The “old model” RUC is a combination of policeman, Orangeman, and (loyalist) paramilitary, affiliations the “new model” lacks.
Divis Street, Belfast
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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RUC Must Go
Belfast west
Join Ógra Shınn Féın
The Ógra Shınn Féın (Sınn Féın Youth) logo is a Molotov cocktail with an Easter lily as a fuse. Divis Street, Belfast
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Ethnic Cleansing
The mural shows people being hanged, speared, and drawn behind a horse, and houses in flames.” The persecution of the Protestant people by the church of Rome, 1600 – the ethnic cleansing still goes on today.”
Hopewell Crescent, lower Shankill, Belfast.
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Copyright © 2000 Peter Moloney
Cuba
This is half of a mural in Shiels St, Belfast. (The other half is around the corner to the right and is visible in this 2001 post.) This wall features Che (on the corner) and Fidel (in the poster above the three gentlemen) and other scenes from Cuba.
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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Ireland’s Holocaust
“Britain’s genocide by starvation”, “Ireland’s holocaust 1845-1849”, “Over 1,500,000 deaths”. Completed version of the Great Hunger mural on the Whiterock Road, Belfast, previously seen twice in development: 1995 | 1997. The images used are from Illustrated London Newses of the time (see the Visual History page on an gorta mór).
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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Tuatha Dé Danann
Nuada and the warrior of the Tuatha (perhaps fighting the Fir Bolg). Based on the work of Jim Fitzpatrick. Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.
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RUC Killers Out
“Brits beware – danger zone”, “RUC killers out”, and “RUC not welcome”. Beechmount Pass, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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The Green Leprechauns
The Starry Plough is the emblem of the INLA/IRSP. “The Green Leprechauns” are entirely unknown – please get in touch if you have any information. Beechmount Pass, Belfast
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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Four Flags
The flags of Ireland, the Basque Country, and an unknown flag – blue, white, and blue vertical stripes with a sun/flower design on a dark blue square or diamond. (Please get in touch if you recognize it.) Beechmount Pass, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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The Famine Ship
Irish peasants board a ship for North America to escape the Great Hunger.
Oakman Street, Belfast
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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