Here is a paint-bombed 1986 version of the H-Block virgin Mary mural in Rockmount Street, Belfast. For the mural in original (1981) condition, see Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For Justice.
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Wide shot and various close-ups of the boards (seen in progress in 1985) on what would become the youth centre in The Fountain, London-/Derry.
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“Vote Sınn Féın 1 2 3 4” and “Tıocfaıdh ár lá!” have been painted on top of a 1981 mural based on a poster sent by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini, which featured the head of Bobby Sands against a backdrop of skeletal bodies, one of which can still be seen in the top middle of the wall. Somewhat ironically, the original mural also included the quote to the right: “The Irish Republican Army is right: The British government does not listen to the ballot box in Ireland and the only thing they will listen to in Ireland is what they listened to in other colonies: agitation, rebellion, and armed forces”.
(An image of the original mural can be found in the Paddy Duffy Collection – T00048)
Oakman Street, Beechmount, west Belfast
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Here is a badly damaged, latter-day version of a mural we first saw in 1981: Venceremos.
Slemish Way, Andersonstown, west Belfast
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UVF warning in the style of a cigarette packet: “Joining the RUC can damage your health”. Also “NF”. Pine Street, Londonderry.
For a similar republican graffito, see IRA Health Warning. For the murals on the far right, see King Billy/UDA.
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James Connolly House in Chamberlain Street, Derry. For an image of the street in better days – the office was opened in 1977 – see this Norte De Irlanda blog post.
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Ulster Unionist Party office in Glengall Street, Belfast.
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A tricoloured letterbox on the Falls Road, Belfast, opposite the junction with Leeson Street.
There was a similarly enhanced post box at the Top Of The Rock.
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A volunteer with rocket-propelled grenade launcher on “RPG Avenue” (Beechmount Avenue), west Belfast. “Revolution – Armed struggle, people’s politics”.
According to Rolston (1991 p. 100), the silhouettes of at the bottom are based on the movie poster for Reds.
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An Easter lily representing republican dead, “I ndíl cuımhne” [I ndıl chuımhne] or “in fond memory”, (somewhere on the) Andersonstown Road
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