Belfast west

Shankill Bombings

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A small engraved plaque showing the shop-front of Frizzell’s fish shop has been added to the memorial on the Shankill Road. The upper tablet was seen previously in Frizzell’s.

Another such engraving can be found on the Mountainview Bar/Tavern, commemorating the 1975 bombing and gun attack there in which five people were killed and 60 injured (WP).

Three more Shankill bombings are commemorated in Shankill Atrocities.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M10237 [M10238] [M10239]
M10236

Lá Na nIarchımí

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Nor meekly serve my time. Ex-prisoner’s day – Lá na nIarchımí. Friday 9th August. Photographic Exhibition, Discussions, 1-3 pm, Family Fun Day. Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.”

At the Felons Club, Falls Road, Andersonstown, Belfast. The painted board above the tarp can be seen in The Birth Of The Irish Republic.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M10228

An Eochaır

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This eochaır/key replaces a plough-in-the-stars on the OIRA ex-prisoners support centre on the Falls Road at Clondara Terrace, seen in Official Republican Movement. The centre perhaps takes its name from the newspaper from the 1970s that was composed of articles written by prisoners and smuggled out of Long Kesh. Here is issue #3, from September, 1973.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M10227

Eyes That Have Cried

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The phrase “There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried” is attributed to Óscar Romero, a Catholic priest in El Salvador. He was a critic of the military government and was assasinated in March 1980 while saying mass. He was made a saint in 2015. (WP) 

Sister Janet Mead had a surprise hit in 1973 with a pop-rock rendition of the Lord’s Prayer (youtube). Her name would be added to the mural – see the image from 2015 below.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013/2015 Peter Moloney
M10223 [M10224] M11748

Eileen Hickey Irish Republican History Museum

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Iarsmalann Na Staire Poblachtach Éireannach – Eileen Hickey Irish Republican History Museum” is across the street (behind the Conway Mill) from this mural. Eileen Hickey was a Provisional IRA member who served time in Armagh prison; she died in 2006, one year before the opening of the museum (obituary at An Phoblacht).

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M10211 [M10212] [M10213] [M10214] [M10215] [M10216] [M10217] [M10218] [M10219]
M10220 [M10221] [M10222]

Australian Aid For Ireland

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This Conway Street mural, outside the mill and the republican museum, features banners of two Australian republican support-groups, with supporters holding banners reading “Australian Aid for Ireland QLD [Queensland] Branch [Fb] – The Spirit of Freedom” and “The Casement Support Group – Saoirse Melbourne”.

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M10208 [M10209] [M10210]

No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs, No POWs

Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“No blacks, no Irish, no dogs, no POWs – sponsored by SDLP/TUV [Traditional Unionist Voice]”. The reference of this board in Turf Lodge is a June motion in the NI Assembly to bar anyone convicted of a serious offence from serving as a ministerial adviser (the trigger case being Mary McArdle). Passage of the bill was secured with SDLP support of the motion.

Discussion at Slugger

Springfield Road, Belfast

Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2013 Peter Moloney
M10156 [M10157]