An Easter lily in commemoration of the 1916 Rising. Signed by “Gem, Gavy, Smit, Seamy”.
La Salle Gardens, Belfast.
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Cáısc
Belfast
Sráıd Dhaıle Na Carraıge
Rockdale Street, Belfast, gets an Irish-language sign. The ‘They may kill the revolutionary’ mural has gone. Previously in Derry: Sráıd Lıam.
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Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For Justice
Here is a paint-bombed 1986 version of the H-Block virgin Mary mural in Rockmount Street, Belfast. For the mural in original (1981) condition, see Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For Justice.
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Vote Sınn Féın 1 2 3 4
“Vote Sınn Féın 1 2 3 4” and “Tıocfaıdh ár lá!” have been painted on top of a 1981 mural based on a poster sent by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini, which featured the head of Bobby Sands against a backdrop of skeletal bodies, one of which can still be seen in the top middle of the wall. Somewhat ironically, the original mural also included the quote to the right: “The Irish Republican Army is right: The British government does not listen to the ballot box in Ireland and the only thing they will listen to in Ireland is what they listened to in other colonies: agitation, rebellion, and armed forces”.
(An image of the original mural can be found in the Paddy Duffy Collection – T00048)
Oakman Street, Beechmount, west Belfast
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Venceremos
Here is a badly damaged, latter-day version of a mural we first saw in 1981: Venceremos.
Slemish Way, Andersonstown, west Belfast
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Republican Mail
A tricoloured letterbox on the Falls Road, Belfast, opposite the junction with Leeson Street.
There was a similarly enhanced post box at the Top Of The Rock.
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Armed Struggle
A volunteer with rocket-propelled grenade launcher on “RPG Avenue” (Beechmount Avenue), west Belfast. “Revolution – Armed struggle, people’s politics”.
According to Rolston (1991 p. 100), the silhouettes of at the bottom are based on the movie poster for Reds.
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I nDıl Cuımhne
An Easter lily representing republican dead, “I ndíl cuımhne” [I ndıl chuımhne] or “in fond memory”, (somewhere on the) Andersonstown Road
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FTQ
Two pieces of graffiti from Divis Flats on the subject of the Queen of England. The second image shows “Save the queen” and “Fuck the queen” in competition beneath a ‘keep out’ sign Here is an entry in Hansard from July 1986 concerning the demolition of the Pound Block, stating that the demolition will begin “shortly”.
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They Murder The People And Have No Shame
“1941 Auschwitz, Buchenwald; 1981 Long Kesh prisoner of war camp” – a repeatedly vandalised mural in Oakman Street, Belfast. Centrally pictured is the killing of Michael McCartan, shot by an RUC officer named McKeown (named on the right) while painting graffiti in south Belfast. For a detailed description see BritishArmyKillings. “20 years it’s still the same – they murder people and have no shame.”
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Peter Moloney Collection 