This is the ‘Cuba – Ireland’ mural in Shiels Street, middle Falls, west Belfast, at the end of its life in 2008. The mural dates back to at least 1998 – see the images from 1999 in the Peter Moloney Collection.
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“Israel, fuck you!” and “Fuck Isra[e]l”. Here are two pieces of anti-Israel graffiti on the Whiterock Road.
In the background of the second image is a 2006 piece by Mo Chara, ‘Paistí na Carraige’ on the Whiterock Children’s Centre.
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Pro-Palestinian graffiti on the shutters of the newsagents on the Falls at the top of Donegall Road, west Belfast.
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“Faugh-a-ballagh” (from the Irish “Fág an bhealach”, “clear the way”) is the regimental motto of the Royal Irish Regiment. It is said to date back to 1811, when it was used by ensign Edward Keogh of the 87th Prince Of Wales’s Irish regiment. See also: Colonel Tim Collins, commander of the first battalion, who made a famous speech on the eve of the Iraq invasion | Talavera 1809.
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This two-panel mural on the International Wall on Divis Street protests the US occupation of Iraq.
On the left, George W. Bush sucks down Iraqi oil (and black bubbles with dollar-signs come out of his ears). On the right, Iraq lies in rubble and bones, conquered by a tattered US flag. (According to the artists – see final image – the frame on the right reproduces/is based on a magazine cover during the Viet Nam war.) The “British Support Hook” is has been added in the strip in the middle between the main panels.
Originally, the given reason for “Operation Iraqi Freedom” (not “liberation” as that would have yielded “OIL”) was the hunt for “weapons of mass destruction” but that search was suspended in January.
The mural to the left is Cherish The Children; to the right is Castilla Nacion.
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In 2004 neither the first nor the last spots on the International Wall had been formally painted. The last spot, shown here, contained a variety of pieces (which can be seen in close-up at Peter Moloney’s site): a Fıanna Éıreann recruitment board (with internet address!); an IRPWA board calling for political status; “Support the prisoner”, formerly “Support the prisoner candidate” Tommy Crossan; an ETA mural; a mural in support of the Turkish hunger strikers.
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These two murals on the International Wall, Divis Street, urge freedom for Castile and Catalonia (and Ireland).
On the left, “Fuera fascistas de Castilla” (Out fascists of Castile!) The protester on the right is waving the flag of the Castilian Left, a political party working for recognition of the Castle region of Spain, roughly the north-central portion of the country, including Madrid (WP).
On the right are the flags of Catalonia and Ireland. The ‘Catalan Countries’ include (in Spain) Catalonia, parts of Valencia, and the Balearic islands, Andorra, and (in France) the Roussillon region.
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Boards for West Belfast Taxi Tours and a project by the “Teens for justice Summer School 2004“. The paint pots are for the Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL) mural being painted to the right.
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Three on the International Wall, Divis Street: Turkish hunger striker Zehra Kulaksiz, Native American prisoner Leonard Peltier, and “spot the difference” between the RUC and the PSNI: Patten Still Not Implemented.
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In 2004 the first spot in the international wall (left of the traffic light) was still blank and the wall started with the pro-Palestine mural. For the whole of the mural, see M01757.
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