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The Belfast Mural Guide (Locate Series). Belfast: MSF Press. ISBN 978-0956806918. Robert Kerr (2014). An Treoir Mhurphictiúir Bhéal Feirste (Irish language edition of 'The Belfast Mural Guide') (Locate Series). Belfast: MSF Press. ISBN 978-0956806925. Maximilian Rapp: Murals in Nordirland: Symbol der ethno-kulturellen Identität und Spiegel ...
This mural is located on the gable wall of a maisonnette on the junction of Lecky Road and Westland Street, close to Free Derry Corner. [13] The mural was originally unveiled on Wednesday 1 September 1999, and depicts Annette in her school uniform with an encircled, blue butterfly to the above right of her head.
A republican mural in Belfast during the mid-1990s bidding "safe home" (Slán Abhaile) to British troops. Security normalisation was one of the key points of the Good Friday Agreement. After the ceasefires, talks began between the main political parties in Northern Ireland to establish political agreement.
A mural by artist Ciaran Gallagher in Belfast is updated to reflect Prime Minister Liz Truss' current political troubles.Source: PA
Paramilitary mural formerly displayed at the entrance to Sandy Row (removed 2012) During The Troubles, the area had a strong Ulster Defence Association (UDA) presence. Sandy Row is part of the UDA South Belfast Brigade, commanded for many years by the late John McMichael and currently by Jackie McDonald. Its first known commander was Sammy ...
Although temporary peace walls were built in Belfast in the 1920s (in Ballymacarett) and 1930s (in Sailortown), the first peace lines of "the Troubles" era were built in 1969, following the outbreak of civil unrest and the 1969 Northern Ireland riots. They were initially built as temporary structures, but due to their effectiveness they have ...
The large gable-wall murals by the Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Féile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are popular tourist attractions. The Bogside is a majority Catholic/ Irish republican area, and shares a border with the Protestant / Ulster loyalist enclave of the Fountain.
A mural by a Belfast street artist in tribute to displaced Ukrainians has been selected as one of Graffiti Art Magazine’s renowned Murals Of The Year. Emic, aka Eoin McGinn, painted a sunflower ...