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Streets of Belfast: Bryson Street – where religious divide created two doorways in Belfast

Two years ago this month, on November 13, 2022, I, like many others, was deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of historian Dr Éamon Phoenix after a brief period of illness.

Through an off-licence, GP surgery and Sean Cunningham’s remarkable military journey, Jason Burke chronicles how this small area in the east of the city became a microcosm of life in NI People fleeing their homes in the street in 1971 during riots Two years ago this month, on November 13, 2022, I, like many others, was deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of historian Dr Éamon Phoenix after a brief period of illness. Éamon was, and still is, a genuine hero of mine, not least for his ability to elucidate the often complex and challenging episodes of our divided past..