Loyalist mural, Cultra Street/North Queen Street, Belfast, 2000.. Representation of tiger (the area is Tigers Bay), flanked by two masked and armed loyalist figures; flags of Nothern Ireland and UDA, with additional Northern Irish flag and Union...
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...
1997
Murals; Republicans; United Irishmen; Mary Ann McCracken; Henry Joy McCracken; Women
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1997. Portraits and quotations of Mary Ann and Henry Joy McCracken, sister and brother. He was an activist in the United Irish Movement and was executed in 1798; she was a social and political...
1997
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1997. Mural commemorating various prison campaigns by the Republican movement through historical iconic images. Detail depicts a prisoner on the Blanket learning Irish by writing onthe wall of...
2004
Murals; Loyalist; Ulster Young Militants; Emblems; Banners; Flags
Loyalist Arch, North Queen Street, Belfast, 2000. Ulster Young Militants emblem - tiger with rifles, centre (area is Tigers Bay) along with flags of Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland; far left, Ulster Volunteer Force insignia; far...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Hunger strikes; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Commemoration of ten Hunger Strikers who died in 1981; portraits of the men over representation of H-Block and Celtic symbol, poem by Bobby Sands: 'All things must come to pass as one/So hope should...
2002
Murals; Republicans; Taxis
Republican mural advertising West Belfast Taxi Tours, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2002. Depiction of various Republican murals in the background; taxi has tourist taking photos. Phone numbers to arrange the tours, including weekends; for organised...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; Hunger strikes; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 2001. Commemoration of ten Hunger Strikers who died in 1981; detail: portraits of the men over representation of H-Block and Celtic symbol, poem by Bobby Sands: 'All things must come to pass as one/So...
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...
2002
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; IRA Volunteers
Republican mural, Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, 2001. Mural depicts two local IRA volunteerss, Jim Bryson (left) and Patrick Mulvenna, Bryson with rifle, Mulvenna with machine gun, on active service on Ballymurphy housing estate; Bryson and...
1981
Murals; Republicans
Republican mural, Beechmount Avenue, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Beechmount Avenue was an important locus for muralists in 1981. This mural depicts Ireland being gripped/strangled; the cuff link on the shirt is a Nazi swastika.
1989
Murals; Republicans; An Phoblacht; Republican News; IRA
Republican mural, Clowney Street, Beechmount, West Belfast, 1989. One of the oldest murals, represents republican Phoenix; emblems of four ancient provinces of Ireland, Ulster, Connacht, Munster and leinster, with slogans 'the people arose is 69...
Republican graffiti, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, Belfast, 1989. Graffiti 'IRA NLR (New Lodge Road) Tour '89' (underneath is old graffiti - 'You are Now in Provo Land'); IRA 'Tour' refers to IRA attacks in Europe in 1989.
1987
Murals; Loyalist; UVF
Loyalist mural, Percy Place, West Belfast, 1987. Mural depicts Ulster Volunteer Force Volunteer with Ulster and UVF flags; UVF crest - Red hand of Ulster, 'For God and Ulster' to left and right; Loyalist slogans - above 'This is Loyalist West...
1988
Murals; Loyalist; Siege of Derry; UDA; UDF; LPA; UFF
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural represents 'Shutting the Gates of Derry' against Catholic forces by the Protestant Apprentice Boys in 1689. Symbol above mural - 'First Ulster Defence Association', above Crown and date 1688;...
1986
Murals; Republicans; Easter 1916
Murals, Republican, Berwick Rd/Paráid An Ardghleanna, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1986. Mural commemorates 70th anniversary of Easter Rebellion, 1916. Top '1916 Easter 1986', prison cell with prisoner/Hunger Striker centre and two representations of...
