabo nabase-Basque separatists kanye noFidel Castro. Yimbono elula kakhulu yezwe ukuthi uzobona ezingxenyeni eziningi zaseBelfast - abamnyama nabamhlophe, bona nathi. Ukungatholakali, ngesikhathi esifanayo, incazelo nencazelo ye-gray.

Uma usufike eDunville Park ungacabanga ngokubuyela emuva. Lapho uwela eduze kwezibhedlela zaseRoyal ubheka ngasentshonalanga kuqala, ngaphesheya kweDunville Park - uzobona izigubhu ezinkulu "Samson" no "Goliath" weHarland & Wulff ebusa phezulu. Ngaphambi kokubona imikhumbi emikhulu yamaKatolika njenge " Titanic " eyakhiwe, kwaletha ukuziqhenya nengcebo eBelfast. Kakhulu, okungenani ezingxenyeni zaseBelfast ... kwakuyinqubomgomo engabhalwanga ukuthi angaqasha amaKatolika emikhumbi yemikhumbi.

Kulo mcabango ocabangelayo masiqale ukubuyela emuva emuva kwe-Falls Road. Ngakwesokunxele komgwaqo uzobona amahhovisi e-Sinn Fein nombuthano omkhulu kaBobby Sands. I-Old Carnegie Library eseduzane yilezi zakhiwo ezimbalwa ezidumile kule ndawo.

Futhi uma ubheka emgwaqweni uhlanganisa uhlangothi ngakwesobunxele uzobona ukuthi eziningi zenzelwe njengemigwaqo ... kodwa manje seziphelile. Lokhu "ukuhlukanisa" oseduze ukuwela ...

06 ka-08

I-Townsend Street - Ukudlula i-Divide

Ngemuva kokudlula i-Divis Tower, uzobona indawo yebhizinisi elincane ngakwesokunxele ne-Townsend Street, ehambisana ne-Westlink. Jikela ngakwesokunxele lapha futhi ulandele umgwaqo ngokusebenzisa isikhala esikhulu sensimbi ukuthi lezi zinsuku zivulekile izinsuku eziningi. Isakhiwo sokuqala ngakwesokunxele sakho isonto lamaPresbyterian. Kusuka endaweni yamaKatolika kuya kumaProthestani okwesibili. Ngodonga olunamandla (okuthiwa ngandlela-thile ngokuthi "uxhumano lokuthula") ukuphazamisa ukuthintana ngezikhathi zokudinga.

Umbono ongeyena othakazelisayo kulo lonke izwe elikude lizokwenza ukuthi ubhekane nobuso obuningi obudumisa uB Company ... isembatho esasilethe uJohnny "Mad Dog" Adair ngokufanele. Ubani owabaleka eNorthern Ireland lapho umphakathi wakhe usongela ukumkhulula umyalo ngokumqeda ubandlululo obukhulu.

Akuyena kuphela isibonelo sokucabanga okungalungile ukuthi "Izinkinga" zazingezansi "Them v Us" simo, ngokuba "Mfowethu ngokumelene noMfowethu" kaningi. Kwakuseduze ukuthi ngo-1969 (amaphoyisa aProtestanti) uConstable Victor Arbuckle waba yi-RUC yokuqala eyobulawa "ezinkingeni" - yadutshulwa wabulawa ngamalungu eLoyalist neProtestant Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

Ubufakazi obengeziwe balokhu buhlukumeze bukulindela kwi-Unionist ngenhlanhla eShankill Road.

07 ngo-08

I-Shankill Area - i-Unionist Heartland

Dlulisa umgwaqo eduze kweHholo leVangeli bese ulandela uShitill Parade. Ekupheleni kwalo mgwaqo omfushane uzoba nombono omuhle wezitshalo ezingenakunqamula umkhawulo wemingcele eminye ephawulekayo.

Eyamangalisa ngezindlela eziningi - ubona umdabu ohlonipha u-Oliver Cromwell, owenza ukuhlanzwa kobuhlanga ngendlela efushane futhi enobudlova e-Ireland. Ukucaphuna okushiwo kuye emadolobheni aseMural uthi akukho ukuthula e-Ireland kuze kube yilapho amaKatolika eqedwa. Izinqobe nezinhliziyo eziphumelelayo kwakungeyona ephezulu ohlelweni lwakhe.

Amanye ama-murals ahlonipha abaLoyalist abafile, abagibeli bezemidlalo bavame ukuba nemidlalo eminingi futhi bangakwazi ukuhamba ngokuthula lapho belele. Ngezinye izikhathi imbangela yokufa inikezwa ngendlela ephikisayo, njengokuthi "Ukuhlaselwa yi-UVF" - esinye isibonelo sama-feuds e-Loyalist.

Iminyaka embalwa nje ehlala lapha njengomuntu ongaziwayo, engasayithathi ukuthatha izithombe, ngabe ukuthole ukwaziswa okufushane kodwa osondelene nekomidi le-vigilante lesikhangiso. Lezi zinsuku abantu banamathuba amaningi okukhomba indlela encane kunazo zonke ezithandwayo ezithandwayo. Kodwa-ke, kunconywa ukucela imvume uma ufuna ukuthwebula izithombe noma yini ngaphandle kwemibukiso kanye nendawo ngokujwayelekile - ukuvota kwabantu noma izindawo zokuhlala ezizimele zivame ukugcizelela.

Ngemuva kokuthi uthathe izithombe zakho, sekuyisikhathi sokubuyela "enkundleni" yedolobha.

08 ngo-08

Ngena esikhungweni somuzi

Uma usubuyele emgwaqweni omkhulu eduze kwe-KFC, landela uPitrothe Hill ngaphesheya kweWestlink bese ubuyela emuva enkabeni yedolobha. Ngokushesha uzofika eRoyne Avenue (ngakwesokudla), okuyingxenye yesifunda sezitolo zeBelfast.

Landela i-Royal Qvenue futhi uzobona ukungena kwendawo yokuthenga yezitolo eNkantolo YaseNqabayokulinda ngakwesokunene sakho - lapho inkantolo enkulu yokudla inikeza ukuphumula okunye.