2011 image of the historical republican POW mural in Ludlow Square, New Lodge, Belfast, seen previously in 1997 and 2010.
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William Drennan
The William Drennan mural in the New Lodge is still hanging on, fourteen years after it was painted. See M01349.
Ludlow Square, New Lodge, north Belfast.
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New Lodge 2000
This is a companion piece to New Lodge 1900s. Life is now lived in colour, but suffers from underemployment, alcoholism, and suicide. The German bomber has been replaced by a British Army helicopter.
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New Lodge 1900s
The trials of life in the 1900s are depicted in this New Lodge mural. People work and die in the mills. The Germans drop bombs. Children go barefoot. The black-and-white colouring adds to the depression. The ‘New Lodge 2000‘ mural further down the road is in full colour, though life is still beset with problems.
For the mural on the low wall, see The Right To Be Happy (with republican slogan) and Young People’s Rights.
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Stop Shell In Mayo
The éırígí sticker refers to the Corrib gas controversy, which has been raging since 2001. (See murals about the Rossport 5 in 2005: Belfast M02549 | Derry M02640 | M02643.) For background, see Workers Solidarity Movement and WP.
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Éırígí Supports Palestine POWs
The Éırígí spot in the former RUC barracks is changed from Vote Éırígí to support for Palestinian prisoners of war.
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The People’s President
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was nominated by the party to stand for President Of Ireland. He garnered 13.7% of first preference votes and finished third to winner Michael D. Higgins (WP). For the hunger strikers metalwork, see M03118.
At the former Andytown RUC barracks.
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New Lodge Six Massacre
“Community Inquiry Report: There was a clear breach of Article 2 of the European Convention On Human Rights, the right to life. The jury was deeply moved by the integrity and honesty of the evidence they heard. We have been deeply shocked by the state’s total failure to investigate killings and woundings. The evidence is unequivocal regarding the innocence of the deceased and wounded. There is no evidence whatsoever that they were armed or acted in a manner that could be perceived as a threat to the security services.”
Two of the New Lodge Six (James Sloan, James McCann) were killed by the UDA outside a bar and four (Tony ‘TC’ Campbell, Ambrose Hardy, Brendan Maguire, John Loughran) were among the crowd that gathered, killed by British Army snipers from their positions on top of the flats, using night-vision sights, February 3rd-4th, 1973. Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly spoke at the launch.
For the previous version, see M02410.
Donore Court, Belfast.
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Ardoyne Youth Club
Here are details of the Ardoyne Youth Club mural at McCorry House. It shows the lives of young people past (in the mills) and present (on their mobile devices).
For a wide shot, see M10230.
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Here are two images, from October 2011 and January 2012, of the 1995 “green ribbon” mural by Andrea Redmond in St James’s. It is obscured by fencing and a gate (and a skip) and showing some signs of wear though in quite good shape for its age.
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Extramural Activity 