Non-aligned graffiti, Gortfin St., Falls, West Belfast. As part of the clean-up campaign of war-related political graffiti, walls were re-painted or whitewashed. This provided nice clean walls for local kids and others. 'Free to do as your told'...
2010
Nationalist; Murals
Nationalist mural, Rossville Street, Derry. Free Derry Wall with murals of the Bogside Artists in background.
2010
Nationalist; Murals
Nationalist mural, Rossville Street, Derry. Memorial commemorates painting of Free Derry Wall and the work of the Bogside Artists.
Republican/Nationalist mural, Free Derry Corner, corner of Lecky St and Fahan St, Derry, 1979. The slogan was originally painted on a gable-end of a house in January 1969.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Bobby Sands; Prisoners; H-Blocks; Margaret Thatcher
Republican mural, Rockmore Rd., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Mural painted during the Hunger Strikes, before death of Bobby Sands. On left, image of scroll, with quotation from Bobby Sands, 'You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea/You cannot...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
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...
1983
Murals; Republicans
Republican/Nationalist mural, Free Derry Corner, corner of Lecky St and Fahan St, Derry, 1983. The slogan was originally painted on a gable-end of a house in January 1969.
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...
1983
Murals; Republicans; Derry; Londonderry
Republican mural, Free Derry Corner, corner of Lecky St and Fahan St, Derry, 1983. Graffiti refers to controversy over name of the city - Londonderry, the name given by the pro-British colonists in the 17th century, and Derry, the name used by...
1983
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Free Derry Corner, corner of Lecky St and Fahan St, Derry, 1983. The slogan was originally painted on a gable-end of a house in January 1969. Irish Tricolour flying above gable-end.
1987
Murals; Republicans; Leonard Peltier; Native American; American Indian
Republican mural, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1987. Mural refers to campaign to 'Free Leonard Peltier' and the AIM (American Indian Movement). Portrait of Native American; Peltier has been imprisoned since 1976 for the shooting of...
1987
Murals; Republicans; Leonard Peltier; Native American; American Indian
Republican mural, Springhill Avenue, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1987. Mural refers to campaign to 'Free Leonard Peltier' and the AIM (American Indian Movement). Portrait of Native American; Peltier has been imprisoned since 1976 for the shooting of...
1988
Murals; Republicans; Gaelic
Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, Anderstown, West Belfast, 1988. Gaelic slogan: 'Saor agus Sóisialach!' (Free and Socialist). Paintbombed and graffiti.
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue/Falls Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural shows Armalite rifle and symbol of African National Congress (ANC) with colours of ANC and Irish Tricolour mixed. Quote from Bobby Sands, 'We Aim to be Free'. Plaque...
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue/Falls Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural shows Armalite rifle and symbol of African National Congress (ANC) with colours of ANC and Irish Tricolour mixed. Quote from Bobby Sands, 'We Aim to be Free'. Plaque...
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue/Falls Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural shows Armalite rifle and symbol of African National Congress (ANC) with colours of ANC and Irish Tricolour mixed. Quote from Bobby Sands, 'We Aim to be Free'. Plaque...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Gaelic
Republican mural, Rosnareen Park, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1989. 'Saor agus Sóisialach!' (Free and Socialist). Mural paintbombed by British soldiers, graffiti by local kids.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Cumann na mBan; Women
Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. Mural depicts three woman IRA Volunteers, two with rifles, one with handgun; 'Free Our Country Join na mBan' (short for Cumann na mBan, the women's IRA. Mural has graffiti on it.
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...
