Graffiti on the side of the Falls library, perhaps relating to the May 30th, 1996 Forum elections.
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Use Your Brain Vote Sınn Féın
Belfast west
Everyone, Republican Or Otherwise
1998 version of the Bobby Sands mural in Sevastopol Street, Belfast, previously seen in 1995, on the side of the Sınn Féın offices, advertising An Phoblacht/Republican News.
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Ireland Ribbon
Two images from the Sinn Fein [sic – Sınn Féın] office on the Falls Road, Belfast. A dove (inside a braided circle) carries a tricoloured ribbon. To the right is a list of prisoners, seen previously in 1995’s Sınn Féın Peace Action Monitor.
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UN Day For The Eradication Of Poverty
October 17th, each year, is the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The mural shown above states that “12 of the 16 most deprived wards in Belfast are in W. Belfast”. Mural by Andrea Redmond and Margaret McCann in Dunlewey Street, Belfast, sponsored by W. Belfast Economic Forum and the Falls Women’s Centre, showing children of the world under a rainbow and between a dolmen and a ?parrot?. For close-ups see this 2015 post on Extramural Activity.
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Tıocfaıdh Ár Lá “Trimble”
A message for UUP leader David Trimble, with extra fadas. Dunlewey Street, Belfast.
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The Wolf In Sheeps Clothing
A wolf in an “SS RUC” cap: “The wolf in sheep[‘]s clothing – coming soon to RUCtv.” It’s not clear what the reference to UTv is. Get in touch if you know.
Two previous uses of “SS RUC” from the top of the Whiterock: Victory To The IRA | Working With You.
Falls Road (at Dunlewey Street), west Belfast
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Llibertat
Mural of international solidarity between Catalonia (llibertat), Ireland (saoırse), the Basque country, Palestine, and Mexico. Skulls from Kenya, India, Ireland, Cambodia hang on the left. Painted by Féıle Artists along with Victor Ochoa (WP), featuring Steve Biko, Che, Máıre Drumm, Maıréad Farrell, Miram Daly (whose son Donal worked on this mural), Nelson Mandela, Leila Khaled, and Leonard Peltier. The aboriginal flag is on the chimney breast and the pots are painted in the four colours of man.
Falls Road, west Belfast
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Bua Nó Bás
Three boards on the Falls Road, Belfast. The first pays homage to Óglaigh na hÉireann (IRA) by mixing ornate knotwork and Celtic imagery of a dolmen and warrior with sword with a volley of pistol and rifle; the second is a list of “local republican POWs”, almost identical to the list in Beechmount POWs (for a list of names see, 1995 Disband RUC); the third links the revolutionaries of 1916 with the armed struggle “1916-1997”.
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Beechmount POWs
The dove of peace holds the keys to freedom from Long Kesh.
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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Ireland – Catalonia
“Not Spain, not France. Free Catalonia. Since 1714 the Catalan nation is military [sic] occupied for the Spanish and French states. Catalonia has their own culture, language, and history. Our country have [sic] more than 1000 years of history as a nation. The Catalan flag is the first European flag. Our fight flag is the “Estelada”. The white star means the freedom, and the blue triangle stands for the sky of humanity. Free Catalonia! United Ireland! El nostre dia arribarà! Tıócfaıdh [sic] ár lá. 11/8/97″
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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