Republican graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. 'RUC Are Black Bastards'; this is not a racial insult, 'Black' here refers to the Royal Black Perceptory, a Protestant Organisation similar to the Orange Lodge.
1983
Graffiti; Republicans; RUC; IRA
Republican graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. Republican graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. 'RUC Are Black Bastards'; this is not a racial insult, 'Black' here refers to the Royal Black Perceptory, a Protestant...
1988
Plaque; Republicans; Commemoration
Republican memorial, Sinn Féin Office, Berwick Rd, Ardoyne, 1988. Memorial to Republican volunteers. Central black granite plaque depicting a phoenix rising from the flames and reading: 'Freedom hath arisen Oft from prison bars Oft from battle...
1989
Murals; Republicans; IRA
Republican mural, Springfield/Whiterock Road, West Belfast, 1989. 'Victory to the IRA', representation of armalite rifle. IRA volunteer with rifle against Starry Plough flag. Black Mountain in background of picture.
1989
Murals; Republicans; IRA
Republican mural, Springfield/Whiterock Road, West Belfast, 1989. 'Victory to the IRA', representation of armalite rifle. IRA volunteer with rifle against Starry Plough flag. Black Mountain in background of picture.
1997
Murals; Republicans; Non-Aligned; Australian Aboriginals
Republican/non-aligned mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, 1997. Mural with Australian aboriginal imagery, not shown, with accompanying quotation from Australian author Xavier Herbert: 'Until We Give Back to the Black Man just a bit of the land that...
1998
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; IRA Volunteers; Gibraltar
Republican mural, Cavendish Street, Falls, West Belfast, 1998. The mural is painted on the house of Daniel McCann, one of three IRA volunteers killed on Acitve Service in Gibraltar, 1988; the other two volunteers were Mairéad Farrell and Sean...
1999
Murals; Republicans; RUC; Police; Sectarianism
Republican mural, Artana Street, Lower Ormeau Road, South Belfast, 1999. Mural makes link between the official finding that the London Metropolitan Police's investigation into the death of the Black teenager Stephen Lawrence (killed in a racist...
1999
Murals; Republicans; New Lodge; Children
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New lodge, Belfast, 1999. One of two murals comparing New Lodge in the 1900s and 2000. This mural depicts - from left - mills in background; woman working in low-paid job in burger outlet; black taxi; teenagers...
2000
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Taxis
Republican mural, Brighton Street/ Falls Road, West Belfast, 2000. Memorial to taxi drivers murdered during the Troubles. Black Taxi on background of Celtic Cross, 'In memory of the Taxi Drivers who lost their lives'; images of gates of Milltown...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at to walk to Holy...
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...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Taxis
Republican mural, Ardoyne Avenue, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural commemorates black taxi drivers killed 1971-2001; during the troubles the Black Taxi services were both more reliable and more frequent than the Belfast City buses, largely...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at to walk to Holy...
2001
2006
Loyalist; Murals
Loyalist mural, Hunt St./Lower Newtownards Rd., East Belfast, 2001. Black and white mural; Red Hand Commando insignia; bowed paramilitaries.
2002
Murals; Republicans; Taxis
Republican mural advertising West Belfast Taxi Tours, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2002. Depiction of various Republican murals in the background; taxi has tourist taking photos. Phone numbers to arrange the tours, including weekends; for organised...
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