2006 image of the Robert Dougan mural in Blythe Street, Belfast, first seen in 2005.
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Robert Dougan
Month: August 2006
UDA
UDA graffiti in Sandy Row, south Belfast.
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John McMichael Prisoners Enterprise Centre
Prisoners’ welfare centre on Sandy Row, Belfast, named after UDA brigadier John McMichael.
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Hunger Strikers
Remember The Hunger Strikers
Posters in the shape of an “H” on the Falls Road, Belfast, announcing two events, one a fundraiser for Cumann Na Fuiseoige and the other on the “Scottish/Irish Connection” at the Devenish.
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Light A Candle In Their Memory
25th anniversary mural to the 1981 hunger strikers in Beechmount Avenue, Belfast, with a Sınn Féın “revolutionary party” board above.
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Continuity IRA Liberation
The Continuity IRA was formed in 1986 with the split between Sınn Féın and Republican Sınn Féın (see Sınn Féın Poblachtach). It became active after the ceasefire and peace process.
Iveagh Parade, west Belfast
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Éırí Amach Na Cásca
For the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the mural shown above was painted on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast (a.k.a. RPG Avenue). The mural reproduces a 1941 stamp designed by Victor Brown showing an armed volunteer outside the GPO. For more information and the postage stamp, see Raising The Flag.
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Sınn Féın Poblachtach
Republican Sınn Féın (web) was created in a split with Sınn Féın in 1986 when it voted to allow elected members to take their seats as TDs in Dáıl Éıreann. This office is on the Falls Road, Belfast.
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Comhıonannas Don Ghaeılge
“Equality for Irish”. At the 2006 Sınn Féın Slógadh, MEP Baırbe De Brún called for an Irish Language Act (Sinn Féin press release). The protesters in the mural carry placards reading “Is Gael mıse – teastaıonn Gaeılge uaım [I am Irish, I need Irish]”, “Naıre oraınn a Chomaırle [Shame on you, [Belfast City] Council]”, “Cearta teanga – cearta daonna [not “daonne”]” – “language rights, human rights”. “We demand respect for our culture.”
The same trio of Pádraıg Mac Pıaraıs, Winifred Carney, and Roıbéard Ó Seachnasaıgh appears in Cláraıgh Le Sınn Féın. Sands’s famous saying (“the laughter of our children …”) is translated into Irish: Is é gáıre ár gcuıd páıstí a bheas mar dhıoltas again.
Shiels Street, west Belfast
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