“Political status now” – one of four such small boards along the Falls. The others are “Join Republican Sınn Féın 1905-2001“, “RSF“, and “Brits out, not sell out“. Below it (cut off) is “Go mall – páıstí’ (“Slowly – children”).
Islandbawn Street, Belfast
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M03530
2007 image of Comhıonannas Don Ghaeılge, seen previously in 2006.
Shiels Street, Belfast
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M03528
“Conway linen mill 1842-1976.” Culture NI has a brief history of the mill. It is currently in use as an arts centre and museum.
“Artists Margaret McCann & Deborah Hamilton 06. Beechmount Community Project.”
Another piece for the project was hung in Beechmount Avenue. See M04431.
Thames Street, Belfast
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M03527
“I ndíl [ndıl] chuımhne Máıre Drumm, Vice President of Sınn Féın, assassinated by loyalists 28th Oct. 1976. ‘We must take no steps backward, our steps must be onward, for if we don’t, the martyrs that died for you, for me, for this country, will haunt us forever.'” Máıre Drumm was Vice President from 1972 until her death, killed in the Mater hospital by RHC volunteers dressed as doctors.
Falls Road, Belfast
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M03526
2007 image of the Manchester Martyrs mural, discussed in the 2006 entry.
Divis Street, Belfast
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M03524
“Collusion was not only not an illusion, it was the whole goddamn institution.” The participating groups are listed as UDA, UDR, RUC, Brits, RIR, MI5, LVF, UVF, coordinated by No 10 Downing Street.
Divis Street, Belfast
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M03523
“USA: Hands off Cuba. Stop plan Bush. Support Cuba’s right to continued independence. No to imperialism, No US military aggression. End the US economic blockade of Cuba. End the US occupation of Guantanamo Bay. Stop the crazy son of a Bush.”
Divis Street, Belfast
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M03522
The UVF’s Red Hand Commando are inspired by the British Army’s SAS and uses a similar image for its emblem: instead of wings on a sword, RHC uses wings on a red hand. [East Belfast] C company mural in Ballybeen. ‘Lamh dearg abu’ = ‘red hand to victory’.
Upper Newtownards Road
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M03515 [M03513] [M03514]
The upper image in the main mural is of workers leaving Harland & Wolff shipyard in 1911. In the lower image, they are shot in the trenches and suffer a gas attack in WWI.
Upper Newtownards Road, Ballybeen, Dundonald
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M03505 [M03503] [M03504] [M03506] [M03507] [M03508] [M03509] [M03510] M03511 M03512 M03502
“My players are national heroes and have achieve immortality in Northern Ireland folklore …” – Lawrie Sanchez, NI manager. Sanchez was manager from January 2004 to April 2007, when he left to take over Fulham. Under his direction, the team scored notable victories over Spain in a Euro 2008 qualifier and a one-nil victory over England in a World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park. The goals from these games are included in this youtube video of the song We’re Not Brazil; We’re Northern Ireland.
With sponsorship from the East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.
Montrose Street South, Belfast
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M03499 [M03500] M03498
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