Republican graffiti, Unity Flats, Belfast City Centre, 1983. 'INLA Land' (Irish National Liberation Army); 'FTP' (Fuck the Pope) - changed to 'FTB'. 'IRSP' (Irish Republican Socialist Party'); 'Ardoyne Army'.
1983
Murals; Republicans; IRA; RUC; Bobby Sands
Republican graffiti, Glenfada Park flats/Rossville St, Derry, 1983. From left: 'Rt.Hon [Right Honourable - title given to British Members of Parliament] Booby Sands OC [Officer Commanding] MP[Member of Parliament] IRA'; 'Lizzy [Queen Elizabeth -...
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
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; IRA
Republican graffiti, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1989. 'PIRA Fuck Mo.J C'Ville Celtic FC'. Provisional IRA; graffti against Maurice Johnson, Catholic who signed for Glasgow Rangers F.C., traditionally a Protestant club, after...
1989
Murals; Loyalist; Graffiti; 1690
Loyalist graffiti, Shankill Road, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'F.T.P Rem 1690'. 'F.T.P.' is an acronym - Fuck the Pope; 'Rem. 1690' is a reference to the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.
1989
Graffiti; Loyalist; Peace Line
Loyalist graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'UVF' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'FTP' - Fuck the Pope; 'Fuck Taigs' - Taig is derogatory reference to Catholic; 'Fuck IRA UDA Rules UVF'. The Peace Lines are mostly made of brick...
2000
Murals; Republicans; Collusion; Ulster Volunteer Force
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 2000. Mural protests collusion between British government and intelligence services and Loyalist paramilitaries. Figure in gun-sight at top of mural, blood dripping down onto statement by...
