Protestant Picket in Belfast

Date: September 3, 2001 • Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.

Belfast is the capital, largest city and main port of Northern Ireland. It stands on the banks of the river Lagan, and is connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel. The city is the most populous in Northern Ireland and the second-largest, after Dublin, on the island of Ireland, with a recorded population in 2021 of 345,418 and of 704,406 for the greater metropolitan area.