Cluan Place
Cluan Place (derived from Irish Cluain 'meadow') is a Protestant working-class area in eastern inner-city Belfast, in Northern Ireland.[1]
There is currently a peace line, separating the area from Roman Catholic Short Strand.[1][2] Rioting between neighbouring Loyalist and Republican factions has been a feature of the area's recent past. See Battle of Saint Matthew's and 2002 Short Strand clashes.[3][4] CCTV has been introduced along the peace line in an attempt to deter anti-social behaviour and sectarian attacks. [5]
54°35′44″N 5°54′14″W / 54.59567°N 5.90395°W
References
[edit]- ^ a b "`Peace line' is focus for a strange little war". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Cluan Place and Clandeboye Gardens are at the interface of working-class Protestant east Belfast and the Short Strand, a tiny Catholic working-class enclave of about 4000 people.
- ^ McNaughton, Cathal (29 August 2013). "A barrier to peace". Reuters. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
A section of the peace wall wraps around houses in Cluan Place in a predominantly Protestant Loyalist area of east Belfast.
- ^ Young, Connla (27 June 2020). "Battle of St Matthew's recalled after 50 years". The Irish News. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Viewed by many as a seminal moment in the emergence of the Provisional IRA, the night-long gun battle between republicans and loyalists in east Belfast resulted in three dead and several others injured.
- ^ "Three wounded as rival gangs clash in street battle". Independent.ie. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
In the first incident at around 6.30pm, two men were shot in the back and foot in Cluan Place as rival republican and loyalist gangs clashed near the Short Strand area.
- ^ "CCTV cameras for peaceline". Irish Examiner. 13 September 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
The British government today confirmed it will install close circuit television cameras along the peaceline in east Belfast in a bid to stop sectarian rioting.
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