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...
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. This mural depicts Ireland (with Easter Lily)being crucified on a cross made of the British Union Jack 'Made in...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Royal Ulster Constabulary
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. Mural caricature of Royal Ulster Constabulary officer. Mural graffitied.
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Street, West Belfast, 1981. Fists bound together with barbed wire against Irish Tricolour. Mural paintbombed, local graffiti - UTP (Up the Pope).
1981
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners; H-Blocks; Margaret Thatcher
Republican mural, Rockmore Rd., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Mural painted during the Hunger Strikes, before death of Bobby Sands. 'Break Thatcher's Back Status Now'. Image of Blanket man against H of the H-Block; at sides Tricolours topped by barbed...
1981
Murals; Republicans; H-Blocks; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Finaghy Road North, Andersonstown, Belfast, 1981. Mural, on newsagent's shop with advertisement, depicts Blanket man on dirty protest. Pre-, during and post- Hunger Strike campaign graffiti. 'H-Block The Dehumanising Factor';...
Republican mural, Finaghy Road North, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1981. Mural, on newsagent's shop with advertisement, depicts Blanket man on dirty protest. Pre-, during and post- Hunger Strike campaign graffiti. 'H-Block The Dehumanising Factor';...
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. The conveyor belt of justice; long mural - Republican representation of British justice system; mural continues with prisoner being loaded onto conveyor belt of justice - first...
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...
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
Republican mural, Lenadoon Avenue, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1981. Quotation from poem by Patrick Galvin, 'Letter to a British soldier on Irish soil': 'When you came to this land/You said you came to understand/Soldier we're tired of your...
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. This mural depicts Ireland being crucified on a cross 'Made in Britain'.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1981. Centre of mural: Celtic Cross with posters of dead Hunger Strikers; Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh; Joe McDonnell; Martin Hurson. Left of mural, Irish Tricolour, to right, Starry...
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. The conveyor belt of justice; long mural - Republican representation of British justice system; mural begins, left, armed colonial soldiers with Ulster flag, pike, sword, beating...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1981. Mural dedicated to Hunger-Strikers. Top: 'Their Hunger Their Pain Our Struggle', above angel bearing emblem, 'Blessed are those who Hunger for Justice'; to left of angel,...
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
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. This mural depicts Ireland being gripped/strangled; the cuff link on the shirt is a Nazi swastika.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes; H-Blocks
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1981. Anti-H-Block,Hunger Strike mural; centre of mural, 'Smash H Block' ('H' in barbed wire); two tricolours on either side of mural; above, names of dead Hunger Strikers: Bobby Sands, Patsy O'Hara,...
1981
Murals; Republicans; IRA
Republican mural, Rockdale St., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Revolutionary figure with armalite against Tricolour; 'They May Kill the revolutionary But Never the revolution'. Advertisement above carries Government health warning on the dangers of...
