This is a late-life shot of the mural at the corner of Hugo Street. There are now two windows in the mural, graffiti has been blacked out across the lower third, and the mural on the side wall (to the left of image) has gone completely.
You can track its history to this point by comparing this image with those from 2006 | 2002 | 2001.
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M07518
“Vol. Kieran Nugent – the first blanketman. ‘I’m not a criminal – the Brits will have to nail prison clothes to my back.'”
This mural was originally launched in February surrounded by a selection of posters from the era (see The First Blanketman and for close-ups see the entry in the Seosamh Mac Coılle collection). These have all now been stripped away and the red background (which was present for the previous mural – see Ciarán Nugent) has been repainted.
Rockville Street, west Belfast
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M07516
“Vol Eamonn Lafferty killed on active service at this spot on the 18th Aug 1971 by Crown forces whilst defending his community. Eamonn was just 19 years old. Fuaır sé bás ar son na hÉıreann. Erected by the Eamonn Lafferty [Sınn Féın] Cumann [Fb]” Lafferty was killed in a gun-battle between the Derry Brigade and British Army forces who were attempting to dismantle barricades in republican “Free Derry”. The mural and plaque shown (and a headstone) are situated — as the mural states — in the location where he was killed, in Creggan’s Kildrum Gardens. (His body is buried in City Cemetery.)
This mural replaces a simpler mural at the same location – see Eamonn Lafferty. The headstone remains as before.
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M07508 [M07508a] [M07509] [M07510] [M07511]
A second plaque has been added to the mural of Patrick Mulvenna and Jim Bryson and the mural itself has been refreshed: the lark in the apex has been replaced by funeral trappings and the knot-work frame has been painted over.
“In proud and loving memory of Óglach Patrick Mulvenna, shot dead by British crown forces near this spot while an active service, 31st August 1973, and of his comrade Óglach Jim Bryson, also shot and died of his wounds, 22nd September 1973. Belfast Brigade Óglaigh na hÉıreann. I measc laoachra na nGael go raıbh sıad.”
Ballymurphy Road, Belfast
For the other, original, plaque and the original mural, see Bryson-Mulvenna.
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[M07254] [M07255] [M07256] M07257 [M07258] [M07259]
‘Nebula’ is Free Derry Corner as re-imagined by four street/graffiti artists from the US, including L.A.’s Man One (web), who described the thinking behind the piece.
FDC has its own Visual History page.
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Cú Chulaınn stands dying. In addition to the four provinces in the corners, the four colours of man can be seen in the apex (as a background to Ireland). Tuan the hawk historian, who has seen all of the conquests of Ireland, flies overhead. (Both Tuan and the four colours are familiars of Mo Chara Kelly.)
“Ar aghaıdh lınn” [Onward! or Let’s go!]
Glenbawn Avenue, Belfast
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Insignia of the UDA, UFF, and UYM – and a red hand on a street lamp – in Moeran Park, Portadown
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Support for Palestine from CNR east Belfast in the form of a large painted flag.
In the final spot on Mountpottinger Road, Belfast, which has its own Visual History page.
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M06874
“Years from now they will ask you where you were when your comrades were dying on hunger strike. Shall you say that you were with us, or shall you say that you were conforming to very system that drove us to our deaths.” The mural is to Mickey Devine, with a smaller (and much older) plaque to Patsy O’Hara (the plaque was previously information about Devine). Both were INLA volunteers and both died in the 1981 hunger strike, along with Kevin Lynch; Liam McCloskey was taken off the strike by his family after 55 days.
Chemical Street, Belfast
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Here is a complete set of all 12 murals to the Troubles-era hunger strikers, two each on six of the New Lodge “houses” (tower blocks) from June and July of 2011. Some were shown in this 2002 post.
A map of the murals and houses is available at Extramural Activity.
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Hughes: M06932A [M06932b] [M06932c] [M06932d]
Sands: M06933a [M06933b]
Devine: M06934a [M06934b] [M06934c]
Lynch: [M06935] M06935a [M06935b]
McElwee: M06936a [M06936b]
O’Hara: M06937 [M06937b] [M06937d] [M06937p]
McCreesh: M06938 [M06938b]
Gaughan: [M06939] M06939a [M06939b]
Stagg: M06940a [M06940b]
Hurson: M06941a [M06941b]
Doherty: M06942 [M06942b]
McDonnell: [M06943] [M06943b] M06944 [M06944b]
