Republican mural, Shaws Road, West Belfast, 1989. 'The Right Honourable Bobby Sands MP MURDERED By His Fellow Members of Government. Reference to Bobby Sands, elected to British Parliament 1981, died on Hunger Strike.
1985
Murals; Republicans; Gaelic
Republican mural, Lower Falls, West Belfast, 1989. 'Fiche Blian - ar Aghaidh Chun Bua Twenty Years - Onward to Victory'. 20 years refers to the start of the Troubles in 1969.
1987
Murals; Loyalist; Robert Bradford
Loyalist mural, Donegall Pass, South Belfast, 1989. Mural commemorates Rev Robert Bradford, local Unionist MP, killed by the IRA in 1981. Cannon and cannon balls symbolise siege of Derry and role of Apprentice Boys; Union Jacks and Northern Ireland...
1987
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin; Censorship
Republican mural, Springhill Avenue/Springfield Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1989. Map of Ireland, with Sinn Féin symbol; 'Britain Ignores the Force of Argument Censored'; in 1988 the British Government banned British news organisations from...
1989
2010
Peace Line
Peace line, Springfield Rd., West Belfast.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; IRA
Republican graffiti on houses, back of Churchill House Flats, New Lodge Estate, New Lodge, 1989. 'FTQ (Fuck the Queen) IRA'; picture shows morning after Anniversay of Internment Bonfire, August 9th, 1989, children playing with the last of the...
1989
Memorial; Republicans; IRA Volunteers; New Lodge
New lodge Road/Donore Court, New Lodge, Belfast, 1989. Celtic Cross with inscription: 'In Proud and Loving Memory of all those from the New Lodge and surrounding areas who lost their lives in the present phase fo the struggle for Irish Freedom ...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; IRA
Republican graffiti, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1989. Graffiti 'IRA NLR (New Lodge Road) Tour '89' (underneath is old graffiti - 'You are Now in Provo Land'); IRA 'Tour' refers to IRA attacks in Europe in 1989.
1989
Catholic Shrine; New Lodge
Shrine to the apparition of Our Lady to St Bernadette at Lourdes, New Lodge Estate, Artillery Flats, New Lodge, 1989.
1989
Murals; Republicans; ICA; INLA
Republican mural, Duncairn Parade, New Lodge Road, 1989. Mural depicts the Starry Plough flag of James Connolly's Irish Citizens' Army, adopted by the INLA, Irish National Liberation Army.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Nationalist; Plastic Bullets
Republican/Nationalist graffiti, Dawson Street, New Lodge, Belfast. Mural was painted day after Seamus Duffy (15) was killed by Plastic Bullet fired by RUC policeman on Dawson Street, New Lodge, 9/8/1989. 'Seamus RIP Plastic Bullet King'.
Republican graffiti, Carlisle Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1989. From left 'INLA' (Irish National Liberation Army), 'Bás don RUC' (death to RUC), with swastikas; 'I.R.A.', with Tricolour underneath; 'Saoirse, nó, Bás' (Freedom or Death);...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; IRA
Republican graffiti, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1989. Graffiti 'IRA NLR (New Lodge Road) Tour '89' (underneath is old graffiti - 'You are Now in Provo Land'); IRA 'Tour' refers to IRA attacks in Europe in 1989.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Nationalist; Plastic Bullets
Republican/Nationalist graffiti, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast. GraFFITI was painted day after Seamus Duffy (15) was killed by Plastic Bullet fired by RUC policeman on Dawson Street, New Lodge, 9/8/1989. 'Twenty Years on and Still Murdering...
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
Street Signs; Non-Aligned; The Irish News
Street sign, offcies, Irish News Ltd, Donegall Street, Belfast, 1989. Irish News, no right turn
1989
Murals; Republicans; IRA Volunteers; Street Signs
Republican mural, Ardoyne Avenue/Ascaill Ard Eoin, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1989. Four hooded IRA Volunteers, rural setting with flames rising in background; street name in English and Gaelic; shields of Munster (left) and Connacht.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Gaelic
Republican mural, Rosnareen Park, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1989. 'Saor agus Sóisialach!' (Free and Socialist). Mural paintbombed by British soldiers, graffiti by local kids.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Cumann na mBan; Women
Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. Mural depicts three woman IRA Volunteers, two with rifles, one with handgun; 'Free Our Country Join na mBan' (short for Cumann na mBan, the women's IRA. Mural has graffiti on it.
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...
