peace line

English

Noun

peace line (plural peace lines)

1. (often in the plural) A separation barrier in Northern Ireland that separates a predominantly republican and Catholic neighbourhood from a predominantly loyalist and unionist Protestant neighbourhood.

   Synonym: peace wall

   • 1999 March 9, “Unstitching of the peace line factory”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The factory, dripping with symbolism, straddled the peace line in West Belfast, separating the loyalist Shankill Road from the republican Falls with an entrance at either end for the two communities.

   • 2015 September 29, Peter Geoghegan, “Will Belfast ever have a Berlin Wall moment and tear down its 'peace walls'?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     McCallum and the small team are in touch by telephone with community workers on the loyalist side of the peace line, working constantly to defuse tensions, especially during the contentious summer marching season.

Further reading

• peace lines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia