Easter Rising

Bua Nó Bás

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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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The Heroes Of 1916

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Cú Chulaınn and an Easter Rising volunteer form “a tribute to the heroes of 1916”: “We … declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.” (From the Proclamation.)

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Free Ireland

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Repainted version of Free Ireland (1990 | 1991 | 1993) in Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.

The four provinces are now boards, and the date (1916-1990) has been painted out. A ‘Beechmount Avenue’ street sign has also been added to the wall.

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Easter 1916

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Light through prison bars illuminates a prostrate hunger striker attended by two women, one of whom wears a headscarf in the tricolours – this board is from 1986. Below it (visible in the wide shot) is an earlier Easter Rising commemoration mural (from 1991) with portraits of the seven signatories to the proclamation arranged around a large lily.

Berwick Road, Ardoyne, north Belfast

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