You can walk around and view the totems, which is a brilliant way to learn about the history,  geography and culture of our area.

• Cloona House/Poleglass: the last surviving ‘big house’ in the west Belfast/Dunmurry area, at 31 Colin Road, has a fascinating history and an incredible cast of characters from pioneering writer/explorer Beatrice Grimshaw to British Army commander General Harry Tuzo

• Belle Steele/Stewartstown Road: the story of this remarkable Protestant woman who protected Catholics in Penal Times is one of the most compelling and dramatic tales in Northern Ireland’s history. The totem is on the Bell Steel Road (Note: the road planners back in the ’80s used a different spelling of Belle’s name)

• Bobby Sands/Twinbrook: the IRA commander and hunger striker from Twinbrook whose 1981 funeral made international headlines. The totem is in the Twinbrook housing estate beside the republican memorial

• Teeling’s Mill/Poleglass: family business of Bartholomew Teeling, linen manufacturer and United Irishman in the 1798 Rebellion. The totem is at the site of the old mill at Springbank industrial estate

• Frank Pantridge/Poleglass: the legendary inventor of the portable defibrillator and WW2 hero, who lived at (sadly now-gone) Collin House in the hills above Poleglass during the 1960s and 70s. See the totem in Frank’s honour in the new park off Stewartstown Road.