Republican Mural, Beechmount Avenue, West Belfast, 1989. One of series of images representing colonial violence in Ireland; here colonial soldiers carrying sword and halbert and bearing (anachronistically) Northern Irish flag) torture prisoner. A...
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...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Clowney Street, Beechmount, 1989. One of the oldest murals, represents republican Phoenic; emblems of four ancient provinces of Ireland, Ulster, Connacht, Munster and leinster, with slogans 'the people arose is 69 they will do it...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
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...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA; Peace Line
Republican and kids' graffiti at the Peace Line, Clonard, West Belfast, 1989. 'U T Rogues' - U T R usually designates 'Up The IRA'; 'Fred the Head Waz Framed By Roger Rabbit and Scooby', other kids names etc. The Peace Lines are mostly made of...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; IRA; Peace Line
Republican and kids' graffiti at the Peace Line, Clonard, West Belfast, 1989. 'U T Rogues' - U T R usually designates 'Up The IRA'; 'Fred the Head Waz Framed By Roger Rabbit and Scooby', other kids names etc. The Peace Lines are mostly made of...
1989
Graffiti; Peace Line
Graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. Graffiti here is mixed - 'UVF' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'NF' (National Front - a British fascist organisation); 'UTH' - Up the Hibernians, pro-Nationalist slogan; 'ANF' - anti-National...
1989
Graffiti; Loyalist; Peace Line; UVF
Loyalist graffiti, Peace Line, Lower Shankill, West Belfast, 1989. 'UVF Kill All Taigs' - Ulster Volunteer Force; 'Taig' is a derogatory reference to Catholics. The Peace Lines are mostly made of concrete and steel walls up to 25 feet high, topped...
1989
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Rosebank Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989, Cartoon-like representation of two armed loyalist volunteers, one holding Northern Irish flag. 'For God and Ulster' - slogan of the Ulster Volunteer Force; local graffiti, mural has...
1989
Murals; Loyalist
Loyalist mural, Rosebank Street, Shankill, West Belfast, 1989, Cartoon-like representation of two armed loyalist volunteers, one holding Northern
Irish flag. 'For God and Ulster' - slogan of the Ulster Volunteer Force; mural has been paintbombed.
1989
Murals; Republicans; Cumann na mBan; Women
Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, Andersonstown, West Belfast. 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.
1995
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural, Spier's Place/Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1995. UVF memorial to dead volunteers, Trevor King, William (Frenchie) Marchant, Davy Hamilton (killed 1994, 1994, 1987, 1994 respectively). Two armed UVF volunteers standing guard under...
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...
Republican mural, Rockmount St., St James, West Belfast. Mural commemorates 90th anniversary of the execution of James Connolly, a leader of the 1916 Revolution; portrait of Connolly against Liberty Hall in Dublin with the banner, 'We serve neither...
Republican mural, Rockmount St., St James, West Belfast. Mural commemorates 90th anniversary of the execution of James Connolly, a leader of the 1916 Revolution; portrait of Connolly against Liberty Hall in Dublin with the banner, 'We serve neither...
1996/2006
2010
Loyalist; Murals
Loyalist mural, Newtownards Rd., East Belfast, 1996/2006. Paramilitary figure; 'UFF Formed 1973 East Belfast Brigade.For as long as one hundred of us remain alive we shall never in any way consent to submit to the Irish for its not honour glory or...
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. Central image, hands cuffed together wrapped in barbed wire (invokes one of the...
1998
Murals; Republicans; Commemoration; IRA Volunteers; Gibraltar
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New Lodge, 1998. Mural depicts five IRA volunteers, one woman, on New Lodge Road, with Artillery Flats in the background. Pen portraits of Republicans above. Sixteen other faces are pictured in the sky above them;...
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...
