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; 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...
Republican/Nationalist
Murals; Catalunya; Republicans; Nationalist; Political Links;
Republican mural, Clowney St., Beechmount, West Belfast, 2009. Catalan independence mural linking Catalan struggle with that of Irish Republicans. '1659-2009. 350 Years of Occupation, 350 Years of Resistance. Catalan language has been spoken since...
2009
Murals; Catalunya; Republicans; Nationalist; Political Links;
Republican mural, Clowney St., Beechmount, West Belfast, 2009. Catalan independence mural linking Catalan struggle with that of Irish Republicans. '1659-2009. 350 Years of Occupation, 350 Years of Resistance. Catalan language has been spoken since...
2002
Murals; Graffiti; Republicans; Political Links; Hunger strikes; Turkey
Republican mural and graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 2002. Mural expressing solidarity with Hunger Strikers in Turkey protesting against prison conditions. Graffiti 'Honour Ireland's Dead Wear an Easter Lily', painted in green, white and...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Oliver Cromwell
Loyalist mural, Shankill Parade, West Belfast, 2002. Mural commemorates life of Oliver Cromwell, 'Born 1599, Died 1658, Lieutenant General, Lord Protector of the Protestant Faith'. Cromwell is a Protestant hero for his role as staunch defender of...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Oliver Cromwell
Loyalist mural, Shankill Parade, West Belfast, 2002. Mural commemorates life of Oliver Cromwell. Detail shows side panel (left): 'Catholicism is more than a religion. It is a Political Power therefore I’m led to believe there will be no peace in...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Political protest
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 2002. The mural represents the aftermath of IRA bombs and serves to accuse Republicans of sectarian motives. '30 Years of Indiscriminate Slaughter by So-Called Non-Sectarian Irish Freedom Fighters'. Bomb...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Political protest
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 2002. The mural represents the aftermath of IRA bombs and serves to accuse Republicans of sectarian motives (see image above). Detail: 'Frizzells Fish shop Bombed Oct 23rd 1993 9 Innocents Killed'....
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Lenadoon Avenue, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1981. Mural addressed to British soldiers - 'Soldier, do you think that you have got away with the murders of our political prisoner's (sic) and innocent children on the street's...
1983
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Rossville St., Derry, 1983. Mural depicts two Republican Volunteers firing over Phoenix arising from ashes. Above, election posters from 1983 British General Election showing Social Democratic and Labour Party MP John Hume (rival...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Shaws Road, West Belfast, 1981.Mural protesting death of Bobby Sands, first Hunger Striker to die. 'The Lark and the Freedom Fighter' (title of collection of Sands' writings from prison). Quotation from text: 'I have the spirit of...
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...
1997
Murals; Republicans; Catalonia; Political Links
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Falls, West Belfast, 1997. Republican mural, link with Catalonian nationalist movement, Free Catalonia. Spanish and French flags crossed out, Catalonian flag prominent. 'Not Spain Not France Fre Catalonia....
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...
Republican Sinn Féin mural, Iveagh Parade, West Belfast, 2001.. Portraits of the ten dead Hunger Strikers, from photographs used at the time of the Strike (Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O'Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson,...
