The Untold Story

A mural describing how in August 1971, many Protestants fled their homes as the IRA launched a bitter sectarian attack on Protestant communities throughout Belfast.

IN AUGUST 1971
MANY PROTESTANTS
FLED THEIR HOMES AS THE SCALE OF
VIOLENCE ERUPTED ON PROTESTANT
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BELFAST.
THE LOYAL PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL
HELD OUT THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP
IN OUR HOUR OF NEED. UP TO 2000
TERRIFIED WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ESCAPED FROM BURNING HOMES
TO LIVE IN THE SAFETY OF LIVERPOOL.
THAT ACT OF FRIENDSHIP BY THE
PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL WILL
NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
LIVERPOOL – BELFAST
A BOND NEVER BROKEN
NO SURRENDER