“Cur stad le cıníochas” [“put an end to racism”] – This WARN (West Against Racism Network) mural puts anti-Irish sentiment (in London 1966 – “No blacks, no dogs, no Irish“) in parallel with racism against modern-day immigrants to Belfast.
International Wall, Divis Street, west Belfast
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A ‘suicide strategy’ for “N of Ireland” languishes in the dustbin of 10 Downing Street, unlike strategies for Scotland, England, and Wales. The mural is produced by “Beechmount Community Youth Project”. To the right are messages to the recently deceased: “In one 2 week period 13 young men in north Belfast took their own lives”, “In one three month period 15 suicides in west Belfast occurred”.
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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“St James community demands the release of the Rossport 5 – boycott Shell’. The Rossport Five were Willie Corduff, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Mıcheál Ó Seıghın, and James Philbin. They were imprisoned in June 2005 for demonstrating contempt of court by interfering with work by Shell on their land in Rossport, Co Mayo. The served 94 days before being released. The ‘green ribbon’, in the top corners, was used in previous years to denote republican prisoners.
Rockmount Street, Belfast
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2004 image of the ‘UN Day For The Eradication Of Poverty’ (October 17th) mural in Dunlewey Street, Belfast, previously seen in 1998. “1/4 of W. Belfast is under 15 yrs”. “12 of 16 most deprived wards are in WB”.
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If this Falls Road, Belfast, stencil is aimed at local audiences (rather than protesting the treatment of minorities by the state – see Institutionalised Racism) it is the first such piece in the Peter Moloney Collection. Sponsored by Ógra Shınn Féın.
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2004 mural by the Bogside Artists called “Civil Rights – The Beginning”, by which they mean the time before Bloody Sunday. See the WP page on the civil rights movement and the extensive page on NICRA, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. The in-progress shot is from 2003.
Rossville Street, Derry
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A skull and cross-bones is given a spray-can hat. “Solvent abuse has consequences: poor concentration, hallucinations, distorted vision, slurred speech, headaches, dizziness, no fun!”
Free Dery Corner, Lecky Road, Derry
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National Front, British National Party (two far-right political parties), and UFF graffiti in Artillery Street, Londonderry
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“Stand firm – break the bigots back” – a fist smashes a Nazi swastika. Next to the Stephen Lawrence – Robert Hammil board. For both boards in better condition, see Same Story, Same Bigotry. Artana Street, Belfast.
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“Protect your future”. Words from Joni Mitchell’s song Big Yellow Taxi are used to protest basalt quarrying on Black Mountain by Whitemountain Quarrying (part of the Lagan Group). The protests were led by local resident Terry Enright. Here are a Northern Visions TV interview and a NewStatesman article.
The mural also says “Happy 50th birthday, Ballymurphy”. Both Wikipedia and Ciarán De Baróid (Ballympurphy And The Irish War p. 9) give 1947 for the birth of Ballymurphy.
With USDT’s ‘Urban Initiative’, Corpus Christi Youth Centre, and Children In Need.
Springfield Road, west Belfast
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