Three boards on the Falls Road, Belfast. The first pays homage to Óglaigh na hÉireann (IRA) by mixing ornate knotwork and Celtic imagery of a dolmen and warrior with sword with a volley of pistol and rifle; the second is a list of “local republican POWs”, almost identical to the list in Beechmount POWs (for a list of names see, 1995 Disband RUC); the third links the revolutionaries of 1916 with the armed struggle “1916-1997”.
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The dove of peace holds the keys to freedom from Long Kesh.
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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“Not Spain, not France. Free Catalonia. Since 1714 the Catalan nation is military [sic] occupied for the Spanish and French states. Catalonia has their own culture, language, and history. Our country have [sic] more than 1000 years of history as a nation. The Catalan flag is the first European flag. Our fight flag is the “Estelada”. The white star means the freedom, and the blue triangle stands for the sky of humanity. Free Catalonia! United Ireland! El nostre dia arribarà! Tıócfaıdh [sic] ár lá. 11/8/97″
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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1997 image of ‘No Plastic Bullets‘ (1995) on the Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Here’s an updated (but still unfinished version) of 1995’s Ireland’s Holocaust, with images from issues of Illustrated London News of the period (also used in An tOcras Mór on New Lodge Road).
Whiterock Road, west Belfast
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This is a mural sponsored by and for the Upper Springfield Development Trust (web | until 1993 the Upper Springfield Development Forum) focusing on young people: “Mol an óıge agus tıocfaıdh sí.” (Praise youth/the young and it will flourish.”/”Youth responds to praise.”)
Signed by “Mo Chara” (Gerard “Mo Chara” Kelly) and “Spud” in the bottom right corner.
Whiterock Road, west Belfast
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Éıre Nua Republican Flute Band (Fb) celebrates its fifteen anniversary with traditional republican symbols – the four provinces, celtic knotwork, and the flags of Ireland and socialism. Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Here are two parts (of what were at least three) of a long mural in Henry Street. Shown here are rioting outside McGurk’s Bar (see Campaign For Truth) and belongings being moved from a burning home.
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1997 version of a 1995 mural: Long Kesh through the keyhole.
Donore Court, north Belfast
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“Until we give back to the black man just a bit of the land that was his and give it back without provisos, without strings to snatch it back, without anything but complete generosity of spirit in concession for the evil we have done to him – until we do that, we shall remain what we have always been so far: a people without integrity, not a nation, but a community of thieves.” The words of [Australian writer] Xavier Herbert, 1978, over an aboriginal flag in which black represents the people, yellow the sun, and red the earth. Here is a timeline of the fight for indigenous rights in Australia.
An unknown (please get in touch) piece of aboriginal art forms the main panel.
Ludlow Square, New Lodge, north Belfast
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