Cluan Place Explained

Cluan Place (derived) is a Protestant working-class area in eastern inner-city Belfast, in Northern Ireland.^[1]

There is currently a peace line, separating the area from Roman Catholic Short Strand.^[2] Rioting between neighbouring Loyalist and Republican factions has been a feature of the area's recent past. See Battle of Saint Matthew's and 2002 Short Strand clashes.^{[3] [4]} CCTV has been introduced along the peace line in an attempt to deter anti-social behaviour and sectarian attacks. ^[5]

54.5957°N -5.904°W

References

1. Web site: 2002-06-22 . `Peace line' is focus for a strange little war . 2024-02-07 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en . Cluan Place and Clandeboye Gardens are at the interface of working-class Protestant east Belfast and the Short Strand, a tiny Catholic working-class enclave of about 4000 people..
2. News: McNaughton . Cathal . 2013-08-29 . A barrier to peace . 2024-02-07 . Reuters . en . A section of the peace wall wraps around houses in Cluan Place in a predominantly Protestant Loyalist area of east Belfast..
3. Web site: Young . Connla . 2020-06-27 . Battle of St Matthew's recalled after 50 years . 2024-02-07 . The Irish News . en . Viewed by many as a seminal moment in the emergence of the Provisional IRA, the night-long gun battle between republicans and loyalists in east Belfast resulted in three dead and several others injured..
4. Web site: 2002-06-03 . Three wounded as rival gangs clash in street battle . 2024-02-07 . Independent.ie . en . In the first incident at around 6.30pm, two men were shot in the back and foot in Cluan Place as rival republican and loyalist gangs clashed near the Short Strand area..
5. News: 2002-09-13 . CCTV cameras for peaceline . 2024-02-07 . Irish Examiner . The British government today confirmed it will install close circuit television cameras along the peaceline in east Belfast in a bid to stop sectarian rioting..