Belfast

Mothers, Sisters, Daughters

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Érıu/Éıre of the Tuatha Dé Danann, queen of Ireland, (as depicted by Richard J King) is at the centre of various representations of republican women. Along the top are Ann Devlin, Betsy Gray, Mary Ann McCracken, Countess Markievicz, Nora Connolly?, and Winifred Carney. Suffragettes, the modern IRA, and Cumman Na mBan are depicted, as are Máıre Drumm at the Falls Curfew, Tom McElwee’s sisters carrying his coffin, and Molly Childers and Mary Spring Rice running guns on the Asgard. There is also an unusual ‘four provinces’ in the corners.

The wide shot (below) shows the James Connolly mural below (seen previously in 2012) and the (recently added) 1916 centenary board – for which see Ag fíorú na poblachta.

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Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus

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03357 2016-04-02 What If+

A mural of HMS Belfast “Built in Belfast” being launched on March 17, 1938, next to a fake storefront for “B&M Electricals”, with a Billy Graham hoarding above: “What if you got everything you wanted and it wasn’t enough?”, echoing the mural’s Latin inscription, the motto of Belfast city: What shall we give in return for so much?

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The Butcher’s Apron

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Martin McGuinness waits, with hand outstretched, to greet a smiling Queen Elizabeth who strides towards him carrying a bloodied axe and wearing a Union flag apron spattered with the blood of people from Ireland, Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Mural in Beechmount reproducing a 2012 Latuff cartoon.

Update: 2016-06-21 The figures have been blotted out, by Sınn Féın, alleges the IRPWA.

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Temporary Footway

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03458 2016-05-12 End Internment Divis+

Two views of an IRPWA banner where Divis Street intersects with the motorway. It proclaims “Political dissent is not a crime – End internment now.”

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PSNI

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03489 2016-06-03 PeopleShouldNotInform Whiterock+

Anti-touting posters on the Whiterock and Falls roads: “People Should Not Inform” to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Mi5. The Falls example also has a “End the internment of Tony Taylor” sticker from “Irish Republican Tims [Fb?]”.

Previously: A PSNI from the loyalist side.

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Build Homes Now

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03496 2016-06-03 EqualityCantWait Northumb+

Here is another mural, this time in west Belfast, in the campaign demanding a response to a shortage in low-income housing. For more, see previously, Equality Can’t Wait.

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Local Dialogue

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03490 2016-06-02 Fuck UDA UFF+

Loyalist paramilitary flags went up in the Skegoneill area of north Belfast last week and drew the response above. The area is mixed (Catholic, Protestant) and the adjacent Glandore area is Catholic.

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Accomplishments Have No Colour

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03460 2016-05-12 Divis One+

At the bottom of Divis tower: a wheel of hands from children of different races exhorts residents to overlook differences in skin-tone (“one race, one love, one world”) while the letterbox has been repainted green instead of red.

For the board without obstruction, see M08774

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Sweet Music

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03480 2016-05-26 Headphones+

Local artist Friz teamed up with London painter ARTiSTA* to produce this new mural outside the (recently-saved-from-demolition) Sunflower bar (replacing KVLR’s Pizza Pipe). Artista painted the violin with legs on the left while Friz painted the girl on the right wearing winged headphones. Work-in-progress shots can be seen on the Sunflower’s Fb page.

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Mussen Cortège

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“Richard Mussen joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (27th foot) at the age of 15. At the outbreak of the Zulu wars he volunteered for active service and was transferred to the Second Battalion The South Wales Borderers (24th foot). At the outbreak of the Great War he joined the 9th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles and with him went his 4 sons and 2 sons-in-law. His son Richard (junior) was killed at the Somme on Thursday 21st March, 1918 and is remembered at Pozieres Memorial. Richard Mussen was buried from 22 Dundee Street [which was just above Agnes Street] on 29/12/1936 and was accorded full Military Honours. He was laid to rest in Belfast City Cemetery.” (From the plaque shown in image #3, below.)

Here is a short NVTv documentary about Mussen, including (at 12m25s) the image on which the mural shown here is based. The mural was done with spray paint by artist Sam Bates a.k.a. SMUG. It was unveiled on June 24th, 2011.

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