evidence: The walls were meant to be temporary, but they helped to calm tensions and decrease attacks between the two communities living in close proximity and became permanent. Today, many residents who live along these walls still want them to remain. [...] "If we look at [peace walls] in a realistic world, we shouldn’t need them, but also in a realistic world, it gives me more sense of security," he said at his doorstep with a giant sign that reads, "Welcome to loyalist Cluan Place. Unbowed, unbroken," on the peace wall directly beside his home. [...] But for Brennan, Forsyth, Thompson and many others living near peace walls in Belfast and around Northern Ireland, it seems they are going to be a source of security for the foreseeable future.