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
Republican mural, Lenadoon Avenue, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1981. Quotation from poem by Patrick Galvin, 'Letter to a British soldier on Irish soil': 'When you came to this land/You said you came to understand/Soldier we're tired of your...
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 crucified on a cross 'Made in Britain'.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1981. Centre of mural: Celtic Cross with posters of dead Hunger Strikers; Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh; Joe McDonnell; Martin Hurson. Left of mural, Irish Tricolour, to right, Starry...
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 begins, left, armed colonial soldiers with Ulster flag, pike, sword, beating...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 1981. Mural dedicated to Hunger-Strikers. Top: 'Their Hunger Their Pain Our Struggle', above angel bearing emblem, 'Blessed are those who Hunger for Justice'; to left of angel,...
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...
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.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes; H-Blocks
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1981. Anti-H-Block,Hunger Strike mural; centre of mural, 'Smash H Block' ('H' in barbed wire); two tricolours on either side of mural; above, names of dead Hunger Strikers: Bobby Sands, Patsy O'Hara,...
1981
Murals; Republicans; IRA
Republican mural, Rockdale St., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Revolutionary figure with armalite against Tricolour; 'They May Kill the revolutionary But Never the revolution'. Advertisement above carries Government health warning on the dangers of...
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 (with Easter Lily)being crucified on a cross made of the British Union Jack 'Made in...
Republican mural, Rockville St., West Belfast, 1981. 'The Final Salute.' Mural detail depicts IRA Volunteers, with flags - Starry Plough to left and Tricolour to right - firing over memorial to dead Hunger Strikers Bobby (Sands), Francis (Hughes),...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Rockmount Street, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1981. Hunger Strike mural depicting H-Block, Maze prison, with Hunger Striker praying with Rosary; to left, Virgin Mary.
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
Murals; Republicans; IRA
Republican mural, Rockville Street Road, Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Mural commemorates IRA attack at Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint, 27/8/1979, in which eighteen British soldiers were killed by two bombs (the heaviest British casualties in a single...
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 crucified on a cross 'Made in Britain'.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Rockville St., West Belfast, 1981. 'The Final Salute' Mural depicts IRA Volunteers, with flags - Starry Plough to left and Tricolour to right - firing over memorial to dead Hunger Strikers Bobby (Sands), Francis (Hughes), Patsy...
1981
Murals; Republicans; IRA
Republican mural, Brompton Park, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1981. 'The Final Salute'. Mural depicts three IRA Volunteers firing salute over coffin draped in Tricolour.
1981
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes; Margaret Thatcher; 1969
Republican mural, Clowney St., Beechmount, West Belfast, 1981. Centre: Republican phoenix rising from the ashes; above left and right, four emblems of provinces of Ireland. Slogan left: 'The people arose in 69, they will do it again at any time'....
