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
Graffiti; British Army
Graffiti painted by British soldiers, Divis flats, West Belfast, 1981. 'Brits Rule Divis INLA PIRA are Bent'. 'Bent' here may mean corrupt but is more likely to be homophobic. Divis flats, the highest point in West Belfast, was used by the British...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Divis Flats, West Belfast, 1981. 'Blessed ar the Hunger Strikers'.
1981
Murals; Non-Aligned
Non-aligned mural, Divis flats, West Belfast, 1981. Depiction of street scene, lower Falls, before Divis flats were built.
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...
1982
Murals; Republicans; INLA
Republican mural, Divis Flats, Lower Falls, West Belfast, 1982. 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...
1984
Murals; Loyalist; 1690; Queen Elizabeth II
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1984. Mural comemorates 1690, Battle of the Boyne; 'God Save Our Queen'; Red Hand of Ulster (foreground) on Northern Irish flag. Tower block building to left of house, Divis Flats, Lower...
1984
Murals; Loyalist; Shankill; Prisoners; UVF; UDA; YCV; Protestant Action Force
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, West Belfast, 1984. 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...
1984
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA
Republican graffiti, Divis Flats, West Belfast, 1984. 'P.I.R.A.' (Provisional IRA) 'I.N.L.A.' (Irish National Liberation Army). Streetname - Whitehall Path.
1984
Graffiti; Republicans
Republican graffiti, Divis Flats, West Belfast, 1984. 'P.I.R.A.' (Provisional IRA) 'I.N.L.A.' (Irish National Liberation Army). Streetname - Whitehall Path.
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; Informers
Republican graffiti, St Peter's Court, Lower Falls/ Divis, West Belfast, 1989. Warning to informers, 'Touts Beware'; the punishment for informing in Republican (and Loyalist) areas was death.
1989
Graffiti; British Army; IRA; INLA
British Army graffiti, Divis Flats, Divis, West Belfast, 1989. British soldiers' graffiti on wall in Divis Flats complex; 'Brits Rule Divis INLA PIRA are Bent' (homophobic insult). The British Army maintained an observation and communications post...
2000
2010
Republicans; Nationalist; Non-Aligned; Murals
Republican nationalist non-aligned murals, Divis Street, West Belfast. This site - sometimes known as 'the international wall' - has become famous for the changing collection of murals addressing politics and history in Ireland and beyond.
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; Catalunya; Emblems; Flags; Political Links
Republican mural, Divis Street, Falls, 2001. Catalan independence mural linking Catalan struggle with that of Irish Republicans. 'Llibertat Paisos Catalans... Saoirse D'Éirinn' (Catalan - Liberty to the Catalan Nation, Irish - Freedom for...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Plastic Bullets
Republican mural, Divis Street, Falls, West Belfast, 2001. Plastic bullets were involved in a series of controversial killings by police officers and British soldiers in nationalist areas. 'Ban Plastic Bullets. A new, more lethal plastic bullet...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Turkey; Hunger strikes; Political Links
Republican mural, Divis Street, Falls, West Belfast, 2001. Representation of emaciated figure of Sevgi Erdogan who died on Hunger Strike in a Turkish prison, 12th July 2001, protesting changes in prison conditions and abuses. 'Support the Turkish...
2006
2008
Non-Aligned; Republicans; Murals
"Non-aligned (Republican) mural, Divis Street, West Belfast. Mural depicts Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). ""Inspired by two Irishman to escape from slavery, Frederick Douglass came to Ireland during the famine. Henceforth, he championed the...
2006/2009
2008/2010
Non-Aligned; Republicans; Murals; Nationalist
Non-aligned (Republican) mural, Divis Street, West Belfast. Mural celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Images of Che Guevara and Castro.
2008
2010
Non-Aligned; Murals
Non-aligned mural, Divis Street, West Belfast. Mural, a reproduction of Picasso's 'Guernica', sponsored by Gasta.com.
