Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1997. Mural commemorating various prison campaigns by the Republican movement through historical iconic images. Central image, hands cuffed together wrapped in barbed wire (invokes one of the...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; H-Blocks; UDA; UFF; Prisoners
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Crescent, Lower Shankill, 2000. Commemorates the closing of Long Kesh/The Maze prison, in 2000. Mural depicts walled H-Block compound guarded by watchtower and surrounded by chain; two clenched fists with manacles in shape...
1997
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1997. Mural commemorating various prison campaigns by the Republican movement through historical iconic images. Detail depicts a prisoner on the Blanket learning Irish by writing onthe wall of...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
Irish Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Call for 'Segregation for Irish POWs' in Maghaberry Portlaoise and English prisons. Irish Repbulican Prisoners Welfare Association (IRPWA). 'Maghaberry POWs Not Forgotten'.
2001
Murals; Republicans; Political Prisoners; Hunger strikes; ETA; Turkey
Republican murals, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Clockwise: 'Political status now. Rally Dunville Park 2:30 PM July 19th IRPWA' (Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association); ...
1994
Murals; Republicans; Collusion; Prisoners; RUC; RIR; British Army
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1994. Image of British soldier patrolling streets with Belfast mountains in background and local houses - including Easter 1916 mural. Top of mural, Gaelic: 'Slan Abhaile' (Safe Home),...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. This mural depicts 'The Five Just Demands' of the Republican prisoners on the dirty protest and thenthe Hunger...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Beechmount Street, West Belfast, 1989. Left, Irish Tricolour, 'IRA', 'Tiocfaidh ár lá'; centre, fists bound together with barbed wire against Irish Tricolour; right, names of seven Hunger Strikers 'Kieran Doherty; Joe McDonnell;...
1988
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts IRA Volunteer Joe Doherty (a native of New Lodge). Doherty was imprisoned for the killing of a British soldier and escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981; arrested in...
1988
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, North Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts IRA Volunteer Joe Doherty (a native of New Lodge). Doherty was imprisoned for the killing of a British soldier and escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981; arrested in...
1987
Murals; Loyalist; UDA; LPA; UDF
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, West Belfast, 1987. Ulster Defence Association insignia, Crown atop Red Hand of Ulster, with motto 'Quis Separabit' (Who will separate us?); 'C' Company refers to the Lower Shankill company of the UDA. To the left and...
1987
Murals; Loyalist; Prisoners; UVF; UDA; YCV; Protestant Action Force
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, West Belfast, 1987. Mural depicts insignia of various Loyalist paramilitary organisations, from top left clockwise: UVF, UDA, Young Citizen Volunteers, Protestant Action Force. Centre: Ulster flag with map of Northern...
1988
Murals; Loyalist; Siege of Derry; UDA; UDF; LPA; UFF
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural represents 'Shutting the Gates of Derry' against Catholic forces by the Protestant Apprentice Boys in 1689. Symbol above mural - 'First Ulster Defence Association', above Crown and date 1688;...
1987
Murals; Loyalist; UDA; WDA; UFF
Murals, Loyalist, OhioStreet/Rosebank Street, Woodvale, Belfast, 1987. Memorial mural - William Bucky McCullough (Ulster Defence Association), killed by Irish National Liberation Army, 1981. Mural depicts two armed Loyalist volunteers, underneath...
1982
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikers; Prisoners
Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1982. Memorial to Kieran Doherty, died in the 1981 Hunger Striker. Mural depicts Doherty, centre, two pikestaffs on either side; 'Prisoner of War 'Kieran Doherty Murdered 2nd August...
Loyalist mural, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 1989. Mural supporting Loyalist Prisoners' Association and Loyalist Prisoners of War; Two Northern Ireland Flags on either side of Red Handof Ulster bound in barbed wire.
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...