The Kieran Nugent mural at the corner of Divis Street and Northumberland Street is repainted to include posters from the time of the blanket protest and also in tribute to Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes, IRA OC in the H-Blocks at the time of the first (1980) hunger strike. He passed away in February, 2008.
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“Nakba” or “Catastrophe” is the Arabic name for the exodus of about 700,000 Palestinian Arabs in 1948, from what would become Israel. Although the mural states “We will return!”, there has as yet been not right of return or compensation for lands seized.
The graffiti in blue on the wall reads “You destroy our homes but we build a nation”.
Please get in touch if you can translate the Arabic.
The International Wall, Divis Street, west Belfast
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“Maghaberry Prisoners Not Forgotten – End internment by remand!!! IRPWA” IRPWA = Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association (irpwa.com).
Divis Street, Belfast
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A Manchester Martyrs mural is returned to Divis Street’s “International Wall” after being replaced for a short time by Las Brigadas Internacionales. The new mural is somewhat similar to the original mural, with portraits of the “martyrs” – IRB members William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien – and a reproduction of a painting showing the IRB’s attack on the prison van which killed a guard (see the post on the original mural).
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2008 image of the Askatasuna mural (seen in 2007) on the “International Wall” on Divis Street, Belfast.
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“A leader is gone – the legend forever lives on! Codaıl samh a chomradaí.” Long-time IRA volunteer Martin Meehan, who went with the Provisionals in the split, spent 18 years in prison during the Troubles, and stood in various elections for Sınn Féın, died of a heart attack in November 2007. Divis Street, Belfast.
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Three new murals are added to the walls of the Lecky Road underpass to brighten it up. Above, St Colmcille (St Columba) sails from Derry to Iona (Scotland), in order to start a monastery there; he founded a Derry monastery in 540. The smaller pieces show the emblem of (Glasgow) Celtic FC and a young mother in front of a (civil rights?) protest beside Free Derry Corner.
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North Belfast UDA 3rd Batt E Coy Tigers Bay roll of honour in Cosgrave Heights. The three portraits on the main wall are of Alex Miller, Tommy English, and Tommy Montgomery; there are thirteen more portraits on the side wall. The plaque (to the right of the mural) is to David ‘Candy’ Annesley.
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This is the scene in the outdoor seating to the Rex Bar on the Shankill Road. The arch is dedicated to the 36th (Ulster) Division at the Battle Of The Somme. On the side of the betting office, Carson signs the Ulster Covenant (Mo2454), Carson reviews the Ulster Volunteers (M02453), and a farmer’s wife protects the farm, both during WWI and from “sectarian attack from across the border” (M02452). The Union Flag to the left is in progress.
Shankill Road at (formerly) Moscow Street
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“This mural depicts Malvern St Arch which was where the local community gathered to celebrate the traditional 12th of July commemoration.”
Hopewell Crescent, Belfast
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