Belfast

Cearta Teanga, Cearta Daonna

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Pobal is a non-profit community development organisation. The mural above is in support of Irish-language rights. “Cearta teanga, cearta daonna – Language rights are human rights”, “An Ghaeılge thart tımpeall oraınn – Irish is all arond us”, “Ní mór an Bılle Ceart tosca saınıúla na Gaeılge a chur san áıreamh – The Bill of Human Rights must reflect the unique circumstances of the Irish language.” Brighton Street, Belfast

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While Ireland Holds These Graves

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Headstones in (roughly) reverse order: the Gibraltar Three (1988); the 1981 Hunger Strikers; Terence O’Neill (July 1, 1980); Gaughan and Stagg (1970s); the Antrim cross; Caffney, Perry, Burns (1940s); Tom Williams; McKelvery and McCartney (1920s); volunteers  1867-1922 (including “Roger Casement, Ballymena”); the United Irishmen of 1798 and 1803.

Milltown Cemetery, west Belfast

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Éıre Nua

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“Éıre Nua” was the Provisional Sınn Féın and (after the 1986 split) Republican Sınn Féın (RSF) plan (pdf | also a social and economic plan pdf) for a federal Ireland, with a semi-independent Ulster parliament.

The board above combines various iconic images: Divis tower, Cave Hill, Free Derry Corner, the female volunteer in beret, the revolutionary in front of the Tricolour on a pike.

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These Are The Rights Of Every Child

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“Whoever we are, wherever we live, these rights belong to all children under the sun and the moon and the stars, whether we live in cities or towns or villages or in the mountains or valleys or deserts or forests or jungles. Anywhere and everywhere in the big wide world these are the rights of every child.” No war, poverty, or spoils. Signposts mark the way to Ofer Prison Camp in the West Bank and Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Islandbawn Street, west Belfast

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Crossed Rifles

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Pike, pistol, and assault rifles — a brief history of republican weaponry in remembrance of local volunteers and activists. At the centre, below the phoenix, is Stan Carberry, included on a Falls Road plaque.

AMCOMRI Street, Beechmount, west Belfast

“Erected by Coıste Cuımhneacháın Ard Na bhFeá 2003.” The plaque reads, “This mural is dedicated to the volunteers of ‘A’ company 2nd batt. Belfast Brigade Óglaıgh na hÉıreann, to the Sınn Féın members Mid Falls cumann, who militarily and politically gave their all for a 32 county social democratic republic. Their names have been spoken off [sic] among their friends and comrades throughout the years. Now everyone can see the faces and not just hear the names of the ordinary people with extra-ordinary lives.”

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