The CNR Murals Of 1981

Here is a gallery of the murals in Belfast and Derry believed to have been painted in 1981.

There are about 70 from Belfast and 40 from Derry.

There might be many more: Rolston writes describes how, following a few pieces of careful lettering (such as the first two items below) and two murals from early 1981 (M00184 and M00085 below), “After Sands’s death, an explosion of murals occurred in nationalist areas. Within a few months, at least one hundred were painted in Belfast, fifty in Derry, and others in nationalist areas of Armagh, Lurgan, Newry, and Strabane.” (Rolston 1991, p. 79)

Belfast – Twinbrook, Lenadoon, Shaws Rd

Their Hunger, Their Pain, Our Struggle (M00022)
Unite To Fight Hunger Torture Death
(M00082)
Victory [To The] IRA
(M00114)
Free! Belfast
(M00095)
Right Honourable Bobby Sands
(M00054)
Lark And The Freedom-Fighter (M00054)
Kieran Doherty TD
(M00096)
Think Again
(M00132)
Armagh Women/Provisional IRA
(M00201)
Provisional IRA Phoenix
(M00209)
Revolution INLA
(M00218)
When You Came To This Land
(C00162)







Tiocfaidh An Lá Nuair Beidh Éire Saor Arís (R1047)







Sands Funeral Volley (R91083)

1916-1969
(M00510)
Wolfe Tone
(M00610)

Belfast – Andersonstown

Ireland Unfree
(M00021)
Venceremos
(M00115)
Sasanach Amach
(M00156)
In Honour
(M00158)
Phoenix
(M00200)
Violence Is The Voice Of An Oppressed People (M00216)
A Nation Once Again
(M00223)
The Dehumanising Factor (C00627)














Liberty (R91083 M00380)






Hunger Strikers TDs (R91083)






Out Of The Ashes That Was Belfast (R91086)

Belfast – Turf Lodge, Ballymurphy, Whiterock Rd

Political Power Stems From The Barrel Of A Gun (M00043)
The Lark
(C05217)
No, Not A Dog
(M00058)
Victory To The Blanketmen POWs
(M00085)
The Five Demands
(M00059)
I’ll Wear No Convict’s Uniform
(M00184)
The First Six
(M00199)
Political Prisoners Of War
(M00097)
Three Flags
(M00208)
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For Justice (M00129)

Belfast – Rock Streets

Smash H Block
(M00002)
Incident At Narrow Water
(M00105)
Long Kesh 1981
(M00111)
The Final Salute
(M00116)
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For Justice (M00131)
O’Casey Quote + Break Thatcher’s Back
(M00211)
They May Kill The Revolutionary (M00118)
Christ Of St John Of The Cross
(Noel McGuigan)

Belfast – Beechmount, Springfield Rd, Middle Falls

Resistance
(M00100)
(M00053)
The Right Hon Bobby Sands MP
(M00045)
H. Block
(M00041)
Smash H Block
(M00198)
Celtic Cross (M00220)
Flags On Pikes (M00222)
Let Us Rise
(M00135)
Notes
(M00134)
The Five Just Demands
(C00049)
The Training Ground
(M00123)
The Conveyor Belt
(M00126)
Ireland’s Cross To Bear
(M00121)
Don’t Let Them Die
(M00119)
Hunger Strikers Crucified
(T00048)
The Shape Of Things To Come
(T00054) (Originally three gunmen)
The People Arose In ’69
(T00008)
Auschwitz-Long Kesh
(M00414)
Óglaigh Na hÉireann
(M00219)
The Last Post
(M00149)
Sacred Heart Blanketman
(T00051)
Struggle For Freedom
(T00045)
Smash The British Devil’s Rule
(T00006)











Political Prisoners Of War
(R91082 R1061)

Belfast – Clonard, Lower Falls, Divis

Civil Order, Plastic Death
(M00148)
The Spirit Of Freedom
(M00215)
Child Offering
(T00043)
McLarnon & Loughran
(M00383)
Patsy O’Hara Youth Movement
(M00420 R91084)

Belfast – Ardoyne

In Loving Memory
(M00210)
The Final Salute
(M00148)











The Battle For Survival
(R91082)







For Those Who Believe
(R91081)

Derry – Shantallow

Victory To The 1981 Hunger Strikers
(M00193)

Derry – Creggan

The Conveyor Belt
(M00087)
Bobby Sands – The Spirit Of Freedom (M00289)

Derry – Brandywell

Phoenix & Flags
(M00192)

Derry – Bogside

Roll Of Honour
(M00174)
They May Kill The Revolutionary
(C00689)
Phoenix-Volley
(M00113)
Lark
(M00175)
Resistance
(M00166)
A Weapon Of The Provisionals
(M00173)
Murdered By Paratroopers
(M00176)
INLA
(M00167)
Celtic Cross
(M00169)
Ireland
(M00168)
Éire Nua Phoenix (M00170)
Pearse & Connolly
(M00171)
Get The Brits Out
(M00165)
Weapon Of Resistance
(M00172)
Patsy O’Hara OC
(M00177)
Flags/Hands In Chains/H Block
(M00187)
Political Status Must Stay/RUC Keep Out (M00057c)
Ten Portraits
(M00231)
Murdered By The Crown
(M00182)
(Possibly 1981: St Peter/I Refuse To Change) (M00150)

Derry – Foyleside

Political Status Now (M00089)
Resistance
(M00244)

Derry – Gobnascale

Éire
(M00197)
Political Status Now
(M00091)
Ten Portraits
(M00092)
Phoenix
(M00183)
Tom McElwee
(M00153)
A Political Prisoner Of War
(M00152)








Warning
(R91086)

Key to reference numbers. Thanks to all of the following for the use of their images.

M = Peter Moloney Collection – Murals
Noel McGuigan
T = Paddy Duffy
X = Extramural Activity

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