Non-aligned graffiti, Iris St., Falls, West Belfast. 'Best Kept Street 1983' (at the height of the war).
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; Bobby Sands
Republican mural, Shaws Road, West Belfast, 1981.Mural protesting death of Bobby Sands, first Hunger Striker to die. 'The Lark and the Freedom Fighter' (title of collection of Sands' writings from prison). Quotation from text: 'I have the spirit of...
1982
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikers; Prisoners
Republican mural, Rosnareen Avenue, Andersonstown, West Belfast, 1982. Memorial to Kieran Doherty, died in the 1981 Hunger Striker. Mural depicts Doherty, centre, two pikestaffs on either side; 'Prisoner of War 'Kieran Doherty Murdered 2nd August...
1982
Graffiti; Republicans
Republican graffiti, Lenadoon Avenue, Suffolk, West Belfast, 1982. 'Victory to Argentina'; refers to the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands /Malvinas Islands.
1982
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin
Republican mural, Falls Road/Sevastopol St, West Belfast, 1982. Advertisement An Phoblacht/Republican News, Sinn Féin newspaper, 'Official Organ of the Republican Movement'. Mural painted on side of Sinn Féin HQ, 53b Falls Road; mural depicts...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Beechmount Street, West Belfast, 1989. Left, Irish Tricolour, 'IRA', 'Tiocfaidh ár lá'; centre, fists bound together with barbed wire against Irish Tricolour; right, names of seven Hunger Strikers 'Kieran Doherty; Joe McDonnell;...
1989
Murals; Republicans; Hunger strikes
Republican mural, Beechmount Street, West Belfast, 1989. Left, Fists bound together with barbed wire against Irish Tricolour; right, names of seven Hunger Strikers 'Kieran Doherty; Joe McDonnell; Kevin Lynch; Martin Hurson; Tom McIlwee; Paddy...
1989
Graffiti; Republicans; War Zone
Republican graffiti, Broadway/Falls, West Belfast, 1989. British Army documents referred to this area as 'War Zone "C"'; the graffiti is an ironic welcome to the soldiers.
1989
Murals; Loyalist; LPA; LPOWs
Loyalist mural, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 1989. Mural supporting Loyalist Prisoners' Association and Loyalist Prisoners of War; Two Northern Ireland Flags on either side of Red Handof Ulster bound in barbed wire.
1989
Murals; Loyalist; LPA; LPOWs
Loyalist mural, Sandy Row, South Belfast, 1989. Mural supporting Loyalist Prisoners' Association and Loyalist Prisoners of War; Two Northern Ireland Flags on either side of Red Handof Ulster bound in barbed wire.
1989
Murals; Loyalist; Loyalist Prisoners
Loyalist mural, Shankill Road, West Belfast, 1989. Emblem of Loyalist Prisoners of War organisation, Red Hand bound by barbed wire.
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...
1996
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin; James Connolly; Street signs
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
Murals; Republicans; Sinn Féin; James Connolly
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...
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 -...
2000
Murals; Loyalist; H-Blocks; UDA; UFF; Prisoners
Loyalist mural, Hopewell Crescent, Lower Shankill, 2000. Commemorates the closing of Long Kesh/The Maze prison, in 2000. Mural depicts walled H-Block compound guarded by watchtower and surrounded by chain; two clenched fists with manacles in shape...
2000
Murals; Republicans; Collusion; Ulster Volunteer Force
Republican mural, Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, 2000. Mural protests collusion between British government and intelligence services and Loyalist paramilitaries. Figure in gun-sight at top of mural, blood dripping down onto statement by...
2002
Murals; Republicans; Children; Rights
Republican Mural, Falls Road, 2002. Mural dedicated to the rights of the child: 'Whoever we are, wherever we live, these rights belong to all children under the sun and the moon and the stars, whether we live in cities or towns or villages or in...
2002
Murals; Loyalist; Commemoration; Ulster Volunteer Force
Loyalist mural at Canmore Street/Shankill Road, West Belfast. Mural represents 90 years of history of UVF from its origins in the anti-Home Rule agitation of 1912 to its role in 2002 as paramilitary and, through its links to the Progressive...
