“The weaponry has changed …” from the rifles used by James Connolly’s ICA of 1916 to the AK-47 of the Bobby Sands-inspired IRA of 1991, “… but the cause stays the same.” Both weapons are crossed with the pike of Emmet’s 1798 against a Tricolour. Also present are a hat (see History Ireland) and a beret.
Beechmount Avenue, Belfast
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1993 image of the board on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast, in support of the “Beechmount Five”: “Release Mark Prior, Liam Coogan, Jim McCabe, Kev Mulholland – these boys are innocent.” (See Greenleft News)
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1993 image of 1991’s Who Fears To Speak Of Easter Week.
Whiterock Road, Belfast
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“Victory will be ours” – a slogan from inside a cell in the H Blocks. A circle of hands releases three doves: “freedom, justice, peace”. “We will be free.”
Whiterock Road, west Belfast
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Here are two murals from Alexandra Place (off Foyle Road), Derry, one of a train running through the countryside and the other of a street of terraced houses. According to McLaughlin 1999, the person on the bicycle is SDLP councillor and former Derry mayor Mary Bradley; the mural was paint-bombed.
Both were painted by Bogside Artist Tom Kelly, as was a mural in similar “photographic” style (to the second image) in Gobnascale (see D00501).
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A mix of old (Celtic designs and knotwork) and new (Disney characters dancing to a DJ) in a mural on the Falls Road, Belfast.
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“The future is in your hands – don’t fund discrimination”. A boycott of Northern Bank was called for because of the lack of Catholics in upper management. According to artist Mo Chara Kelly, the image of a father holding a child comes from Northern Bank’s own ads at the time. Falls Road, Belfast
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Nationalists carry a Tricolour in front of Belfast City Hall, campaigning for rights.
Dunville Street, west Belfast
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