Republican mural, Rossville St., Derry, 1981. Left, depiction of Gaelic mythological hero Cuchulain; right, honour roll of local IRA dead volunteers 1970-1981. Names have been paintbombed.
1988
Murals; Republicans; IRA; Gibraltar
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts the three IRA Volunteers on bombing mission, killed by British SAS in Gibraltar, March 1988. Quote on boards, here destroyed, read: 'I have always believed we had a legitimate right to...
1988
Murals; Republicans; IRA; Gibraltar
Republican mural, Falls Road, West Belfast, 1988. Mural depicts the three IRA Volunteers on bombing mission, killed by British SAS in Gibraltar, March 1988. Quote on boards, here destroyed, read: 'I have always believed we had a legitimate right to...
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; IRA; RUC; Bobby Sands
Republican graffiti, Glenfada Park flats/Rossville St, Derry, 1983. From left: 'Rt.Hon [Right Honourable - title given to British Members of Parliament] Booby Sands OC [Officer Commanding] MP[Member of Parliament] IRA'; 'Lizzy [Queen Elizabeth -...
1983
Murals; Republicans; Na Fianna Éireann; Easter 1916
Republican mural, Westland St., Derry, 1983. Recruitmnent mural for Na Fianna Éireann (Fianna na hÉireann - youth wing of IRA). Myral depicts IRA Volunteer in paramilitary dress to left; middle - Easter Lily above 'Easter 1916'; right 'Na Fianna...
1994
Murals; Republicans; Nationalist; Gaelic culture
Murals, Republican/Nationalist, Flax Street, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1994. Representation of Ériu - mythological queen slain in 1698 B.C. Above image,'Ardoyne Fleadh Cheoil' (Ardoyne Music Festival), below, 'Meon an Phobail a Thógail Tríd an...
1996
Murals; Republicans; Nationalist; Hedge Schools
Republican/Nationalist mural, Ardoyne Avenue, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1996. Depicts scene from 18th Century Hedge School - informal system of education set up by Catholics against the Penal Code ban on native education. An Maistir (teacher)...
Republican/Nationalist/Non-aligned mural, Ardoyne Avenue, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1995. Mural represents scene from the Famine period, with a family being put out of a house by police and landlord's agent (left), and the chaos of an emigration...
1999
Murals; Republicans; New Lodge; Children
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New lodge, Belfast, 1999. One of two murals comparing New Lodge in the 1900s and 2000. This mural depicts, on left, linen mills, Belfast's main industry, with woman worker, children playing round gaslamp; centre -...
1999
Murals; Republicans; New Lodge; Children
Republican mural, New Lodge Road, New lodge, Belfast, 1999. One of two murals comparing New Lodge in the 1900s and 2000. This mural depicts - from left - mills in background; woman working in low-paid job in burger outlet; black taxi; teenagers...
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...
1981
Murals; Republicans; Prisoners; H-Blocks; Margaret Thatcher
Republican mural, Rockmore Rd., Falls, West Belfast, 1981. Mural painted during the Hunger Strikes, before death of Bobby Sands. 'Break Thatcher's Back Status Now'. Image of Blanket man against H of the H-Block; at sides Tricolours topped by barbed...
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...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at to walk to Holy...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at to walk to Holy...
2001
Murals; Republicans; Sectarianism; Civil Rights
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at...
2002/2009
Murals; Republicans; Women
Republican mural, Rockmount St., St James, West Belfast. Mural commemorates 'Women in Struggle'; originally painted 2002, restored 2009; emblems of four provinces of Ireland (corners); centre portrait, Countess Markievicz outside the GPO1916; top...
