All Our Dead

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2013-04-23 ArdAnLao1+

In addition to three plaques, a wrought-iron head-piece, multiple flag-pole holders and railings fencing in a small area (which includes an encased figure of Jesus, at right), this mural in Clós Ard An Lao/Ardilea Close in Ardoyne uses painted discs for each of the twelve hunger strikers (the ten in Long Kesh 1981 and two from the 70s in English prisons, Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg – the twelve also featured in Derry’s Spirit Of Freedom mural), rather than painting their likenesses directly onto the wall. The items above the mural and the Sacred Heart statue in a glass case are new, compared to 2010.

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X01065 [X00354] In Loving Memory Of All Our Dead erin go bragh this plaque is dedicated to those people who showed courage in face of adversity by giving aid shelter and support in the defence of the area their dedication and determination during those difficult years will never be forgotten they shall always be held in the highest esteem by a grateful community Let our revenge be the laughter of our children. Let there be no bitterness on my behalf to achieve a united Ireland. With many thanks to the people of the bone greater bone who contributed to this mural

Sledgehammer

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2013-04-23 BedroomTax+

“Smash the Tory Bedroom Tax”. A Republican Network For Unity flyer protesting a provision in the 2012 Welfare Reform Act (WP), passed into law on March 8th, 2012, which would penalize welfare recipients if they are deemed to be under-occupying their home. The flyer shows what seems to be a Maoist worker taking a sledgehammer to the bill.

In addition to the flyer in good condition, above, you can see below another copy of the flyer, which can be also seen at the left-hand-side of the wall in a separate entry, on the front of a metal box.

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Never At Peace

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2013-04-22 TheFoolsWide+

Words from Padraig Pearse’s oration at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa in 1915 are featured in this mural at the bottom of Brompton Park, in Ardoyne. It ends …

“They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools! — they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.”

A colourised photograph from the day itself – with Pearse in uniform – can be found at Goggle Arts & Culture.

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Living Like Animals

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2013-04-22 LiveLikeAnimal+

A third piece of Thatcher-related graffiti (one | two), this time in the loyalist Tiger’s Bay area: “If Mr. Sands wants to act like an animal, he can live like one.” Although it is attributed to Mrs. Thatcher here, there does not appear to be any reputable source for the quote. Thatcher’s funeral is tomorrow, Wednesday 17th.

Note the freshly painted kerb stones. Eithne House, one of the New Lodge tower blocks, can be seen in the background of the picture, with a board to hunger-striker Patsy O’Hara on the left-hand side.

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Ding Dong The Witch Is Gone

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2013-04-21 DingDong2+

Black-and-white and colour versions (see below) of graffiti on Divis Street celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher. The power of the state lives on, however, in the surveillance camera atop the pole. (Previously: Rot In Hell | Living Like Animals | Thatcher The Real Criminal | Thatcherism | Rust In Peace.)

“Ding-dong! The witch is dead” (from The Wizard Of Oz) (youtube) went to #2 in the singles charts in the aftermath of Thatcher’s death.

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The Birth Of The Republic

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In addition to the seven signatories of the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, 9 other leaders of the Easter Rising were executed in the wake of the rebellion. The portraits of all 16 are part of this new mural (on boards) of Walter Paget’s painting The Birth Of The Irish Republic. (For Paget’s painting, see the painting’s Visual History page.) In order of appearance, the 16 (with links to their WP pages) are …

             (Left-hand side)

  1. John MacBride
  2. Roger Casement
  3. Thomas MacDonagh
  4. Éamonn Ceannt
  5. Thomas Kent
  6. Con Colbert
  7. Michael Mallin
  8. Edward Daly
  9. Michael O’Hanrahan
  10. Willie Pearse
  11. Seán Heuston

    (Right-hand side)
  12. James Connolly
  13. Joseph Plunkett
  14. Patrick Pearse
  15. Tom Clarke 
  16. Seán Mac Diarmada

In Lake Glen Drive, on the side of the Felons’ Club, Andersonstown, west Belfast

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Thatcher The Real Criminal

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2013-04-18 ThatcherCriminal+

“Thatcher The Real Criminal” on Black Mountain, overlooking the Springfield Road, with a Mo Chara Kelly mural in the foreground, commemorating the deaths of five people shot by British army snipers in 1972.

This picture was taken on April 18th; on April 19th the lettering on the hillside had been removed.

Recent posts related to the death of Margaret Thatcher: Rot In Hell | Rust In Peace | Living Like Animals.

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X01054 springhill westrock massacre, paddy  butler 39, david mccafferty 15, margaret gargan 13, john dougal 16, fr. noel fitzpatrick 40, belfast’s bloody sunday on the 9th july 1972 the british army murdered 5 irish citizens and severely wounded 2 others; it’s time for the truth