2001 mural to IRA volunteers Jim Bryson and Patrick Mulvenna in Ballymurphy, both holding serious weaponry. For the plaque, see M01657.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00053
Bryson-Mulvenna
physical force
Three Volunteers
“In passing this mural, pause a little while, pray for us and Erin, then smile.” This is a Ballymurphy mural dedicated to three local PIRA volunteers: Bobby McCrudden, Mundo O’Rawe, and Pearse Jordan. McCrudden was shot in Ardoyne in 1972 (Sutton). O’Rawe was shot on the lower Falls in 1973 (Sutton). The circumstances of Jordan’s death in 1992 at the hands of an undercover RUC unit were controversial; his case went to the European Court Of Human Rights (WP).
From a photo in the Peter Moloney Collection, the plaque reads “I ndíl [ndıl] chuímhne [chuımhne] Oglach [Óglach] Edward ‘Mundo’ O’Rawe, Oglach Robert McCrudden, Oglach Pearse Jordan – who gave their lives for Ireland’s freedom.”
This is one of the murals in the Ballymurphy Mural Project.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00042 X00043c
Belfast Graves
“And all around are monuments that bear a martyr’s name/True patriots who fought and died to kindle freedoms flame/Jimmy Quigley, McCormick and O’Neill/Remember them, they died for us and found a martyr’s grave.” The words of Ray McAreavey’s song are modified to include four Ballymurphy IRA/Fıanna volunteers.
This Ballymurphy mural uses symbols of ancient Ireland and the pikes of 1798/1803 to commemorate four modern volunteers — Jimmy Quigley, Eamonn McCormick, Teddy O’Neill, Michael Magee – and two other deaths – Alice Franklin, Mary Fegan.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00048 Belfast Graves with brave, I ndıl cuımhne [chuımhne] volunteers
Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann
“Grieve not nor speak of us with tears but laugh and talk of us as though we were beside you.” This mural is on the gable wall at the end of the street which is depicted in it, namely Ballymurphy Parade, which is to the left of the mural. It reproduces a photograph of IRA volunteers on patrol taken by Gerard ‘Mo Chara’ Kelly in An Phoblacht ?1979?.
For a close-up of the plaque, see M07999.
Glenalina Road, Ballymurphy, west Belfast
Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00070 oglaıgh na heıreann belfast brigade b. coy 2nd batt
Easter Rising
This Easter Rising (1916) mural shows Countess Markievicz (WP) outside the Dublin GPO, accompanied by Connolly and Pearse, though they would end up inside.
Whiterock Road, west Belfast.
(Also shown, in 2014, in the foreground of Yes Yes Catalonia.)
It’s difficult to get the whole mural without the fence and light-post. Below is a shot of the whole …
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00060 X00061 freedom fighters outside the G.p.o. easter rising 1916
Collusion Is Not An Illusion
The handgun is “authorised by MI5” and “approved on behalf of her majesty’s government”.
Quote from Gusty Spence: “[There was] An element of the UVF [reconstituted in 1935 and some] were covertly enlisted by the Ulster Government at a fee of ten shillings a day to promote a sectarian war …”. (Balaclava Street)
The report of the Stevens Inquiry was published in 2003 and the Cory reports in 2004; both concluded that there had likely been collusion between the RUC and loyalist paramilitaries and called for public inquiries into specific cases.
Whiterock Road, west Belfast. Here is another ‘collusion is not an illusion’ mural, in Ardoyne.
Click to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
X00055 collusion, it’s not an illusion
Collusion Is Not An Illusion
“Collusion is not an illusion, it is state murder.” “10 people from Ardoyne were murdered with weapons imported by the British government from South Africa by their agent Brian Nelson in January 1988 until 1994. The consignment of weapons smuggled in by Nelson: 200 AK47 rifles, 90 Browning 9mm pistols, 500 grenades, 30,000 rounds of ammunition, 1 dozen RPG7 rocket launchers and warheads.”
Ardoyne Avenue, north Belfast.
See also another ‘collusion is not an illusion’ mural, on the Whiterock.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Ronan Woods
X00040 collusion is not an illusion, it is state murder, 10 people from ardoyne were murdered by weapons imported by the british government from south africa by their agent brian nelson in january 1988 until 1994, the consignment of weapons smuggled in by nelson 200 AK47 rifles 90 browning 9mm pistols 500 grenades 30,000 rounds of ammunition 1 dozen rpg7 rocket launchers and warheads
UFF 2nd Batt C Coy
C Company of UFF 2nd battalion was the lower Shankill company headed by Johnny Adair until he was expelled from the UDA in September 2002 and his friends and family fled to Scotland in February 2003.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X00037 X00036
Out Of The Ashes
“Peace” lines in east Belfast separate Protestant Cluan Place from Catholic Short Strand from Protestant east Belfast.
One of fourteen panels in Thorndyke Street, east Belfast. For a list of entries for each panel, see East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X00023 X00022
The City Is Saved
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.
Click image to enlarge
Copyright © 2004 Seosamh Mac Coılle
X00025 X00024
Extramural Activity 