Republican graffiti, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1979. Graffiti on wall of Allied Irish Bank: 'Provisional [Provisional IRA] Freedom '79' with Easter Lily'. 'Boycott EEC' [European Economic Community - forerunner of European Union]. Political...
1979
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA
Republican graffiti, Lenadoon Avenue, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1979. 'Provos are the people and the people are the Provos'.
1979
Graffiti; Republicans
Republican graffiti, New Barnsley Drive, West Belfast, 1979. ' Fight for Jobs, Fight for Socialism'.
1979
Graffiti; Republicans; RUC
Republican graffiti, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1979. Graffiti refers to recently elected Conservative Prime Minister in Britiain and the Royal Ulster Constabulary: 'Death to Thatcher and the R.U.C'. Underneath, graffiti from the election campaign...
1979
Graffiti; Republicans; H-Blocks; IRA
Republican graffiti, Lenadoon Avenue, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1979. 'Provos', 'Smash H Blocks', Provos OK'.
1979
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA
Republican graffiti, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1979. Republican graffiti on wall of Allied Irish Bank: 'Provies [Provisional IRA] IRA OK'.
Republican/Nationalist mural, Free Derry Corner, corner of Lecky St and Fahan St, Derry, 1979. The slogan was originally painted on a gable-end of a house in January 1969.
1980
Graffiti; Republicans; Dirty Protest
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
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; 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.
