Belfast

Vol. Joe Doherty

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This 1990 image of the Vol. Joe Doherty mural on the New Lodge Road (by Mo Chara and “New Lodge Republican Youth”), Belfast includes the message on the side-wall comparing the revolution in Ireland to the revolution in the United States: “Would the US Att. General Edwin Meese have deported George Washington? Don’t handover Joe Doherty to British warlords!”

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Táın Bó Cúaılnge

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This is an interesting mural from North Queen Street, if only because of its psychedelic colour-scheme and composite style.

The two bulls (presumably from the Táın though they are not the classic brown and white bulls) provide a centre, on either side of which we find Cú Chulaınn dying (and Tuan the eagle) and a dolmen. The horse on the right is perhaps Galloper. There are four faces superimposed on flying geese. The cranes Samson and Goliath are on the left (which suggests a cross-community sponsorship) and a Pride rainbow is on the right.

The mural can also be seen in the Paddy Duffy Collection. If you have any information about the piece, please get in touch.

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Núada

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Núada of the Tuatha Dé Danann and Morrígan (from Jim Fitzpatrick’s Beneath The Sky Of Stars) embrace below a ram (from Fitzpatrick’s Senach The Spectre) and between Celtic creatures inspired by the Book Of Kells.

(This is probably not the “dragon mural” mentioned by Julian Watson in Circa #8.)

Unity flats, west Belfast

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Behind The Mask

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Here is another instance of the ‘masked skull’ design produced by prisoners in Long Kesh (according to Mo Chara Kelly), seen previously in Britains Death Squads. This version is simpler: it does not have any writing and there is no UDR emblem on the UDA-style hat. Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.

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