The tour guide for the first half of the tour was an ex-IRA prisoner who took us to various shrines and places of remembrance. He gave us his full version of Irish history and British colonial rule in Ireland over the centuries, explaining the religious wars, the Protestant ascendency and the Ulster plantation, also pointing out how the Catholic population of Ireland – the whole island then ruled by Westminster - were allowed to starve by the British government. He then explained to us about how he was tortured and imprisoned by the British security forces during the troubles. It was very interesting. He was polite and well-spoken. The second half of the tour was given by a British soldier who also suffered greatly in the conflict. He took us to various sites of remembrance on the Shankill Road, showing us several horrible acts of war carried out by the IRA, including a bomb that they planted in a fishmonger’s shop on Shankill Road, killing eight civilians, two of them children. He showed us the peace wall and explained about the two different communities. One thing was clear: he was totally against the segregation, against the violence and clearly wanted a future of integration. We had no idea how Deep the divisions were, and how raw the wounds of the conflicto on both sides. He answered many difficult questions asked by our group in a polite, educated and polite manner. He was also a qualified and government-approved tour guide, and very well dressed.I THINK EVERYONE should do this tour, to see both parts of the Troubles. Highly recommended. You cannot just heard one side because they are quite different