Republican mural, Divis Flats, Lower Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Memorial to INLA Volunteers Matt Mc Larnon, killed engaging British Army 12 May 1981, and Danny Loughran, killed in Republican feud, 5 April 1975. Mural depicts both Volunteers with...
1981
Graffiti; British Army
Graffiti painted by British soldiers, Divis flats, West Belfast, 1981. 'Brits Rule Divis INLA PIRA are Bent'. 'Bent' here may mean corrupt but is more likely to be homophobic. Divis flats, the highest point in West Belfast, was used by the British...
1981
Murals; Republicans; INLA
Republican mural, Divis Flats, Lower Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Memorial to INLA Volunteers Matt Mc Larnon, killed engaging British Army 12 May 1981, and Danny Loughran, killed in Republican feud, 5 April 1975. Mural depicts both Volunteers with...
1982
Murals; Republicans; INLA
Republican mural, Divis Flats, Lower Falls, West Belfast, 1982. Memorial to INLA Volunteers Matt Mc Larnon, killed engaging British Army 12 May 1981, and Danny Loughran, killed in Republican feud, 5 April 1975. Mural depicts both Volunteers with...
Republican mural, Duncairn Parade, New Lodge, Belfast, 1987. 'Óglaigh na hÉireann Loch gCál' (IRA Loughall); left of mural, Irish Tricolour, right of mural, Starry Plough; names on mural: Óglach (Volunteer) Eoin Ó Ceallaigh, Pádraig Ó...
1987
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Loughall; IRA
Republican mural, Duncairn Parade, New Lodge, Belfast, 1987. 'Óglaigh na hÉireann Loch gCál' (IRA Loughall); left of mural, Irish Tricolour, right of mural, Starry Plough; names on mural: Óglach (Volunteer) Eoin Ó Ceallaigh, Pádraig Ó...
1987
Murals; Republicans; IRA; Commemoration; Loughall
Republican mural, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1987. Mural depicts rural settin, four crests of the provinces of Ireland; place name Lochgcal (Loughall) over Celtic Cross inscribed with 'Óglaigh na hÉireannl' (IRA); around the...
1987
Murals; Republicans; IRA; Commemoration; Loughall
Republican mural, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1987. Mural depicts rural settin, four crests of the provinces of Ireland; place name Lochgcal (Loughall) over Celtic Cross inscribed with 'Óglaigh na hÉireannl' (IRA); around the...
1989
Street Signs; British Army; RUC
Gates to Belfast City Centre, Belfast 1989. 'Support law and Order The Security Forces Regret the Inconvenience Caused by these Barriers Unfortunately they are Essential for Public Safety and to Assist in the Defeat of Terrorism'. Graffiti: 'Gippo...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; British Army
Republican graffiti, Lenadoon Avenue, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1989. Originally painted in 1981. Extract from Patrick Galvin's poem, 'Letter to a British Soldier on Irish Soil'; 'When you came to this land/You said you came to understand/Soldier...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans
Republican graffiti, Springhill Crescent, Ballymurphy, 1989. Slogan addressed to local regiment of British Army stationed in area at the time.
1989
Murals; British Army; Graffiti
Graffiti, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1989. British soldiers, from regiment stationed in area at the time - 2nd Royal Anglian - graffiti on wall in staunchly Republican area.
1989
Murals; Republicans; An Phoblacht; Republican News; IRA; Gaelic language
Republican mural/cartoon, Cavendish Street, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1989. Ironic reference to British Army's public relations policy of engaging with nationalist residents of the area.
Republican graffiti, Broadway/Falls, West Belfast, 1989. British Army documents referred to this area as 'War Zone "C"'; the graffiti is an ironic welcome to the soldiers.
