Here is a gallery of graffiti in Creggan, Derry:
“All refugees welcome”, with the anarchism symbol
“Brits out, not sellout!!!”
“Political status now!!”
“IRA” and “PSNI not welcome”
old posters for events remembering the hunger strikers and current POWs
“#JFTC2 – End British internment”
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October 7th:
The Bogside Artists’ Civil Rights mural in Rossville Street, Derry, which was originally painted in 2004, has been repainted (in October 2015 (BBC)) and the portraits of Ivan Cooper and John Hume added.
See also the Visual History page on the Bogside Artists.
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The wave of people seeking asylum from political strife in Europe continues.”Fáılte romhaıbh a chaırde” is Irish for “Welcome, friends” while “Qaxootiga soo Dhaweyn” is Somali for “Refugees welcome”. Somalis make up about 9% of the current wave of migrants from Africa and Syrians 33% (Irish Times). 2,000 refugees are to be settled in Northern Ireland (belfastlive). The yellow-on-black outline of parents and daughter running originates in the United States, used on ‘caution’ signs along highways near the US-Mexico border.
The mural was launched on September 12th.
Northumberland Street, west Belfast
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As can be seen from the images of the information boards that accompany them, these pieces are part of a second wave of re-imaging (Visual History 10) in the lower Shankill estate. Compared to the pieces they replace, these are even more neutral in theme, replacing cultural themes with community (and also all printed rather than painted).
Most of these are in the centre of the estate, alongside various UDA murals. There has also been a small wave of UDA stencilling and signage on the periphery of the estate – see Loyalist Lower Shankill.
I Am Not Resilent replaces the Andrew Jackson Ulster-Scots mural in Boundary Way.
Women’s Voices is on the wall formerly home to Play from 2009 (and not, as the info board suggests, either the Can It Change? or the Shankill Eddie).
Lower Shankill Angels replaces the long-standing LPOW mural.
Never Doubt is on a previously unused wall, at the top of the estate, on Hopewell Avenue.
Nothing About Us is a piece from the first wave of re-imaging that was moved to Malvern Way due to the new construction taking place on the estate.
For background on the individual pieces, see the individual entries in the Seosamh Mac Coılle collection: I Am Not Resilient | Women’s Voices | Lower Shankill Angels | Never Doubt | Nothing About Us.
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Free Derry Corner (Visual History) is transformed for Foyle Gay Pride 2015, (August 22nd-30th (programme at issuu)) with paste-ups of four “queer icons”. The four are (l-r) Stormé DeLarverie (WP), Mark Ashton (WP), Sylvia Rivera (WP), and Marsha P Johnson (WP). Ashton grew up in Portadown before moving to London; the other three are from the USA.
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The People Before Profit Alliance is an all-Ireland political party closely related to the Socialist Workers Party. In the north, candidate Gerry Carroll was elected to Belfast City Council in 2014, representing Black Mountain. Gay rights does not seem to form an explicit part of the platform, but the mural above, featuring a heart with the rainbow colours, appeared on Divis St in time for the Pride parade on August 1st.
See also: Cherish from Sınn Féın.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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The 1916 Proclamation Of Irish Republic includes the sentence “The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all of the children of the nation equally, and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien Government, which have divided a minority from the majority in the past.”
At the time, it had a political meaning, but it has since been pressed into service by advocates of children’s right and now, in the board above, by supporters of gay rights. James Connolly (leader of the Irish Citizen Army) and the text of the declaration are shown against a backdrop of the gay pride rainbow flag.
Launched 2015-07-31 at the site of the former Andersonstown RUC barracks (Visual History)
For the trio of boards to the right, see Ceartas Anoıs/Time For Justice.
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For a second year, Free Derry Corner is painted yellow as part of “Paul’s Campaign” for “Sarcoma awareness” – named after Paul Coyle who died of the disease at age 26 in 2011.
In the bottom left is a short poem: “Wear the colour yellow/Wear it proudly on your breast/Brightly show the bystanders/Our campaign it will not rest//Our fight is to highlight a disease/So harmful and so vile/To ignore it is to encourage it/To rid our face of smiles//So brightly wear that yellow/Don’t turn your face away/Raise awareness of sarcoma/Consign it to yesterday!”
Free Derry Corner has its own Visual History page.
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“No war but the class war – smash Stormont, oppose Tory cuts – support the day of actin, March 13th – IRSP.ie“.
Public-sector workers in many occupations conducted a one-day strike on the 13th (BBC | BBC).
Northumberland Street, west Belfast
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A statement from the UDA/UFF in Castlemara (Carrickfergus): “Glenfield UDA will not tolerate anti-social behaviour”.
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