Inside Belfast's Infamous Troubled Neighbourhoods 

For those asking for the info to the black cab company I used in this video, they are called CAB TOURS BELFAST. They are joint Catholic and Protestant owned and operated, and you can book with them here cabtoursbelfast.com

I'm Scottish. When I first went to Northern Ireland I didn't know what to expect. The people are wonderful. Belfast is amazing. Too many positives to list.

I'm 31, born and raised in Belfast. My da is 68 and rarely talks about his experiences throughout. Thank you for going out of your way for this video and for making it respectful and also tasteful.

That bloke just described the troubles more clearly than any documentary ive even seen. Thank you

I am a Belfast man and have to say this is a pretty good representation of our city. One point I would make though. I think it's an over-simplification to boil the whole thing down to religion. Yes, it is an important part of the identity of much of the people on both sides, but by no means the only part. Many Protestants were high profile figures on the Irish nationalist/revolutionary side. Robert Emmett, Henry Joy McCracken, Theobald Wolfe Tone to name a few were leading figures. Douglas Hyde founded the Gaelic League for the advancement of Irish language and culture was also the first President of Ireland. All Protestants. The United Irishmen were formed with twin goals of severing the link with Britain and of eradicating sectarian divisions between Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter. In many ways it was the outbreak of the Troubles that actually served to cement people in the categories they were in, rather than just the category determining the "side". It caused people to retreat into their insular communities much more primarily through fear. My da was in Bombay Street the night it was burned and I never tire of learning our history from him. I do his head in! Like I say, I enjoyed the film and it was very good, just thought I'd add a bit of context to it, it isn't simply Catholic v Protestant!

Thank you from a survivor of The Troubles, in my 60's & I can assure you that an entire generation has been left with PTSD , myself included. Blessings from Belfast.

Thank you Wendell for coming to my city. I’m from Protestant community. We are a friendly city. Some of the nicest people in the world live here. Take care and God bless. 🙏🙏🙏

Well done. Your video brought back so many memories of growing up with the troubles in the 70's and 80's... Thank God we're in a much better place now.

My son lives just outside Belfast and I've been visiting there twice a year for the last 6 years and the city is amazing and the people I love. From watching old videos of Belfast and the troubles it's a completely different place. I'm not saying there's no issues at all but as a visitor ive never seen any. Top place top people. What i will say is it takes generations to make a difference

Wendall, you really knocked it out the park with this one. Really enjoyed it. What a channel this is mate! Bostin!

Hey Wendall, thanks for all your videos. I love the passion and knowledge of the cab driver.

I've learned more about the troubles from this short video than from anywhere else. Good to see you go to places with an open mind and don't get influenced beforehand by what others have said. Keep it up, great work.

I enjoyed Belfast and the Giant's Causeway. I also enjoy Dublin. Irish are top people in general. Being born in Liverpool, we tend to get on well with the Irish as most of us come from Ireland originally.

Thank you for educating me Olli. This was really interesting and informative. I've only ever had a vague idea of the troubles I'm a bit ashamed to say

Wendall i am from catholic west belfast i watch your videos all the time on RU-vid as it allows me to see parts of the UK and more that ive never heard off, great video keep up the good content👍

One of the best vids i have ever watched. Thanks for this Wendall.

Beautifully done, my friend. You're coming to be a national treasure.

Belfast is a great city full of lovely, gentle , kind warm people , I would love to see the walls come down before I die , that would be amazing.

Thank you for this well put together and sensitive video. Well balanced and well researched.

What an amazing man, could listen to him for hours😊

Absolutely outstanding video your guide has been so informative!

Absolutely brilliant documentary, really informative. Look forward to seeing many more!

Hello Wendell, thank you for dropping another video. Going to give me a cuppa coffee. It’s 11 o’clock here in Northern California. Love you videos I know I’m gonna enjoy this one. Thank you for all your hard work my friend.🙏💙💯🇺🇸

Really insightful video, I'm an English bloke (Hartlepool) who has lived in Belfast for over 20 years now. I was brought up in England by an amazing Belfast woman. My father in law ran a pub on the Springfield road all through the troubles. I love the place and the people. The people are warm, welcoming, and very humorous. Thanks for visiting and broadcasting.

Fantastic video mate, thoroughly enjoyable and a unique unbiased approach, well done 👏

Great and informative video. And the taxi driver was really a find. It is horrible that the conflict is still going on. Thank you for enlightening us 😊

That was absolutely brilliant mate one of the best yet keep up the great work

the cabbie gave the most thorough and personal explanation of the troubles and its affects on the communities I’ve seen. Great video, Wendall.

Outstanding video. Very educational and moving, it would be great if this video could be shown in schools and colleges all over Britain and Ireland. Wonderful that Wendell, as he does in all his videos, was able to have such frank, honest and respectful conversations with local people who have lived through such a touch period and are now emerging on the other side. Great to see that on the balance, there seems to be far more to be positive about than negative for the future of Northern Ireland - I really hope so. Thanks so much for doing these Wendell - they are priceless.

You've surpassed yourself with this excellent video Wendall. Thanks for visiting Belfast. Excellent video. God Bless.

Your best one yet Wendall!!!!! Love from Dublin

Really enjoyed this one Wendall, keep up the good work, 👍

by far the best vid youve done so far 😇

This was one of the best documentaries I've seen on Belfast ❤

Another good video. You deserve way more subs than you have Wendall.

Great video. You’ve approached this with great empathy and understanding. I also feel less ignorant about a few things than I did at the start of the vid. Nice one.

Fascinating - many thanks for bringing it to us

My dad is Irish and my mom is English and i love both of them and the same goes for all Ireland Peace in jesus name to you all from Wolverhampton 🇮🇪🇬🇧✝️❤️

This was a cracking video. Really interesting to see the kick up in NI content recently across the board. Nice to see people showing interest in our history and how it is today.

Genuinely one of the best RU-vid travel videos I've seen. I'm even more compelled to visit Belfast than ever now.

I have a friend who was a child in the Divis Flats. He's since shown me around. It's fascinating, a different world completely. Thanks to you and the guide for this brilliant informative video.

Good afternoon pal. Great video. I volunteer in a homeless centre in Belfast and i can agree, there is very little help. Thankfully, there are amazing people in the country that donate and help a great cause.Thanks for a fantastic video. You done a great job.

I'm from Wicklow in the Republic - and we often feel so far removed from the situation in the North. Going up North can often feel like a different world (and not just because of the politics). The cabbie makes a great point about how its no longer Catholics and Protestant (whos really religious these days?) - its a case of Republican and Unionist. I was in Tulsa Oklahoma late last year and met a Northern Unionist in a bar; we could not have had more craic slagging each other about all sorts and who we have pictures of on our walls (Gerry vs Charles). We are all the same, we just want peace and craic. Full stop.

Very informative video, absolutely brilliant

Such an educational visit. I’ve learnt a lot. Thank you

Another brilliant video Wendall and really interesting to watch. I've been travelling to Belfast on work trips since 2002 and have always enjoyed my time there, as well as meeting some wonderful people along the way... :)

Excellent video Wendall loved it thanks ❤😊

What a great informative video. I heard of the troubles in Ireland but never quite understood what it was about. Such lovely people on both sides and I wish them all peace x

I learnt alot from that video thanks. A great watch. You lifted the bar so high on that one.

Being from Belfast. Your video is amazing, shows Belfast in such a good light. I personally find no problems at all in Belfast. If you ever decide to come back. I’ll get you a pint 👍🏻

Very enjoyable documentary, Wendall. As someone born and raised in the South, Belfast is one of my favourite cities to visit and have always got a good welcome. You could probably do two supplementary documentaries on The Titanic Quarter/economic history of Belfast, and then another on the University Quarter. As a city, it has so much history and so much to offer.

This is really well done. Good for Wendall for bringing an open mind, talking to people on both sides with humility like ordinary humans, not sensationalizing, really trying to listen and understand. The thing I like best about this video is that attitude.

This was absolutely fascinating. My maternal ancestry is Scots Ulster and Protestant Northern Irish- I’ve never really understood the “Troubles”, but Henry was so articulate and interesting to listen to. It’s on my bucket list to come home to Northern Ireland and Belfast and visit these wonderful, proud and resilient people, both Catholic and Protestant.

this cab driver gave an honest non boyest view from my lookin at it,and even that im only 2 hours down ta road,this video takes us to the deep places of Northern Ireland,Great work

I went to Belfast last month and stayed on the shankill road , I went and walked around the falls road , shankill and ardoynne looking at the murals , I watched cliftonville play football, on the Sunday went on a massive pub crawl in the city centre then back to the pubs in shankill like the royal bar and Rex bar. On the Monday paid 30 quid to go on the game of thrones coach tour which left at 9am and got back at 6 and was an absolute bargain and great day . The northern Irish people were very friendly and welcoming and if anyone wanted a long weekend in Belfast I would absolutely recommend it , I’m going to go back later in the year.

This is such a great video on the history of Northern Ireland and the troubles ,brilliant Wendall

One of your best videos mate. Thank you

A lot more Brits need to watch this. I'm 48 years old and grew up in England, aware of what was going on in NI and Belfast but with no knowledge of why. My ignorance continued to this day so I'm so glad this video has educated me. Hopefully one day there will be no need for a wall and both communities can live in harmony. Thanks Wendall.

Another captivating video. You definitely deserve to have more subscribers. Thank you for these videos.

From Benidorm to Belfast you always produce great interesting videos. Definitely one of my favourite content producers.

im from this city and its cool seeing our country grow from the dark days of the troubles its signs of peace hope it continues and im sure if you asked any local they prefer peace not war hopefully one day them horrible walls will come down won't be in my life time im sure tho great video

Pretty balanced and fair portrayal of my home town. Life goes on

Great video mate, I visited Dublin a few weeks ago but didn’t get the chance to visit Belfast while in Ireland but seeing this video, I can see the contrast between NI and ROI. I’ll have to come back and make more videos at some point

Great video, the tour guide was great, very knowledgeable. You've earned yourself a subscriber!

Hi Wendall , I've been subscribed to your channel for a about 6 months now & love the channel & your trips around all the towns & cities throughout the UK , I was born in Belfast in 1969 at the start of the main troubles & conflict & just want to congratulate you on a brilliant vlog on Belfast & how you documented it even with having little knowledge of Belfast , very interesting & the people's outlook on the way it is today , keep up the good work mate 😎

Great informative video as always. I always look forward to your videos fella keep up the good work

Been to Belfast several times but not since around 1991. I was a delivery driver at that time. I loved going over there. Thanks for the video brother I really found it fascinating and enjoyable 👌

Good to see you bk missed your content!

first time watching , subbed thank you for your content very well presented better than some TV shows.

Great video mate. Im from Belfast and you covered good ground. Really enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work ❤🙏😎

very informative, thanks Wendall

Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing.

This was so informative I had 0 idea about any of this (English, born in England). None of this was taught in school and learning about it is so interesting.

Hey wendall, great to see you were here in belfast. I live ten minutes from were you were on the falls road. Welcome and hope you come again my friend 👍🏻.

Amazingly interesting thank you so much Wendell from Liverpool. Never been but always been interested but on the back of this video I think I'll make a visit!

Liked and signed in. I always watch your videos on my TV from sunny Brazil. Grew up in England during to 80-00's, so grew up listening to (or maybe not listening as the BBC cut the audio) the troubles.

Hey Wendall, great video, I served in Belfast between '95-'97 and it brought back so many good and bad memories. The Divis tower, Springfield Rd, the Falls Rd, Shankill, they had major problems that just didn't get covered by mainstream media. This was a great balance of reporting between communities. Good job, thank you! RIP my fallen friends from both sides, you'll never be forgotten!! ❤❤❤

Superb content!!!! 10/10 BRILLIANT!

Good video! Very interesting! I learnt a lot there!

Such a good tour guide and a true gent!

Thanks for the educational video. I had no idea about the peace walls and that the gates are locked at night. It's sad that this is the way people are living. So hope things can change and improve as we move into the future. I hope things will never go back to the horrors of The Troubles

Excellent film mate , really enjoyed it 👌

What a brilliant video, so interesting, thank you

Nice to see you visiting this fine part of the world

Magnificent documentary.

That was absolutely blindin, well done sir 👏

One of my fav videos you've done this, really interesting!

Really enjoyed that video and subscribed 😊

I'm from Manchester England and I've been to Belfast once. Its a great city and well worth a visit. I went up the Shankill and down the falls Rd. Everyone was friendly. I can't wait to go back.

Very interesting situation. Great video.

Excellent piece

Been Northern and Southern Ireland many times. Always met incredible people and the most welcoming people too. I’ll never forget Derry where i was welcomed to Legenderry. To the everyday people who respect the land and the people, You will be welcomed with an open heart.

That's a great video from both of you thank you very much godless all

As a Belfast man myself who grew up during the troubles I found this video fascinating, the tour guide was very informative and balanced. BELFAST is a great City and welcoming to everyone,thank you for making this video.

Fantastic watch mate 👏 being from Belfast myself I feel like people were maybe holding back a little bit or maybe you just had to squash it down as it is pretty long, either way it was fantastic. Hope to see you come back sometime.

I come from Belfast and am surprised by the lack of knowledge of Belfast from those in england, thanks for making the video to show everyone what its like

Thank you for a very interesting and informative video. I visited Belfast in 1971, for a wedding. The atmosphere struck me as soon as I came off the ferry I seem to recall the smell on the morning of what must have been another violent night. RUC and Army here and there, with 'that look' on their faces. and wreaked vehicles around. But I am glad that I had the experience. The Troubles were a part of our lives growing up, as were Vietnam and the Space Race. I would like to visit Belfast again, to experience the changed city.

Great video Wendall. Brings back many childhood memories of news reports; riots, bombings, shootings and extremist politicians. Not good memories but it's important that this doesn't slip unforgotten into history. Keep up the great work. 👍

Wendall Great video! We visited in November 23 and we were guided by Henry around the Shankill and Falls Rd areas. He is a fantastic orator and gave us like you an eye opening insight into this area of this amazing city. The people of Belfast are what makes this town! Very friendly and welcoming to tourists and we would not hesitate to return…👍

You Need to go into different parts of Belfast not just west Belfast, the story’s and truths you will hear in east Belfast and south Belfast will be totally different ,( short strand ,market area and lower ormeau road ) are definitely worth a visit 👍🏻👍🏻