Clonard Gardens in West Belfast was the site of Clonard Monastery where Catholic and Protestant neighbours sheltered together during the Belfast Blitz.
West Belfast in the Second World War
Belfast
West Belfast was home to Northern Ireland's only recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. The area escaped the worst of the Blitz.
ARP Post 416, Abetta Parade, Belfast
Abetta Parade, Belfast
In 1939, a Gospel Hall stood between Nos. 9 and 11 Abetta Parade in East Belfast. By 1943, the Second World War necessitated its use as a ARP Post 416.
Abetta Parade, Belfast
Belfast
Abetta Parade is a residential street running off the Beersbridge Road, East Belfast. It was home to Rifleman Hugh Henry Millar of the Royal Ulster Rifles.
East Belfast in the Second World War
Belfast
The factories, yards and residential areas of East Belfast suffered heavy damage during the Second World War and Luftwaffe bombs fell in April and May 1941.
Wartime Belfast
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. The city was an important military and industrial hub and the Luftwaffe attacked during the Second World War.
Clonard Monastery, Clonard Gardens, Belfast
1 Clonard Gardens, Belfast, Co. Antrim
During the Belfast Blitz in May 1941, Protestants from the Shankill Road joined their Catholic neighbours in the shelter of the crypt of Clonard Monastery.
Beaufort’s Dyke, Irish Sea
Irish Sea
Between Northern Ireland and Scotland lies Beaufort's Dyke, a natural trench at the bottom of the Irish Sea now filled with Second World War era munitions.