WartimeNI Tour on Translink Glider

The Translink Glider service came into service in 2018. It connects West Belfast and East Belfast and there are many World War Two sites along the way.

The Translink Glider Tour

Translink Glider is a new mode of transport connecting West Belfast to East Belfast through the city centre. Launching in September 2018, it will deliver regular bus services across Belfast.

WartimeNI is not in any way connected to Translink or the promotion of the Glider service. This imagined tour only serves as a guide to some sites relating to World War Two and the Belfast Blitz that you can find along the way.

West Belfast

As the new bus service passes through West Belfast, along the Stewartstown Road, Andersonstown Road, and Falls Road, you will notice several sites of interest.

Map showing Milltown Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast

Milltown Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast

546 Falls Road, Belfast

Milltown Cemetery in West Belfast has become synonymous with Irish Nationalism and Republicanism but people from all walks of life are buried here.

Map showing Belfast City Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast

Belfast City Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast

511 Falls Road, Belfast

Belfast City Cemetery on the Falls Road in West Belfast is the final resting place of many victims of the Second World War and the Belfast Blitz of 1941.

Map showing Falls Road Baths, Falls Road, Belfast

Falls Road Baths, Falls Road, Belfast

15-17 Falls Road, Belfast

On 16th April 1941, in the aftermath of the Belfast Blitz, volunteers worked through the day laying out the dead in the Falls Road Baths in West Belfast.

City Centre

The new Translink Glider service passes through the city centre with stops on Donegall Square surrounding Belfast City Hall.

Map showing City Hall, Donegall Square North, Belfast

City Hall, Donegall Square North, Belfast

Donegall Square North, Belfast

Belfast City Hall is a survivor of the Belfast Blitz of 1941 and several reminders of life in wartime Northern Ireland remain in the grounds.

Donegall Square East, Belfast

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Photo: Three air raid shelters stand where the Metro bus stops now on Donegall Square East. Photo taken from the corner with Donegall Square South. Kerbs and lamp posts around Belfast City Hall are painted with white stripes to prevent blackout accidents. Photo taken on 3rd November 1942. Copyright Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

To be continued…

References
  1. Translink

Belfast Blitz