Graffiti painted by British soldiers, Divis flats, West Belfast, 1981. 'Brits Rule Divis INLA PIRA are Bent'. 'Bent' here may mean corrupt but is more likely to be homophobic. Divis flats, the highest point in West Belfast, was used by the British...
1983
Graffiti; Republicans; INLA
Republican graffiti, Markets area, Belfast, 1983. 'I.N.L.A. [Irish National Liberation Army] Rule the Market's Power to the People'. 'IRA' in chalk to right.
1983
Graffiti; Republicans; INLA
Republican graffiti, Markets area, Belfast, 1983. 'I.N.L.A. [Irish National Liberation Army] Rule the Market's Power to the People'. 'IRA' in chalk to right.
1983
Murals; Republicans; IRA; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Westland St, Derry, 1983. Top: 'Irish Republican Army Rule Derry'; bottom left 'No Greater Love Hath a Man than He Lays Down His Life for His Friends' (quote from St. John's Gospel, John 15:13; remark attributed to Bobby Sands in...
1987
Murals; Loyalist; Ulster Volunteer Force; Edward Carson
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1987. Mural commemorates 75th anniversary of the founding of the original Ulster Volunteer Force (1912-1987). On left, representation of Edward Carson; right, armed UVF Volunteers in 1912 - organised...
1987
Murals; Loyalist; Ulster Volunteer Force; Edward Carson
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1987. Mural commemorates 75th anniversary of the founding of the original Ulster Volunteer Force (1912-1987). On left, representation of Edward Carson; right, armed UVF Volunteers in 1912 - organised...
1987
Murals; Loyalist; Ulster Volunteer Force; Edward Carson
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1987. Mural commemorates 75th anniversary of the founding of the original Ulster Volunteer Force (1912-1987). On left, representation of Edward Carson; right, armed UVF Volunteers in 1912 - organised...
1989
Graffiti; British Army; IRA; INLA
British Army graffiti, Divis Flats, Divis, West Belfast, 1989. British soldiers' graffiti on wall in Divis Flats complex; 'Brits Rule Divis INLA PIRA are Bent' (homophobic insult). The British Army maintained an observation and communications post...
1989
Murals; Nationalist; Republicans; Derry
Republican mural, Bogside, Derry, 1989.Free Derry was the name given to the area of Derry City which declared itself beyond the pale of British rule following the Battle of the Bogside of August 12-August 14, 1969. The famous slogan "You are now...
1989
Murals; Nationalist; Republicans; Derry
Republican mural, Bogside, Derry, 1989.Free Derry was the name given to the area of Derry City which declared itself beyond the pale of British rule following the Battle of the Bogside of August 12-August 14, 1969. The famous slogan "You are now...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; UDU; UDA
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Crescent, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 2000. Mural makes links between three organisations, Ulster Defence Union, established in 1893 to resist Home Rule Legislation, the Ulster Defence Association, founded in 1972 as an...
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; Anti-home rule agitation
Loyalist mural, Spier's Place, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 2002. Above the main mural, the emblem of the Young Citizen Volunteers, an anti-Home Rule organisation formed immediately prior to the to the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant...
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...
2004
Murals; Loyalist; Edward Carson; Anti-home rule actions; Battle of the Somme
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, 2004. Depiction of various scenes from 1912-1916; ; Edward Carson, lead signatory, the Ulster Covenant, 1912; gun running ship, 'Clyde Valley', 1914; UVF volunteers 1914; Battle of the Somme, 36th Ulster Division,...
2004
Murals; Loyalist; Gunrunning
Loyalist mural, Spiers Place, Shankhill Road, West Belfast, 2004. Depiction of gunrunning scene, UVF roadblock at Donaghadee, 1914, when Ulster Loyalists prepared to fight against Home Rule legislation; 'Preparing to bear arms 1914, Prepared to...
2006
2008
Unionist/Loyalist; Murals
Unionist/ Loyalist mural, Broadway/Broadway Parade, The Village, South Belfast, 2006. 'We Won't Have Home Rule', portrait of Edward Carson.
2010
Graffiti; IRA
Republican Graffiti, Rockmount St., St James, West Belfast. 'IRA Rule Whiterock'; various local graffiti.
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