Derry city was saved from its siege by the Mountjoy “breaking the boom” that had been laid across the river Foyle. James II’s siege had lasted from April to July, 1689. King William III is in the insert.
One of fourteen panels in Thorndyke Street, east Belfast. For a list of entries for each panel, see East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.
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The “Lord Protector of the Commonwealth” is Oliver Cromwell, who put down an Irish rebellion (and allied Royalists) in 1650.
One of fourteen panels in Thorndyke Street, east Belfast. For a list of entries for each panel, see East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.
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In 2004 the East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society sponsored a series of 14 murals in Thorndyke Street charting Protestant history from Cromwell to Cluan Place. This post contains two wide shots.
Individual panels, from left to right, can be seen in the following entries:
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“Ceol gan teoraınn” – “unlimited music” or “music without boundaries”. Belfast’s Sean Maguire (also McGuire) (1927-2005) was an All-Ireland fiddle champion and world-wide ambassador for traditional music (WP). The Short Strand artist’s signature can be seen in the bottom corner.
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The quote is here attributed to Miriam Daly of the IRSP (web), but it or something like it has been attributed to Napoleon, Göring, and Churchill.
The mural was originally painted 1996 by Ciaran McKernan, Brian O’Loan, and Miriam’s son Donal Daly (you can see an in-progress shot by Sean Patrick Allen on his Facebook page) and is now in poor condition owing to all the graffiti along the bottom.
Oakman Street, Beechmount, west Belfast
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“Let no man write my epitaph until my country takes her place among the nations of the world.” These images are from the launch of a board to Robert Emmet, a Protestant and republican (WP) on Havana Way, Ard Eoın/Ardoyne.
Emmet to hang! The launch included a re-enactment of Emmet’s execution on 20th September 1803.
A mural to Emmet was one of the very few CNR mural painted before the Troubles, in 1953 for the sesquicentennial – see Visual History 02.
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“No peace”, “INLA”, and “KAH” [Kill all Huns/Protestants] but also “KAI” [Kill All Irish] covered over on the right – republican graffiti in a mixed area, the junction of Cavehill Road and North Circular Road in north Belfast.
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