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In 2014, the book The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community.
The Bogside Artists first began working together in 1993 to document the events surrounding the Northern Ireland Troubles.With supplies donated from local residents, they painted several murals on the walls of buildings in Rossville Street, commemorating the Northern Ireland civil rights movement, the Battle of the Bogside, and Bloody Sunday in which British Army paratroopers opened fire on ...
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.
Free Derry Corner is a historical landmark in the Bogside neighbourhood of Derry, Northern Ireland, which lies in the intersection of the Lecky Road, Rossville Street and Fahan Street. A free-standing gable wall commemorates Free Derry , a self-declared autonomous nationalist area of Derry that existed between 1969 and 1972.
Art of Conflict: The Murals of Northern Ireland is a 2012 documentary film about the Murals in Northern Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Directed by Valeri Vaughn, it was released on Netflix on October 12, 2012.
In the Ardoyne area of Belfast, a street mural dedicated to the 1981 hunger strikers on the 25th anniversary of Martin Hurson's death. [7] In 2001 a mural dedicated to the memory Patsy O'Hara was created at Ardfoyle in Bishop Street. [8] In 2008 Ógra Shinn Féin painted a mural in the town of Derry honouring the hunger strikers. [9]
Féile an Phobail (The Community's Festival), also known as the West Belfast Festival is a community arts organisation known for its August Féile (Festival). The organisation is prominent for its promotion of Irish and international culture. The festival takes place on and around Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [1] [2] [3]
James Ward (1851–1924) Belfast-born artist, author and teacher. Ward was an important figure in the Irish and British art scene in the late 19th and early 20th century. He is best known in Ireland for his striking murals in Dublin City Hall depicting scenes from Dublin’s histo