Belfast has been a place of sectarian division for over 250 years with Catholics and Protestants living segregated lives until adult life. Even today huge Peacewalls separate Protestant areas from Catholic areas with access restricted after dark by controlled security gates. My tour takes you to the walls and also the murals that now adorn the walls and other sites of memory and give you an unique insight into why they were built and painted in the first place and why they are still needed today. My Uncle agreed the location of the walls as directed by my grandmother so I can offer the lived history of someone who seen the 'Troubles' happen around him as a boy and who grew up on a Peacewall narrowly escaping death by gunfire and bomb on a number of occasions. This tour have featured on the Irish Republic's main broadcasting channel (RTE) as an insiders view of the Walls and Troubles yet the tour ends with an unexpected twist and a real hope for the future. This is the only tour that has been researched, taken and validated by US academics.  "Frank is not only a phenomenal storyteller. He is also a knowledgeable historian who presents multiple points of view in order to avoid the reductive narratives of conflict that tourism industries tend to peddle."   “The tour that was most meaningful was the peace walls tour in Belfast with Frank Higgins. I am still absolutely mind blown that he has experienced several sides of the conflict: victim, perpetrator, military, Protestant, internationalist/republican , mediator. His tour was very impactful because not only does he have those perspectives, but he was able to deliver his tour in a critical (radical) middle ground lens.” Drs. Jessica Martell & Belinda Walzer Appalachian State University