See an article at Huffington Post (U.K.) about the peace walls in Northern Ireland. Hat tip to RealClearWorld for the link.
These walls separate Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods, and many have been in place for nearly a half-century. Unlike the Berlin wall, but very much like the wall Israel has built separating it and the West Bank, the point is keeping apart two communities with a history of violence directed at each other.
Like the wall in Israel, the ones in Northern Ireland do the job and seem more offensive to outsiders than to those living alongside them. And besides, they're tourist attractions for both countries.
