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...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Royal Ulster Constabulary
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. Mural caricature of Royal Ulster Constabulary officer. Mural graffitied.
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 left with colonial soldier on horseback - passing on to soldier...
1981
Graffiti; Republicans
Republican graffiti, above shops on Crumlin Road/Ardoyne Rd junction, North Belfast, 1981. 'Provos'; 'V for Vengence' (sic); 'Don't Vote OK' . Royal Ulster Constabulary Police Officer on patrol, local children.
1982
Murals; Republicans; Plastic Bullets
Republican mural, SpringWhiterock Rd./Falls Rd., West Belfast, 1982. Mural protests deaths by plastic bullets; 'Civil Order Plastic Death In Memory of those Murdered by Plastic Bullets'; mural 'Done by Springfield Youth Against H-Block and Armagh'....
1983
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. Detail from series of murals originally painted in 1981 representing British violence in Ireland. This image depicts Royal Ulster Constabulary policeman (left) and British soldier beating a...
1983
Graffiti; Republicans; RUC
Republican graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. 'RUC Are Black Bastards'; this is not a racial insult, 'Black' here refers to the Royal Black Perceptory, a Protestant Organisation similar to the Orange Lodge.
1983
Graffiti; Republicans; RUC; IRA
Republican graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. Republican graffiti, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. 'RUC Are Black Bastards'; this is not a racial insult, 'Black' here refers to the Royal Black Perceptory, a Protestant...
1983
Murals; Republicans; RUC
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1983. Detail from series of murals originally painted in 1981 representing British violence in Ireland. This image depicts shouting face of Royal Ulster Constabulary policeman; local graffiti.
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 -...
1986
1988
Murals; Loyalist; Battle of the Somme; UVF; RIR
Loyalist mural, Craven St./Shankill Road. West Belfast, 1988 (orig 1986). Mural 'In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'; image depicts actions of '36th Ulster Division (U.V.F.) [Ulster Volunteer Force] R.I.R. [Royal...
1988
Murals; Loyalist; Battle of the Somme; UVF; RIR
Loyalist mural, Craven St./Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1988 (orig 1986). Mural 'In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'; image depicts actions of '36th Ulster Division (U.V.F.) [Ulster Volunteer Force] R.I.R. [Royal...
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; British Army; Graffiti
Graffiti, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1989. British soldiers, from regiment stationed in area at the time - 2nd Royal Anglian - graffiti on wall in staunchly Republican area.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Colonial Violence
Republican Mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. Two images; left, British hand strangles Ireland (swastika cuff-link); right, brutish depiction of Royal Ulster Constabulary policeman.
1994
Murals; Republicans; Collusion; Prisoners; RUC; RIR; British Army
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1994. Image of British soldier patrolling streets with Belfast mountains in background and local houses - including Easter 1916 mural. Top of mural, Gaelic: 'Slan Abhaile' (Safe Home),...
1996
Memorial; Plaque; Republicans; IRA
Memorial plaque, Ballymurphy Crescent, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1996 (originally unveiled by Gerry Adams 12th may 1985). Memorial depicts two IRA Volunteers, female and male, to left and right of plaque. Top of plaque reads: 'This monument was...
1999
Murals; Republicans; RUC; Police; Sectarianism
Republican mural, Artana Street, Lower Ormeau Road, South Belfast, 1999. Mural makes link between the official finding that the London Metropolitan Police's investigation into the death of the Black teenager Stephen Lawrence (killed in a racist...
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...
2000
Murals; Republicans; Collusion
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue/ Falls Road, West Belfast. Portraits of the victims of alleged collusion between British authorities and Loyalist paramilitaries. 'An FhÃrinne' (The Truth) is an organisation of the relatives of these victims....
