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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This, in 2004, is still the first version of the ‘chained’ Bobby Sands in Sevastopol Street, Belfast, originally painted on the new SF building in 2000. The image from 2001 lacks the paint-bomb.
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In 2004, the left-hand side of Divis Street, Belfast had yet to be painted (with Kieran Nugent) and the Palestinian V-for-victory sign led the lineup. The International Wall has its own Visual History page.
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This is a three-part mural condemning the US invasion of Iraq. On the left, President George W Bush is sucking on a tube of oil while pocketing a fistful of dollars, while oily bubbles with dollar signs float out of his ears. In the middle, a “British support hook” belittles the role of the UK in the “coalition of the willing”. And on the right, a Vietnam-era poster is repurposed for the current situation: a tattered stars and stripes is still flying, over a scene of death and mass destruction. The invasion began on March 20th, 2003; US troops did not leave until 2011.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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The Crocus Street, Belfast, Great Hunger/emigration mural is in bad shape. For the mural in better days, see 2001.
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“They stand for the honour of Ireland/As their sisters in days that are gone/And they’ll march with their brothers to freedom/The soldiers of Cumann Na mBan.” “This mural is dedicated to the Women of Cumann Na mBan, Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann & Sınn Feın”. “From R[uth] Taillon’s book The Women Of 1916.” With portraits of two volunteers with Belfast associations: Winifred Carney and Nora Connolly. Hawthorn Street, Belfast. Seen previously in 2001 left | right.
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The abbreviation “NDA” stands for “Nationalists Defence Army” a group of which there is no record apart from Derry graffiti. The ribbon and the “14” in the centre stand for the victims of Bloody Sunday.
Lecky Road, Derry
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The roll of honour, seen unfinished in 2003, is completed with colour and the flags of IRA and INLA.
Lecky Road, Derry.
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A simple Tricolour with the letters “IRA”.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Kieran Doherty was elected TD (Teachta Dála) for Cavan-Monaghan three weeks into his 1981 hunger strike. He held the position for two months, until he died on August 2nd. The portraits, plaques, and mural of marchers are in his home area of Andersonstown. The words “It is not those who inflict the most, but those that can endure who shall conquer in the end” are an echo of Terence MacSwiney, whose hunger strike in 1920 lasted 74 days, one more than Doherty’s.
(2004 images of 2001 M01476)
Slemish Way, Andersonstown, west Belfast
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