Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. This mural depicts 'The Five Just Demands' of the Republican prisoners on the dirty protest and thenthe Hunger...
1985
2010
Republicans; Memorial
Republican memorial, intersection of A29/B30, Ford's Cross, nr. Silverbridge, S.Armagh. The original makeshift memorial at this location (1985), was replaced by a permanent memorial at uknown date. The memorial commemorates both the 1981 Hunger...
1988
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1988. Mural based on cartoon by Republican cartoonist Cormac; tells story of conversion of apolitical bystander to Sinn Féin activist as a result of British actions in Northern Ireland....
1988
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1988. Mural based on cartoon by Republican cartoonist Cormac; tells story of conversion of apolitical bystander to Sinn Féin activist as a result of British actions in Northern Ireland....
1988
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1988. Mural based on cartoon by Republican cartoonist Cormac; tells story of conversion of apolitical bystander to Sinn Féin activist as a result of British actions in Northern Ireland....
1989
Murals; Republicans; Graffiti; Hunger strikes
Republican graffti, Lenadoon Avenue, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1989. Originally painted 1981, graffiti in support of Joe McDonnell and the other Hunger Strikers. 'The People of Lenadoon support Joe McDonnell and his Brave Comrades on Hunger Strike'....
1989
Murals; Republicans; Colonial Violence
Republican Mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. Second of series of images representing colonial violence in Ireland; here colonial Royal Ulster Constabulary policeman beats prisoners, while British troops place other victims on the start...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Prisons; Hunger strikes
Republican Mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. Mural sets out 'The Five Just Demands' of the prison protest which led to the Blanket Protest and ultimately the Hunger Strike of 1981. '1. The Right to Wear their Own Clothes. 2. The Right...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA; Peace Line
Republican and kids' graffiti at the Peace Line, Clonard, West Belfast, 1989. 'U T Rogues' - U T R usually designates 'Up The IRA'; 'Fred the Head Waz Framed By Roger Rabbit and Scooby', other kids names etc. The Peace Lines are mostly made of...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA; Peace Line
Republican and kids' graffiti at the Peace Line, Clonard, West Belfast, 1989. 'U T Rogues' - U T R usually designates 'Up The IRA'; 'Fred the Head Waz Framed By Roger Rabbit and Scooby', other kids names etc. The Peace Lines are mostly made of...
1989
Graffiti; Peace Line
Graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. Graffiti here is mixed - 'UVF' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'NF' (National Front - a British fascist organisation); 'UTH' - Up the Hibernians, pro-Nationalist slogan; 'ANF' - anti-National...
1989
Graffiti; Loyalist; Peace Line; UVF
Loyalist graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'UVF Kill All Taigs' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'Taig' is a derogatory reference to Catholics. The Peace Lines are mostly made of concrete and steel walls up to 25 feet high, topped...
1989
Murals; Loyalist; UDA; UFF; RSD; LPA; UDF; John McMichael
Loyalist mural, Donegall Road, South Belfast, 1989. Mural commemorates John McMichael, Loyalist paramilitary leader who also became involved in politics with the creation of the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party; McMichael was killed by the IRA with...
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...
1998
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; IRA
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, 1998. Mural depicts five IRA volunteers, one woman, on New Lodge Road, with Artillery Flats in the background. Pen portraits of Republicans above. Sixteen other faces are pictured in the sky above them;...
1999
2004
Loyalist; Murals
Loyalist mural. Apsley St.,/Donegall Pass, South Belfast, 1999. Mural depicts Battle of the Somme (and other WW1 Battles), with portrait of Sir Edward Carson, silhouette of soldiers, poppies with local area affiliations, emblems of RIR, UVF, YCV....
1999
Murals; Republicans; Patten Report; Royal Ulster Constabulary; Police Service of Northern Ireland
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Depicts two helmeted police officers, one from disbanded RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), the other PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland). "Spot the difference. Answer: There is none!" The 1999...
1999/2006
2008
Loyalist; Murals
Loyalist mural, Emerson Street, off Bonds Street, Derry. Mural commemorates Cecil McKnight, (UDA/UFF Volunteer killed by IRA) and other UFF Volunteers. Mural originally painted in 1999, refurbished 2006. McKnight is standing against background of...
Unionist/Loyalist mural, North Boundary Street, Lower Shankill, West Belfast. Mural represents the first disputed march at Drumcree (Orange Lodge July 12th march along Garvaghy Road from Drumcree to Portadown was opposed by local nationalist...
2001
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; UDA; UFF
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Crescent, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 2001. Mural commemorating William Bucky McCullough, killed by INLA 1981; the mural is painted on the McCullough family house. Portrait of 'Lt. Col. William Bucky McCullough 1949 -...
