Another celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Battle Of The Boyne in 1690 – shown on the left by King William III on his steed — preceded in 1688 by the relief of the “Londonderry under siege” – shown here by the coat of arms of the city and the slogan “No surrender”.
Sandy Row, south Belfast
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A Northern Irish bulldog on a Union flag, along with the fist of the UFF and the barbed wire of the LPA.
Stroud Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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King William III is flanked by foot soldiers from 1690 and 1990. “We the people of Sandy Row remember with pride the 300th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. No surrender. Signed, UFF.” With a sketch of a UDA emblem to the right.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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A mural (unfinished) by Mo Chara on the Falls Road, Belfast, at the old Linden Street, with a barefoot woman carrying a large Tricolour and a lark overhead. Probably based on the Women’s Day (“Frauen Tag”) poster shown below, from 1914. “Heraus mit dem Frauenwahlrecht” – “Forward with women’s suffrage”. German women were given the right to vote in 1918. (The image was also used in Toronto in 1982 for International Women’s Day.)
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During the 1980s, the hole in the ozone layer was a big concern. Production of CFCs ceased in 1994. Also visible: “Up the bongo babes” and “PIRA”.
Falls Road (where, exactly?), west Belfast
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Here is the top half of a mural in Berwick Road/Paráid An Ardghleanna. The board at the top reproduces a 1972 postcard entitled Easter with two women – on the left a young woman (Ireland in flames, perhaps suggesting the Rising) and on the right, an old woman (Mother Ireland?) – watching over a prisoner by the light from a prison window. (Image #39 in Belinda Loftus’s 1982 dissertation Images In Conflict.)
The bottom (with quotes from Connolly and Pearse) was seen in the 1989 image An Attitude Of Revolt.
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Mural on Whiterock Road, possibly a combination of photographs of the hand-over of INLA man Dominic McGlinchey, who was extradited from the Republic in 1984.
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Chief sitting Bull with his back to the flag of the United States, with a lark (for the Irish struggle) and an eagle (for the Native American) and a border of the colours of humankind. Painted by Mo Chara on the wall of the (then) Ballymurphy Community Centre just off the Whiterock Road, Belfast. The wide shots show a small “Tıocfaıdh ár lá” and Tricolour to the right-hand side.
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Two images of a mural on the Whiterock Road, Belfast, celebrating the Easter Rising. A soldier raises the Irish Tricolour while trampling on a Union Flag on a broken mast. On the right hand side are the Easter lily and halberds/pikes and an assault rifle, indicating the past and present of the 1916 revolt. In the background is a poorly drawn GPO. The original image of the central figure can be seen in this Extramural Activity post.
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A “final salute” (funeral volley) is fired over harp, shamrocks, and a knotwork bird in South Link, Belfast.
For the side wall, see Long Kesh.
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