Loyalist mural, Sandy Row, East Belfast, 1981. Ulster Volunteer Force graffiti, anti-Republican Hunger Striker Bobby Sands: 'Support the UVF Sands Rot in Hell'.
1980
Graffiti; Republicans; H-Blocks; Hunger strikes
Republican graffiti, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1980. Graffiti refers to the first Republican Hunger Strike in 1980. The protest was called off on December 18 after 53 days; the collapse of the deal led to the second Hunger Strike of 1981. 'H-Block...
Non-aligned murals, Rossville Flats, Derry, 1983. Circus images - cartoons of clowns, acrobats, lion tamers. Republican graffiti- 'Provos', 'IRA', Victory to the Hunger Strikers', 'Irish National Liberation Army', 'INLA'.
2002
Murals; Graffiti; Republicans; Political Links; Hunger strikes; Turkey
Republican mural and graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 2002. Mural expressing solidarity with Hunger Strikers in Turkey protesting against prison conditions. Graffiti 'Honour Ireland's Dead Wear an Easter Lily', painted in green, white and...
2004
Murals; Republicans; 1969; Margaret Thatcher; Hunger strikes; Emblems
Republican mural, Clowney Street, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 2004. One of the oldest surviving murals, it was first painted in 1981. 'The people arose in 69, they will do it again at any time'; 'Maggie Thatcher think again, don't let our...
Republican mural, Clowney St., Beechmount, West Belfast. One of the oldest Republican murals; Hunger strike mural from 1981 with phoenix and emblems of four provinces of Ireland, 'The people arose in 69, they will do it again at anytime. Maggie...
Republican mural, Clowney St., Beechmount, West Belfast. Mural depicts three Blanket-men on dirty protest in H-Block prison cell. Mural above one of the oldest Republican murals; Hunger strike mural from 1981 with phoenix and emblems of four...
Republican mural, Clowney St., Beechmount, West Belfast. Mural depicts three Blanket-men on dirty protest in H-Block prison cell. Mural above one of the oldest Republican murals; Hunger strike mural from 1981 with phoenix and emblems of four...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Bobby Sands; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Shaws Road, West Belfast, 1981. Left of mural: slogan protesting death of Bobby Sands, first Hunger Striker to die. 'The Right Honourable Bobby Sands Esq MP Murdered by his Fellow Members of H[er].M[ajesty's].Govt'; Bobby Sands...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Bobby Sands; Prisoners; H-Blocks; Margaret Thatcher
Republican mural, Rockmore Rd., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Mural painted during the Hunger Strikes, before death of Bobby Sands. On left, image of scroll, with quotation from Bobby Sands, 'You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea/You cannot...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Bobby Sands; Prisoners; H-Blocks; Margaret Thatcher
Republican mural, Rockmore Rd., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Mural painted during the Hunger Strikes, before death of Bobby Sands. On left, image of scroll, with quotation from Bobby Sands, 'You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea/You cannot...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Colonial Violence
Republican Mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. Third of series of images representing colonial violence in Ireland; here prisoners violently placed on the 'conveyor belt of justice', beginning at Castlereagh Interrogation Centre, with...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Hunger strikes; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Commemoration of ten Hunger Strikers who died in 1981; portraits of the men over representation of H-Block and Celtic symbol, poem by Bobby Sands: 'All things must come to pass as one/So hope should...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Hunger strikes; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Commemoration of ten Hunger Strikers who died in 1981; detail: portraits of the men over representation of H-Block and Celtic symbol, poem by Bobby Sands: 'All things must come to pass as one/So...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Hunger strikes; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Oldpark Road, Oldpark, North Belfast, 2001. Hunger Strike memorial, depicting the Maze/Long Kesh Prison, with H-Block prison compound, two blanketmen, a lark entangled in barbed wire, and black and white reproductions of the ten...
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Turkey; Hunger strikes; Political Links
Republican mural, Divis Street, Falls, West Belfast, 2001. Representation of emaciated figure of Sevgi Erdogan who died on Hunger Strike in a Turkish prison, 12th July 2001, protesting changes in prison conditions and abuses. 'Support the Turkish...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; Hunger strikes
Republican graffti, Lenadoon Avenue, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1989. Originally painted 1981, graffiti in support of Joe McDonnell and the other Hunger Strikers. 'The People of Lenadoon support Joe McDonnell and his Brave Comrades on Hunger Strike'....
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Unity Flats (now demolished), Off Upper Library Street, Belfast, 1989. 'Remember the Hunger Strikers B.Sands F.Hughes P.O'Hara K.Lynch R mcCreesh J mcDonnell K Doherty T mcElwee M.Devine M.Hurson'