Republican Wall Murals in Belfast and Northern Ireland

Very large versions of the following photos are available for sale. All pictures were taken with a nikon digital SLR camera. They will be expertly printed, poster-sized and be a massive 18inches x 12 inches. The small pictures below, obviously do not do justice to the large photos. Each photograph is printed on proper photo paper and is approximately 3008 x 2000 pixels. Photos will be delivered carefully rolled, in a securely sealed hard cardboard postal tube from the UK / Ireland printer. The text that follows each small picture below describes a little bit of context about the mural.

Kevin Lynch was a member of the INLA (Irish National Liberation Army), who died while on hunger strike in 1981. He, along with many others had been protesting in support of political status. This mural was painted on the Whiterock Road during 25th anniversary commemorations in 2006, as one of a series remembering those who died.

Collusion is an issue which is high on the agenda in Northern Ireland at the minute. As the peace settlement beds in, many outstanding issues have came to the surface. On the Republican side, allegations of previous co-operation between some agents of the law and illegal groups during the conflict, has made progress difficult for many.

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 In loving memory of Volunteer Sean McCaughey, reads the text at the top. Sean McCaughey, died on hunger strike in an Irish gaol in 1946. He was a teacher and  GAA member by day, and secretly an IRA member. The background of the artwork features the streets of Ardoyne, where the mural is painted.

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Kieran Nugent is an iconic figure among militant Republicans in Ireland. He is best known for being the first IRA 'blanket man' in the H-Blocks. When sentenced to 3 years for hijacking a vehicle Nugent refused to wear a prison uniform and said the prison guards would have to nail it to his back. He died of a heart attck in 2000.

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In memory of Volunteer Charlie Monahan who died in 1916. Monahan was an IRA member from Belfast who accidently drowned while escaping from an aborted military operation, which had been designed to import weapons for the IRA rising  from a German ship during the first world war. This memorial is near his former home in Ballymacarett.

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Mural commemorating the failed Easter Rising by 1916 nationalists in Ireland. Although the rebellion was a disaster, the execution of the leaders and the imprisonment of many rebels, ironically led to support by a hitherto apathetic Irish populace. This brought Sinn Fein into government and eventually led to partitition in Ireland and independance for the Southern part, from Great Britain. This mural in Beechmount features an IRA volunteer, Dublin parliament and the crests of the four Irish provinces.

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" Las Brigadas Internacionales" or International brigades was comprised of units of foreign volunteers, who fought in the Spanish Civil war between 1936 and 1939. Belfast muralists particularly on the nationalist side have long sought to internationalise their campaign, by forming allegiances with past and present struggles throughout the world. Some of the mural artists are featured in the photograph, along with artist materials.

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This mural is unique in the history of Belfast murals, in that it was a collaboration between political activists from across the religious / sectarian divide. The anti-war mural is based on a painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting the Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain in 1937. Danny Devenney, a renowned nationalist painter, together with Mark Ervine, the son of the late progressive unionist leader David Ervine, completed a replica of the painting on Belfast’s Falls Road.

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Mickey Devine from Derry was a member of the INLA (Irish National Liberation Army), who died while on hunger strike in 1981. He, along with many others had been protesting in support of political status. This mural was painted in West Belfast during 25th anniversary commemorations in 2006, as one of a series remembering those who died.

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Mural in memory of all those from the New Lodge Road area who had died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles. Although IRA members feature prominently, many of the other victims shown had no part in the conflict, and were often innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire or deliberately murdered for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Ardoyne hunger strike memorial mural. During 1981, 10 Irish Republican prisoners starved themselves to death during a protest aimed at achieving political status for their military actions. It was a period of intense violence which led to terrible bloodshed, left many victims throughout the country, and swelled the ranks of illegal organizations on both sides.

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