Republican graffiti, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1980. Graffiti refers to first 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. 'God Save Ireland',...
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...
1984
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Donegal Road, East Belfast, 1984. Mural commemorates founding of the 'Pride of the Village Flute band', 'Founded Sept. 1980'. British Crown atop insignia of the band, Masonic Star with Red Hand, draped by Scottish and Northern Irish...
1984
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Donegal Road, East Belfast, 1984. Mural commemorates founding of the 'Pride of the Village Flute band', 'Founded Sept. 1980'. British Crown atop insignia of the band, Masonic Star with Red Hand, draped by Scottish and Northern Irish...
1987
Murals; Non-Aligned
Non-aligned mural, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1987. Mural depicts Bob Marley, Reggae musician, and reproduces the cover of Marley's last album 'Uprising' (1980).
1989
Murals; Loyalist; RHC
Loyalist mural, Donegall Road, South Belfast, 1989. 'RHC' - Red Hand Commando, Loyalist paramilitary group name believed to be used as cover for Ulster Volunteer Force. 'Founded Sept 1980'. Mural depicts Crown atop symbol UVF symbol, 'Pride of...
1989
Murals; Loyalist; Red Hand Commando
Loyalist mural, Donegal Road, East Belfast, 1981. Mural depicts centre, Red hand of Ulster in Star of Orange Lodge, 'Pride of the Village Flute Band'', crown atop; left - flag of Scotland, right, flag of Ulster. 'RHC' - Red Hand Commando, cover...
1996
Murals; Republicans; History; Revisionism
Murals, Republican, Oakman Street, Falls, West Belfast, 1996. Republican intervention in the revisionist debates on Irish history, with quote from Miriam Daly, lecturer in economic and social history at Queen's University Belfast and member of the...
1996
Murals; Republicans; History; Revisionism
Murals, Republican, Oakman Street, Falls, West Belfast, 1996. Republican intervention in the revisionist debates on Irish history, with quote from Miriam Daly, lecturer in economic and social history at Queen's University Belfast and member of the...
2000
Murals; Republicans; Collusion; Ulster Volunteer Force
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 2000. Mural protests collusion between British government and intelligence services and Loyalist paramilitaries. Figure in gun-sight at top of mural, blood dripping down onto statement by...
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