The board that in March had been on the back of Free Derry Corner (see X05222) is now in the Lecky Road underpass (before or after a spell on Westland Street).
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09527 [M09528]
“Damn your concessions England, we want our country.” Board to Seán Mac Dıarmada in Ardoyne, detailing his exploits leading up to and including the 1916 uprising and his earlier connection with the local area. “Seán lived at 106 Butler Street, Ardoyne in 1906-08.”
Painted by Rısteard Ó Murchú.
Butler Walk, Ardoyne, north Belfast
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09525 [M09526]
“In Memory of the Belfast men who fought against fascism with the international brigade, Spanish civil war 1936 – 1939.” The colours of the international brigade (red, yellow and purple – here a lighter violet colour) serve as a background.
The board shows Belfast socialists walking at Bodenstown, 1934 as part of the annual Wolfe Tone commemoration, held each year in June. Tone, an Anglican and the founder of the United Irishmen, is buried in the Bodenstown graveyard. Sources report, however, that there was an attempt to exclude these marchers, from “Shankill Rd Belfast Branch”, from part of the 1934 commemoration. The reasons given vary: they were carrying a non-standard banner, they had communist leanings, and, they were Protestants. (See Paddy Byrne | WP – though a different banner is mentioned | WP – see “legacy” section | WP – see fn. 1).
The plaque to the right reads: “In memory of all those who fought in Spain against Fascism 1936-1939. This mural was erected by Teach na Fáilte Republican Ex-Prisoners Support Group and Belfast City Council. It was unveiled on April 20th, 2013. Signed “[Fra] Maher 2013”. Northumberland St.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09520 [M09521] [M09522] [M09523]
“Rot in hell T[h]atcher scum” and “Rot in hell Maggie Thatcher”. Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister, died on April 8th. These pieces of graffiti are in west and north Belfast; for Derry, see Thatcher’s Dead.
Beechmount Avenue; McQuillan Street; Leeson Street; N Queen Street.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013/2014 Peter Moloney
M09516 M09517 M10934 M10927
The Clowney Street phoenix, originally painted in 1981, is repainted – for a history, see The Oldest Murals.
Above, the board at the centre of the mosaics has changed, from an image of blanketmen to a montage of photographs “commemorating the courage and sacrifice of the hunger strikers”.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09512 M09510 [M09511] [M09512] [M09513] [M09514] [M09515]
In addition to the seven signatories of the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, nine other leaders of the Easter Rising were executed in the wake of the rebellion. The portraits of all 16 are part of this new mural (on boards) of Walter Paget’s painting The Birth Of The Irish Republic. (For Paget’s painting, see the painting’s Visual History page.) In order of appearance, the 16 (with links to their WP pages) are …
(Left-hand side)
In Lake Glen Drive, on the side of the Felons’ Club, west Belfast.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09484 [M09485] [M09486] [M09487] [M09488] [M09489] [M09490] [M09491] [M09492] [M09493] [M09494] [M09495] [M09496] [M09497] [M09498] [M09499] [M09500] [M09501] [M09502] [M09503] [M09504] [M09505] [M09506] [M09507] [M09508]
Pims Avenue, Strandtown, east Belfast
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09481
Craigavon House was the home of James Craig, a political centre during the (3rd) Home Rule crisis – an estimated 100,000 people congregated at Craigavon House on the 23rd of September, 1911, to hear Edward Carson’s inaugural speech as Unionist leader (McNeill Ch. 4 | We Will Take Nothing Else) – and a hospital during the latter part of WWI (Bangor Historical). It has fallen into disrepair, covered over by the fourteen panels seen here, in order to serve as the rallying point of the 100th anniversary commemorative parade in April (RTÉ | BBC).
Various people and units are portrayed: USSF, post house staff, motor car corps, young citizen volunteers, the Larne gun-running, Fred Crawford, Edward Carson, James Craig, the nursing corp, Ethel Burnside, the 36th Division, the Ulster Covenant.
Circular Road, Belfast
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09433 [M09434] [M09435] [M09436] [M09437] [M09438] [M09439] [M09440] [M09441] [M09442] [M09443] [M09444] [M09445] [M09446] [M09447] [M09448] [M09449] [M09450] [M09451] [M09452] [M09453] [M09454] [M09455] [M09456] [M09457] [M09458] [M09459] [M09460] [M09461] [M09462] [M09463] [M09464] [M09465] [M09466] [M09467] [M09468] [M09469] [M09470] [M09471] [M09472] [M09473] [M09474] [M09475] [M09476] [M09477] [M09478] [M09479]
Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister, died on April 8th. The paste-up on Free Derry Corner – “Let’s bury greed with her” – gives the impression that her primary legacy was neo-liberalism but the more visceral reactions – “Burn in hell” and “Your death made my day” – are inspired by her stance towards the hunger strikers in 1980 and ’81.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09430 [M09431] [M09432] M09426 M09427 M09428 M09429
“UK no way – IRA” and “Free the Craigavon 2” – anti-Agreement graffiti on the walls of the old Derry city/Nailor’s Row.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M09423 M0422
Peter Moloney Collection 