“This is Nuada, king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.” The mural is based on the illustrations of Jim Fitzpatrick.
Painted by Mo Chara. The central figure comes from a painting of Jim Fitzpatrick‘s, ‘Nuada Journeys To The Underworld’.
Click here for Nuada And Loughgall together.
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Here is an image of the completed Loch gCál/Loughgall mural (see also the in-progress image from 1987) in memory of the eight IRA volunteers from the East Tyrone brigade who were killed in an SAS ambush during an attack on an RUC base in May, 1987 (WP).
Their names are given here in Irish and (partially) in the old script:
“I ndıl cuimh[n]e de [= ar]
Óglach Pádraıg Ó Ceallaıġ [Patrick Kelly],
Óglach Séamus Ó Donn[ġ]aıle [Seamus Donnelly],
Óglach Deaglán Mac Aırt [Declan Arthurs],
Óglach Séamus Laıghneach [Jim Lynagh],
Óglach Gearóıd Ó Ceallacháın [Gerry O’Callaghan],
Óglach Pádraıg Mac Cearnaıgh [Pádraıg McKearney],
Óglach Antóın Ó Garmaıle [Ó Gormghaıle | Tony Gormley],
Óglach Eoghan Ó Ceallaıġ [Eugene Kelly]
an ochtar óglach de óglaigh na hÉireann a dúnmharú ag Loch gCál ar an ochtú lá Bealtaine 1987.”
[the eight volunteers from the Irish Volunteers [IRA] who were murdered at Loughgall on the eighth day of May, 1987]
The town (Loughgall) and the four provinces are also named in Irish. An Easter lily is at the centre of the Celtic cross in the middle of the image, above a lark in barbed wire and a gal gréıne/sunburst.
Painted by Mo Chara. The bright colours and sweeping clouds/skyline are inspired by the work of Jim Fitzpatrick.
Springhill Avenue, west Belfast.
There is a list of the eight names, also in Irish, in the New Lodge, north Belfast.
Click here for Nuada And Loughgall together.
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IRA graffiti in Patterson’s Lane, Belfast city centre.
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Here are four images of a variety of slogans on the Falls Road. The first lists various resistance groups from around the world: IRA, PLO, ETA, ANC. The second has a phone number for “SAS strippers” and something about “One Brit and his dog”. In the third and fourth: “Óglaıgh na hÉıreann”, “Provisional IRA”, “Tıocfaıdh ár lá”, “RUC black bastards”.
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Or, with h-lenition, Teach Sheosaımh Mhıc Gıollabhuí. The Sınn Féın press centre on the Falls Road, Belfast, is named for anti-Treaty IRA man Joe McKelvey, who was also the founder of the O’Donovan Rossa GAA club in Belfast. The mural features the shields of the four provinces and Sınn Féın in Celtic-style lettering.
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Two images of an almost complete Nuada mural by Mo Chara in Springhill Avenue, Belfast. The only thing that seems to be missing is the (titular) lettering, which would go in the red circle – “This is Nuada, king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.” The mural is based on the illustrations of Jim Fitzpatrick.
Click here for the completed mural.
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Here is a faded and vandalised version (with “PIRA suck shit”) of 1986’s Stad Maggie Anoıs. Beechmount Avenue.
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“Stop! Strip Searches” along with “Sınn Féın”, “Hoods beware” and “Sasanach Amach” on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.
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1987 version of the ANC-IRA mural on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast. Benjamin Moloise’s words on the right and the letters “IRA” below the shield have been painted out (perhaps to repair the paint-bombing visible in the 1986 version Tell The World Freedom Is At Hand) but more paint has been thrown over the mural and “UVF” has been spray-painted on.
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“Keep building says SDLP. Don’t keep building say the people of South Armagh” (referring to British Army installations). “Saoırse Ceart Síocháın”/”Freedom Justice Peace”, and a hand-painted “Tıocfıadh Ár Lá” and Tricolour and Sunburst flags on crossed pikes, with an armalite. Sinn Féin election posters and republican symbols in Springhill Avenue, Belfast.
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