The Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden on Bombay Street in west Belfast is one of the area’s best-known memorial sites connected to the Troubles.
Located near the Falls-Shankill interface, it commemorates IRA members, former prisoners, political activists and civilians from the Clonard area. The garden is divided into three linked sections, enclosed by walls, railings and gates, with a large Celtic cross and a central plaque in the middle section and additional plaques and memorial benches in the side sections.
Its location on Bombay Street gives the site added historical significance. In August 1969, during some of the earliest large-scale violence of the Troubles in Belfast, Catholic houses on Bombay Street were burned, making the street one of the best-known flashpoints of that period. Gerald McAuley, a 15-year-old member of Fianna Éireann, was killed during the attack while helping people flee.
The memorial garden was created by the Greater Clonard Ex-Prisoners’ Association in the early 2000s.