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Keywords: Road,painting,graffiti,resistance,IRA,peace,Northern Ireland,NI,UK,St,street,Eire,Irish,Republic,Irish Republic,conflict,Irish Republican Army,Political Change,Raidiofailte,Irish Language,Radio Failte,FM107.1,Irish Language Radio Failte,FM107,Rebublican,catholic,community,Belfast Catholic Commun,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,occupation,good,Friday,agreement,peace,reconciliation,IRA,terror,terrorists,genocide,catholic,community,catholics,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,republican cause,Irish History,Ireland History,Northern Ireland History,Belfast Catholic Community
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEF6R - This mural on Belfast's International Wall in West Belfast promotes Raidió Fáilte, the city's Irish-language community radio station, broadcasting on 107.1 FM. Painted against a red-brick design, the central panel shows a large microphone alongside the slogans Guth Nua Gaeilge , An Irish Voice for All , Glór Beo BrÃomhar and Éist le Raidió Fáilte 107.1 FM , reflecting the revival and public visibility of the Irish language in Belfast. The wall stands on Divis Street close to the Falls Road, within an area internationally known for political, republican, nationalist, solidarity and cultural murals associated with the history and identity of West Belfast. Raidió Fáilte traces its origins to Irish-language pirate broadcasting in 1985 and later operated from Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road. It received temporary legal broadcasting status in 1993 and began broadcasting under its current community-radio licence in September 2006. The station now provides a 24-hour Irish-language service for Greater Belfast, including music, current affairs, sport, conversation and cultural programming, and has become an established institution within Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter. In 2018 it moved into purpose-built premises close to the Falls Road and Westlink. The photographed panel has been documented as part of the International Wall, a changing outdoor gallery where murals address Irish republican history, civil rights, international politics, language, culture and community campaigns. The image is useful editorially for themes including Northern Ireland identity, Gaeilge, minority-language broadcasting, cultural revival, community radio, Belfast tourism, public art, murals, post-conflict society and the changing representation of Irish culture in the city. An adjacent monochrome panel refers to the Falls Curfew of July 1970, adding further historical context to this well-known West Belfast mural corridor.
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1123,St Marys GAA,St Marys,GAA,Killarney,County Kerry,Ireland,Gaelic,games,Kerry,mural,sport,player,football,Irish,community,club,heritage,painting,wall,pride,athletic,association,public,art,murals
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3NDEH - . St Marys GAA mural celebrating Gaelic games and representing Kerry, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Photographed on 16 July 2025. St Marys GAA mural showing a Gaelic games player and wording celebrating local sporting identity and representation of Kerry. The painted wall artwork is suitable for editorial use on Gaelic Athletic Association culture, Gaelic football, Irish sport, community clubs, local pride, public murals and sporting heritage in County Kerry. The background to sculpture is that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. Within the history of minority language, gaelic declined sharply through historical social and economic pressures but remained strong in parts of the Highlands and Islands
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century revival measures increased its use in education, broadcasting, public signage and official services. In relation to football history, historical context shows that british sports venues often have histories extending far beyond their present-day appearance, with rebuilt stands, sponsorship names and safety standards reflecting the professionalisation and commercial growth of spectator sport. Current 2026 context around sculpture is that public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks while also prompting discussion about whose past is visible in public space. Against the 2026 backdrop for minority language, current Scottish language policy continues to encourage the normalisation of Gaelic in public life, particularly in areas with strong historical links to the language
Bilingual signs therefore have contemporary relevance beyond their.
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1174,Killarney,mural,County Kerry,Ireland,town,green,landscape,street,art,wall,painting,tourism,Irish,culture,community,public,artwork,colourful,identity,Kerry,travel,branding,murals,pub,bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3NDFN - . Killarney mural with large town name painted across a green landscape, County Kerry, Ireland. Photographed on 16 July 2025. The recorded location is Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. The public artwork provides a strong visual expression of local identity and tourism branding and is suitable for editorial use on Irish street art, murals, Killarney, County Kerry, community culture, tourism and town-centre decoration. Looking at street art, the longer history is that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. The background to memorabilia is that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. In 2026, street art remains relevant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. Current 2026 context around memorabilia is that online resale, nostalgia and interest in vintage design have made many ordinary twentieth-century objects active collecting categories rather than disposable goods. Other useful descriptive phrases include sculpture, statue, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, memorial art, public realm, cultural landmark, material culture, collectable, consumer object, vintage object, design history, retro, household object, and manufactured object. Further editorial search language includes product history, social history, 255A1174, wall, painting, colourful, and travel.
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1175,Support Your Local,Killarney,County Kerry,Ireland,mural,support,local,community,healthcare,sport,street,art,wall,painting,solidarity,team,Irish,culture,public,urban,people,portrait,campaign,town,Kerry,murals,pub,bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3NDKC - . Support Your Local mural in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, showing healthcare and community figures. Photographed on 16 July 2025. The artwork shows a group of community figures including a suited man, a healthcare worker and a sportsperson beneath the words support your local and stand by your team. For the story of public realm, it is useful to note that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can change the meaning of an apparently permanent object. The historical setting for plastic figures is that toys preserve popular culture in miniature, reflecting television, film, manufacturing techniques and children's interests at a particular time
Character figures can outlast the programmes or marketing campaigns that originally made them familiar. Seen through campaign sign, the earlier context is that election material, protest signs and campaign imagery preserve the language of politics as it was presented to voters at the time
Posters, slogans and public meetings can reveal local issues and political identities more directly than later summaries. For present-day public realm, 2026 is significant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. In the 2026 discussion of plastic figures, vintage toys form a significant nostalgia and collectors' market, amplified by online resale and renewed interest in classic television franchises. Additional discoverability terms include public art, sculpture, statue, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, memorial art, cultural landmark, collectable toy, Thunderbirds, TV memorabilia, retro toy, toy collecting, science fiction toy, children's television, and memorabilia.
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,mayor Nangle,mayor,Irish Quarter,on,Floodgate Street,in,mosaic,President Kennedy,mural,Kennedy,JFK,JF Kennedy Memorial,Irish,community,Kenneth Budd and Associates,Kenneth Budd,Associates,104,Deritend,B5,Custard Factory,the,St Chads Circus,art,artwork,street art,streetart,artists,Brum,murals,faces,urban,innercity,inner city
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPNC - The mosaic was erected on St Chad's Circus , outside the City's Roman Catholic St Chad's Cathedral, in July 1968, at a cost of £5,000. When the road system was redeveloped in 2007 the mosaic was demolished. Key features, including the heads of some of the main figures, were retrieved and retained by Kenneth Budd's son Oliver.
In 2012 it was re-created using new materials. The new mosaic was erected in January 2013, in the city's Irish Quarter, on Floodgate Street in Digbeth, in reworked form, including the controversial addition of a new face, that of former Lord Mayor of Birmingham Mike Nangle, the city's first Irish Lord Mayor. The work was overseen by Budd's son, Oliver, who worked from his father's original drawings. The retained sections were not used as the colours had faded and would not match the new Smalti mosaic tiles. A formal unveiling took place on 23 February 2013.
Featured alongside Kennedy in the mosaic are his brother Teddy, the Seal of the President of the United States (using real gold), Martin Luther King Jr., American policemen and other figures.
104 Floodgate St, Deritend, Birmingham,England,UK, B5 5SR
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Keywords: Bayardo,memorial,UFF,Unionist,mural,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighter,fighting,murder,pub,pubs,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWRYA - . This authentic period view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Bayardo Bar mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. Another layer of the photograph includes creative placemaking, social history, local bus network, visual street culture, bus route infrastructure, documentary photography, local mobility, urban artwork, transport accessibility, public-realm art, contemporary mural, graffiti heritage, regional identity, and public art. For current editorial use, regeneration and tourism provide additional context, especially through the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. Current relevance extends to accessibility and bus service funding, particularly through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The location also brings in street creativity, public transport information, everyday life, street-level design, mural culture, historical comparison, roadside transit, and temporary artwork. References to Belfast, Shankill, Bayardo, mural, and Ireland give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of regeneration and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. Image HDWRYA also remains a dated record of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,murals,1916,West Belfast,IRA,Republican,Irish,political,street,art,Northern Ireland,housing,estate,County Antrim,UK,GPO mural,Countess Markievicz,James Connolly,Patrick Pearse,independence,rebellion,symbolism,community,commemoration,Troubles legacy,post-conflict Belfast,heritage,history,conflict,memory,public,urban,Hills,Black Mountain,Freedom fighters,struggle,continuity,NI troubles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1H9 - Gable-end Republican stock-photo/gotonysmith-Mural.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>mural on Whiterock Road in Ballymurphy, West Belfast, depicting the 1916 Easter Rising with armed figures outside the General Post Office in Dublin, an Irish tricolour and Celtic border decoration. The mural is recorded by CAIN as a Nationalist and Republican mural with the wording Freedom fighters outside the GPO. Easter Rising 1916 , showing Pearse, Connolly and Countess Markievicz leading the attack on the GPO below the Irish tricolour. Extramural Activity also identifies the scene as Countess Markievicz outside the Dublin GPO, accompanied by Connolly and Pearse, and places it on Whiterock Road, west Belfast. The photograph has strong editorial value for themes including Belfast murals, West Belfast, Ballymurphy, Irish Republican visual culture, the Easter Rising, political murals, public art, housing estate identity, conflict memory, Irish nationalism, post-conflict tourism and the use of gable walls as sites of historical storytelling. The hillside behind the houses, likely part of the Belfast Hills and Black Mountain backdrop, helps place the mural within the elevated west Belfast landscape rather than a flat city centre street. The overcast sky, timber fence, grass verge and residential setting show how political imagery is embedded in everyday neighbourhood space, where memorial, identity, heritage, tourism and contested history overlap. The mural connects Belfast's Republican mural tradition with the wider story of the 1916 Rising in Dublin, when the GPO became one of the symbolic centres of the rebellion. Its painted references to the tricolour, volunteers and the neoclassical GPO make it useful for stock searches around Irish independence, commemoration, political identity and public memory. It suits articles on mural tours, Irish history, Northern Ireland politics, Troubles legacy, nationalist commemoration, documentary photography, community art, cultural memory and political symbolism.
Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDPM9A - Memorial Title:
Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)
Commemorating:
IRA members killed during the conflict also civilians killed
also deceased ex-prisoners.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
January
Description:
Medium sized garden
series of monuments and plaques. Large number of names listed on the plaques.
Inscription(s):
Numerous inscriptions on panels around the garden and on the central memorial wall.
Just a line
Location Address:
Falls Road, Falls, Belfast West,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
BT12 ??
Location Guide:
Close to, and opposite to, the junction of Falls Road and Conway Street.
Map Grid Ref:
IJ325742
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 332543, Y: 374213
Previous Location:
Just a line
Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, IRA
Physical Type:
Memorial Garden
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite, Plants, Hard Landscaping
Setting:
Garden
Access:
Private Unrestricted (gate usually open)
Post Unveiling:
Commissioned By:
Falls Cultural Society
Junction Falls Road / Conway Street,West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,walled,BT48,Orchard St,County Derry,shop,dept,department,store,Stores,Centre,Mall,Irish,neon,green,multinational,retail,chain,brand,Ben Dunne,shopping centre,shopping,shoppers,designer,designers,door,entrance,outside,logo,community,branch,group,garment,busy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD738P - Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares. It was founded by Ben Dunne in 1944. In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain also has operations in Spain, and formerly in England and Scotland. The format of most of the chain's stores in Ireland involves a grocery supermarket operating alongside a clothing/textiles store, although some stores contain only textiles and some contain only a supermarket. The grocery side of the business does not operate outside of Ireland, save for a limited grocery range in the Spanish stores. The larger stores usually contain a café branded as either Café Sol, Dunnes Stores Café or Baxter & Greene Market Café.
Dunnes Stores' original own brand of groceries was sold under the St Bernard brand introduced in 1956, becoming an Irish household name, but was rebranded as My Family Favourites in 2013.
The main domestic competitors in the supermarket business are Tesco, SuperValu, Lidl and Aldi. For many years, Dunnes Stores has maintained a top-three market share in Ireland's grocery market, alongside SuperValu and Tesco. Combined, these three supermarket chains account for approximately 70% of Ireland's grocery market.
In clothing, their rivals include Penneys and Marks and Spencer. Dunnes collaborate for many clothing/home wares collections from a number of Irish designers such as Paul Costelloe, Padraic Harrington, Carolyn Donnelly, Lennon Courtney and new clothing from Paul Galvin. They also sell in-house clothings brands such as Savida and Gallery, along with their own Dunnes Stores brand of clothing.
Foyleside Shopping Centre, Orchard St, Londonderry, County Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 6XY
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,marginalised,Loyalist,communities,community,town,village,Main street,flags,in,1874,erected,by,busy,people,visitors,BT57,Market Square,62 Main St,Bushmills,County Antrim,UK,BT57 8QA,home,of,Irish,Whiskey
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CFF - Bushmills (From Irish Muileann na Buaise) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,295 in the 2011 Census.[3] It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and 9 miles (14 km) from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century. It is home to the Old Bushmills Distillery, which produces Irish whiskey, and is near the Giant's Causeway.
Bushmills in the early 20th century
Demography
Bushmills is classified as a village (population 1,000“2,499) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,295 people living in Bushmills. Of these:
20.39% were under 16 years old and 21.47% were aged 65 and above
46.64% of the population were male and 53.36% were female
and
3.47% were from a Catholic community background and 92.90% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community background.
Places of interest
The village is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery. The distillery's products include the Bushmills Original and Black Bush blends, as well as the 10-, 12-, 16-, and 21-year-old Bushmills Single Malts. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of distilling starting in the area the distillery released a unique whiskey called the 1608 which included crystal malt. The distillery draws its water, not from the River Bush itself, but from a tributary known as Saint Columbs Rill.
Market Square, 62 Main St, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8QA
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,maintenance,council,housing,communities,community,repair,service,quality,BT57,Riverside Court,Bushmills,UK,line,home,KPI,KPIs,performance,backlog,response times,investment,contractor,Irish,NIHE,portal,my,tenants,Grainia Long,marginalised,Loyalist,waiting list
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CKK - The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is the public housing authority for Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest social housing landlord, and the enforcing authority for those parts of housing orders that involve houses with multiple occupants, houses that are unfit, and housing conditions. The NIHE employed 2,865 persons as of 31 March 2020
Prior to the establishment of the Housing Executive, public housing in Northern Ireland was managed primarily by local councils. Only ratepayers and their spouses could vote in council elections - sub-tenants, lodgers, and adults living with their parents could not - so allocation of housing was distorted for political ends. This largely took the form of discrimination against Catholics to ensure Unionist control of councils, opposition to which was a major plank of the Northern Ireland civil rights movement of the late 1960s. Following civil disturbances in 1968“69, a commission appointed by the Northern Ireland government and led by Lord Cameron found that grievances concerning housing were the first general cause of the disorders which it investigated. Lord Cameron's report concluded:
A rising sense of continuing injustice and grievance among large sections of the Catholic population in Northern Ireland, in particular in Derry and Dungannon, in respect of (i) inadequacy of housing provision by certain local authorities (ii) unfair methods of allocation of houses built and let by such authorities, in particular
refusals and omissions to adopt a 'points' system in determining priorities and making allocations (iii) misuse in certain cases of discretionary powers of allocation of houses in order to perpetuate Unionist control of the local authority
The Housing Executive was established by the Housing Executive Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. A single all-purpose housing authority for Northern Ireland had been advocated as early as 1964 by the Northern Ireland Labour Party
Riverside Ct, Bushmills, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8SF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,maintenance,council,housing,communities,community,repair,service,quality,BT57,Riverside Court,Bushmills,UK,BT57 8SF,line,home,KPI,KPIs,performance,backlog,response times,investment,contractor,Irish,NIHE,portal,my,tenants,Grainia Long,marginalised,Loyalist,social homes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CKR - The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is the public housing authority for Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest social housing landlord, and the enforcing authority for those parts of housing orders that involve houses with multiple occupants, houses that are unfit, and housing conditions. The NIHE employed 2,865 persons as of 31 March 2020
Prior to the establishment of the Housing Executive, public housing in Northern Ireland was managed primarily by local councils. Only ratepayers and their spouses could vote in council elections - sub-tenants, lodgers, and adults living with their parents could not - so allocation of housing was distorted for political ends. This largely took the form of discrimination against Catholics to ensure Unionist control of councils, opposition to which was a major plank of the Northern Ireland civil rights movement of the late 1960s. Following civil disturbances in 1968“69, a commission appointed by the Northern Ireland government and led by Lord Cameron found that grievances concerning housing were the first general cause of the disorders which it investigated. Lord Cameron's report concluded:
A rising sense of continuing injustice and grievance among large sections of the Catholic population in Northern Ireland, in particular in Derry and Dungannon, in respect of (i) inadequacy of housing provision by certain local authorities (ii) unfair methods of allocation of houses built and let by such authorities, in particular
refusals and omissions to adopt a 'points' system in determining priorities and making allocations (iii) misuse in certain cases of discretionary powers of allocation of houses in order to perpetuate Unionist control of the local authority
The Housing Executive was established by the Housing Executive Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. A single all-purpose housing authority for Northern Ireland had been advocated as early as 1964 by the Northern Ireland Labour Party
Riverside Ct, Bushmills, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8SF
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT2T - . Photographed at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK - towns & ares listed - UVF, U.V.F. , Fourstep Volunteers, 1st B in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is UVF flag, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK - UVF, U.V.F. , Fourstep Volunteers, 1st Belfast Battalion, Shankill, Woodvale flag. The setting additionally reflects national emblem, roadside transit, public transport information, roadside stop, passenger transport, national flag display, street-level symbolism, civic identity, national symbolism, everyday life, local character, transport accessibility, documentary photography, and before-and-after reference. From a 2025-onward perspective, social division and public display are closely linked to this subject, alongside the distinction between everyday patriotism and more contentious uses of national imagery. The wider contemporary story combines bus service funding, integrated transport and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK - towns & ares listed - UVF, U.V.F. , Fourstep Volunteers, 1st B may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes flag culture, local history, public transport stop, visual archive, local mobility, St George's Cross, changing streetscape, and historical comparison. Elements such as Fourstep, Belfast, Shankill, Ireland, and Volunteers add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The image fixes period character before later change alters the scene.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK - towns & ares listed - UVF, U.V.F. , Fourstep Volunteers, 1st B
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,band,bagpipe,tartan,Ireland,patron,pipers,piping,musicians,music,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE6M6 - . Recorded at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. Another layer of the photograph includes community identity, changing land use, Irish community culture, regional identity, Irish heritage, Irish-British history, diaspora celebration, Irish social history, public commemoration, local history, civic procession, contemporary social history, social history, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines migration, diaspora identity and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, Irish cultural identity, historical comparison, documentary photography, place identity, public realm, archival record, and everyday life. Details involving Irish, memorial, Community, parade, and local make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is migration and how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns without losing the local specificity of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. The image fixes details of everyday use for later comparison.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,dressed,as,green,speech,speeches,councillor,Cllr,Ireland,patron,NI troubles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE6YC - . Made at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The photograph centres on St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, period detail, public commemoration, contemporary social history, local character, everyday life, Irish diaspora, place identity, Irish heritage, archival record, changing streetscape, Irish-British history, St Patrick's Day tradition, and Irish social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by cross-community relations, community cohesion and the continuing question of how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns. Future viewers can use this scene from 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include historical comparison, Irish community culture, public realm, documentary photography, changing land use, visual archive, civic procession, and local history. The recorded references to Bridge, local, Irish, memorial, and bombing preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate cross-community relations and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence within the real-world context of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,dressed,as,in,green,speech,speeches,councillor,Cllr,Ireland,patron
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE6YG - . Recorded at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is St Patricks Day parade 2023, by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. A broader reading of the photograph includes Irish community culture, Irish cultural identity, Irish social history, contemporary social history, Irish-British history, changing streetscape, public realm, diaspora celebration, community identity, civic procession, changing land use, place identity, St Patrick's Day tradition, and regional identity. Current relevance extends to migration and public remembrance, particularly through the role of annual parades in maintaining community identity. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes everyday life, public commemoration, archival record, local history, local character, Irish heritage, documentary photography, and visual archive. References to Patricks, Community, parade, Irish, and Bridge give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to migration and the role of annual parades in maintaining community identity when considered against later change at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,dressed,as,in,green,speech,speeches,councillor,Cllr,Ireland,patron
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE700 - . An on-location photograph from 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. Another layer of the photograph includes Irish cultural identity, period detail, Irish diaspora, local character, documentary photography, Irish social history, civic procession, historical comparison, local history, diaspora celebration, Irish heritage, visual archive, St Patrick's Day tradition, and everyday life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with cross-community relations, security history and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life. As a dated visual record of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include public commemoration, Irish-British history, before-and-after reference, archival record, community identity, public realm, regional identity, and changing streetscape. References to local, bombing, memorial, Bridge, and Patricks give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to cross-community relations and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life within the real-world context of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,band,bagpipe,tartan,Ireland,patron,pipers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE73A - . This location-specific image from 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. The wider scene also brings together Irish-British history, Irish community culture, diaspora celebration, Irish heritage, local character, changing land use, Irish diaspora, historical comparison, contemporary social history, public realm, documentary photography, St Patrick's Day tradition, before-and-after reference, and everyday life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with community cohesion, tourism and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. As a dated visual record of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes period detail, local history, regional identity, Irish social history, public commemoration, Irish cultural identity, community identity, and changing streetscape. References to local, memorial, Patricks, Irish, and bombing give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects community cohesion and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life when considered against later change at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,band,bagpipe,tartan,Ireland,patron,WA1 2QW,piper,piping,plays,playing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE73E - . This dated editorial view of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. The image also relates to civic procession, local history, local character, changing streetscape, archival record, Irish diaspora, place identity, contemporary social history, historical comparison, changing land use, Irish social history, Irish-British history, public realm, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public remembrance, tourism and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. Small period details of building condition and alterations at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. Other useful contextual ideas include Irish cultural identity, Irish heritage, St Patrick's Day tradition, Irish community culture, regional identity, everyday life, documentary photography, and community identity. References to local, Patricks, memorial, bombing, and parade give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is public remembrance and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life as part of the longer story of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use for future local research.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,of,Ireland,patron,WA1 2QW,green,robes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE73H - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. Further facets of the scene include historical comparison, visual archive, period detail, community identity, public realm, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, local character, place identity, everyday life, Irish community culture, local history, St Patrick's Day tradition, and documentary photography. Current relevance extends to community cohesion and security history, particularly through the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include social history, Irish diaspora, diaspora celebration, archival record, contemporary social history, regional identity, civic procession, and public commemoration. The combination of Community, memorial, Irish, Bridge, and Patricks anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is community cohesion and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence without losing the local specificity of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2PBE73H.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE775 - . This location-specific image from 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. Further facets of the scene include changing streetscape, public commemoration, historical comparison, Irish heritage, civic procession, changing land use, local character, contemporary social history, place identity, documentary photography, public realm, Irish-British history, before-and-after reference, and social history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into security history and cultural celebration, not least because of how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. Other useful contextual ideas include Irish cultural identity, St Patrick's Day tradition, everyday life, diaspora celebration, Irish diaspora, regional identity, local history, and visual archive. References to parade, Community, Patricks, Bridge, and memorial give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate security history and how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns when considered against later change at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,dressed,as,in,green,Ireland,patron,smile,smiling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE77D - . Photographed at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. The frame also records themes of Irish community culture, local history, changing land use, community identity, everyday life, archival record, public commemoration, Irish cultural identity, regional identity, civic procession, diaspora celebration, contemporary social history, Irish heritage, and place identity. For current editorial use, tourism and public remembrance provide additional context, especially through how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The subject also sits alongside documentary photography, visual archive, local character, changing streetscape, Irish-British history, before-and-after reference, public realm, and Irish social history. Details involving bombing, Bridge, Patricks, parade, and local make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects tourism and the role of annual parades in maintaining community identity as part of the longer story of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. The record includes a trace of local identity within the wider story of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bomb,terrorist,St,Paddy,celebration,remembrance,saint,march,parade,2023,by,the,local,Irish,Community,river of life,artwork,fountain,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,to,IRA,bombing,memorial,flag,Ireland,patron,carry,carries,WA1 2QW,St Patrick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE7B4 - . This location-specific image from 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. Further facets of the scene include St Patrick's Day tradition, regional identity, community identity, Irish-British history, place identity, Irish community culture, visual archive, social history, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, archival record, diaspora celebration, local character, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with cultural celebration, public remembrance and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW before new ownership alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes public commemoration, period detail, civic procession, public realm, Irish heritage, Irish cultural identity, before-and-after reference, and everyday life. Details involving parade, Patricks, bombing, memorial, and Irish make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is cultural celebration and the role of annual parades in maintaining community identity within the specific setting of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2PBE7B4.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE7DR - . This dated editorial view of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is St Patricks Day parade 2023 by the local Irish Community, Bridge Street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to the IRA bombing memorial. Further facets of the scene include contemporary social history, public realm, public commemoration, Irish heritage, Irish cultural identity, Irish community culture, community identity, civic procession, documentary photography, place identity, local character, Irish diaspora, Irish-British history, and social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of migration, diaspora identity and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW, details that may look very different after new ownership. Other useful contextual ideas include Irish social history, archival record, local history, everyday life, historical comparison, diaspora celebration, St Patrick's Day tradition, and regional identity. Details involving memorial, Patricks, Bridge, local, and parade make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to migration and how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns within the real-world context of 16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW. The photograph keeps period character before later change alters the scene.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,boxing,club,Upper Dorset Street,Dublin,at,the,boxer,hope,support,R132,Inns Quay,organisation,gloves,St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy,boxers,catholic,religion,religious,painting,Olympic,Boxing Academy,Irish,youth,culture,community,clubs,glove,Saviours,competitive,physical,fitness
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JFE - . An on-location photograph from Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is St Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy,Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. Another layer of the photograph includes traditional materials, social history, historic townscape, regional identity, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, community identity, historical comparison, historic streetscape, contemporary social history, everyday life, architectural detailing, visual archive, and public realm. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance, tourism and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. The image fixes local activity and public use within Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. Other useful contextual ideas include urban fabric, period building, local history, adaptive reuse, archival record, changing land use, conservation architecture, and local character. Details involving Upper, Dorset, Ireland, Olympic, and Firestation make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects maintenance and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use when considered against later change at Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. Image 2M84JFE also remains a dated record of Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland.
Old Firestation, Dorset Street Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Eire,Irish,shop,tourist,tourists,retail,souvenirs,arcade,arcades,markets,business,boutique,emporium,mall,indoor,informal,relaxed,relaxing,local,community,quaint,retailers,old-fashioned,old fashioned,Georges Street,inside,interior,indoors,enclosed,trader,traders,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJKE - . A grounded documentary photograph made at George's Street Arcade, South Great George's Street, Dublin, Eire in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Shoppers at George's Street Arcade, South Great George's Street, Dublin, Eire. Other connected aspects include before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar business, regional identity, regional food identity, archival record, commercial streetscape, documentary photography, place identity, destination shopping, commercial frontage, tourist town economy, visual archive, regional branding, and social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of online shopping, consumer spending and how physical shops adapt to online competition. For current editorial use, visitor footfall and seasonality provide additional context, especially through how regional food and gift shops turn place identity into retail. Small period details of local activity and public use at George's Street Arcade, South Great George's Street, Dublin, Eire may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The photograph additionally reflects town-centre economy, street-level trading, local history, local enterprise, customer footfall, everyday life, community identity, and consumer retail. References to Arcade, George's, Dublin, and Shoppers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at George's Street Arcade, South Great George's Street, Dublin, Eire helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of online shopping and how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use as part of the longer story of George's Street Arcade, South Great George's Street, Dublin, Eire.
George's Street Arcade, South Great George's Street, Dublin, Eire
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM13X - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RN1 - St Benedict,Catholic Church,Orford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK is a useful documentary subject because it fixes a recognisable place, object or activity in its real setting rather than presenting it as a staged illustration. St Benedict's Catholic Church in Orford is a local religious landmark, part of the everyday social and spiritual infrastructure of Warrington rather than a grand tourist set piece. The scene can illustrate parish life, Catholic heritage, community facilities, post-war urban neighbourhoods, local identity and the role of faith buildings as anchors for services, memory and gathering. The location detail, Warrington, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include church architecture, religious building, parish church and community landmark, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It would suit newspaper, magazine, web, council, transport, heritage, housing, retail, travel or social-commentary use where a believable, unpolished view of real life is more valuable than a generic illustration.
St Benedict's R C Church, Rhodes Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDPM46 - Memorial Title:
Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)
Commemorating:
IRA members killed during the conflict also civilians killed
also deceased ex-prisoners.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
January
Description:
Medium sized garden
series of monuments and plaques. Large number of names listed on the plaques.
Inscription(s):
Numerous inscriptions on panels around the garden and on the central memorial wall.
Just a line
Location Address:
Falls Road, Falls, Belfast West,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
BT12 ??
Location Guide:
Close to, and opposite to, the junction of Falls Road and Conway Street.
Map Grid Ref:
IJ325742
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 332543, Y: 374213
Previous Location:
Just a line
Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, IRA
Physical Type:
Memorial Garden
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite, Plants, Hard Landscaping
Setting:
Garden
Access:
Private Unrestricted (gate usually open)
Post Unveiling:
Commissioned By:
Falls Cultural Society
Junction Falls Road / Conway Street,West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDPM4J - Memorial Title:
Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)
Commemorating:
IRA members killed during the conflict also civilians killed
also deceased ex-prisoners.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
January
Description:
Medium sized garden
series of monuments and plaques. Large number of names listed on the plaques.
Inscription(s):
Numerous inscriptions on panels around the garden and on the central memorial wall.
Just a line
Location Address:
Falls Road, Falls, Belfast West,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
BT12 ??
Location Guide:
Close to, and opposite to, the junction of Falls Road and Conway Street.
Map Grid Ref:
IJ325742
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 332543, Y: 374213
Previous Location:
Just a line
Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, IRA
Physical Type:
Memorial Garden
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite, Plants, Hard Landscaping
Setting:
Garden
Access:
Private Unrestricted (gate usually open)
Post Unveiling:
Commissioned By:
Falls Cultural Society
Junction Falls Road / Conway Street,West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDPMAF - Memorial Title:
Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)
Commemorating:
IRA members killed during the conflict also civilians killed
also deceased ex-prisoners.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
January
Description:
Medium sized garden
series of monuments and plaques. Large number of names listed on the plaques.
Inscription(s):
Numerous inscriptions on panels around the garden and on the central memorial wall.
Just a line
Location Address:
Falls Road, Falls, Belfast West,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
BT12 ??
Location Guide:
Close to, and opposite to, the junction of Falls Road and Conway Street.
Map Grid Ref:
IJ325742
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 332543, Y: 374213
Previous Location:
Just a line
Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, IRA
Physical Type:
Memorial Garden
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite, Plants, Hard Landscaping
Setting:
Garden
Access:
Private Unrestricted (gate usually open)
Post Unveiling:
Commissioned By:
Falls Cultural Society
Junction Falls Road / Conway Street,West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
Description
Keywords: Falls,Road,rd,Garden,of,remembrance,IRA,members,deceased,West,Belfast,NI,UK,Falls,Cultural,Society,memorial,emotional,memorial,memory,of,republican,volunteers,vols,hero,heroes,cross,crucifix,Falls Cultural Society,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,community,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDPMAY - Memorial Title:
Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)
Commemorating:
IRA members killed during the conflict also civilians killed
also deceased ex-prisoners.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
January
Description:
Medium sized garden
series of monuments and plaques. Large number of names listed on the plaques.
Inscription(s):
Numerous inscriptions on panels around the garden and on the central memorial wall.
Just a line
Location Address:
Falls Road, Falls, Belfast West,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
BT12 ??
Location Guide:
Close to, and opposite to, the junction of Falls Road and Conway Street.
Map Grid Ref:
IJ325742
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 332543, Y: 374213
Previous Location:
Just a line
Nature:
Paramilitary, Republican, IRA
Physical Type:
Memorial Garden
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite, Plants, Hard Landscaping
Setting:
Garden
Access:
Private Unrestricted (gate usually open)
Post Unveiling:
Commissioned By:
Falls Cultural Society
Junction Falls Road / Conway Street,West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
Description
Keywords: Unionist,British,Shankil,rd,painting,art,artist,martyr,fighter,para,paramilitary,soldier,wall,gable,end,gable end,community,protestant,Shankill Road Mural,West,West Belfast,NI,Northern Ireland,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,unionism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,democratic Unionist,red hand,of Ulster,Red Hand Of Ulster,Shankill,Rd,road,Shankill Road,streets of Belfast,protestant,religion,intolerance,prejudice,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW12C - . This authentic period view of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Shankill Road Mural -Lest we Forget, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include memorial culture, memorial stone, graveyard heritage, visual archive, social history, stencil art, historic commemoration, street creativity, public realm, before-and-after reference, public monument, historical comparison, creative placemaking, and place identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into gentrification and local identity, not least because of how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, genealogy and the continuing question of the conservation challenge posed by weathered historic stone and lettering. Future viewers can use this scene from Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside street-level design, local history, everyday life, mural culture, period detail, temporary artwork, community memory, and archival record. The recorded references to Mural, -Lest, Shankill, Northern, and Belfast preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of gentrification and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art within the specific setting of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW12K - . An on-location photograph from Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Shankill Road Mural -Lest we Forget, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The surrounding context encompasses changing streetscape, graveyard heritage, historical comparison, contemporary social history, stencil art, before-and-after reference, commemorative text, local history, mural culture, graffiti heritage, memorial stone, creative placemaking, public realm, and changing land use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with temporary works, graffiti policy and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local history, bereavement and how public monuments become focal points for collective memory. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, details that may look very different after new construction. The wider setting retains connections with urban graphics, mortality symbolism, regional identity, local character, historic commemoration, street-level design, visual archive, and period detail. Details involving Shankill, Mural, Ireland, Forget, and -Lest make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW12R - . Made at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Shankill Road Mural -Long To Rein Over Us, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKUnion flags at. Other connected aspects include residential flag display, patriotic symbolism, creative placemaking, street-level symbolism, everyday life, before-and-after reference, national flag display, documentary photography, archival record, visual archive, flag culture, local history, community identity, and civic identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of community cohesion, patriotism and the way familiar symbols acquire different meanings during major events. For current editorial use, creative districts and tourism provide additional context, especially through how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, public expression of identity, place identity, visual street culture, regional identity, street creativity, contemporary social history, and urban artwork. References to UKUnion, Mural, Northern, Belfast, and flags give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history for future local research. The record includes details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW130 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Shankill Road Mural -Queen Long To Rein Over Us, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke stencil art, archival record, public realm, before-and-after reference, community identity, public-realm art, visual archive, local mobility, roadside stop, visual street culture, bus infrastructure, local bus network, everyday life, and contemporary mural. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public art, gentrification and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. For current editorial use, local connectivity and integrated transport provide additional context, especially through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. As a dated visual record of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside place identity, street creativity, public transport information, changing land use, graffiti heritage, mural culture, regional identity, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Shankill, Belfast, Northern, -Queen, and Mural add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image HEW130.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW170 - . Recorded at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Shankill Road Mural -90 years of resistance, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, with boy kicking football. The subject also carries associations with temporary artwork, stencil art, public transport information, public realm, street-side transport, transport accessibility, visual archive, local character, documentary photography, creative placemaking, roadside transit, visual street culture, contemporary mural, and regional identity. Current relevance extends to regeneration and gentrification, particularly through the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into passenger information and rural transport, not least because of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include historical comparison, bus infrastructure, mural culture, contemporary social history, urban graphics, roadside stop, street creativity, and everyday life. The combination of resistance, Mural, Ireland, Belfast, and Shankill anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The frame retains period character as a date-specific reference. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1A7 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1G8 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF01E - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF029 - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF02T - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0AB - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0B5 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0B9 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDKY8X - The national flag of Ireland (Irish: bratach na hÉireann) “ frequently referred to as the Irish tricolour (trÃdhathach na hÉireann) “ is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white, and orange.[1][2]
The proportions of the flag are 1:2 (that is to say that, as flown horizontally, the flag is half as high as it is wide). The Irish government has described the symbolism behind each colour as being that green represents the older Gaelic tradition while the orange represents the supporters of William of Orange. The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the 'Orange' and the 'Green'
Falls Road,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDKYE8 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM0EK - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM13G - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Keywords: Northern Ireland,Peace,Wall,Cupar way,West Belfast,Belfast,Irish,art,artworks,artwork,Shankill,Rd,road,photo,polaroid,polaroids,barrier,Berlin wall,Irish history,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,Catholic,republican,Sinn Fein,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army,Belfast catholic community,Irelands Berlin wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM156 - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM17C - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM17W - The peace lines or peace walls are a series of border barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick, and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The most prominent peace lines in the past few years separate the nationalist Falls Road and unionist Shankill Road areas of West Belfast
the Catholic Short Strand from the Protestant Cluan Place areas of East Belfast
and the Protestant Fountain estate and Catholic Bishop Street area of Derry.
In 2008, a public discussion began about how and when the peace lines could be removed. While, on 1 September 2011, Belfast City Council agreed to develop a strategy regarding the removal of peace walls, a study was released in 2012 indicating that 69% of residents believe that the peace walls are still necessary because of potential violence. At the end of 2011, several local community initiatives resulted in the opening of a number of interface structures for a trial period.
In January 2012, the International Fund for Ireland launched a Peace Walls funding programme to support local communities who want to work towards beginning to remove the peace walls. In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent by 2023.
Cupar way,West Belfast,NI,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWRYT - . This location-specific image from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records The Peoples Army, Shankill Road, West Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK. The setting additionally reflects changing land use, local history, public transport stop, regional identity, passenger transport, changing streetscape, bus route infrastructure, roadside transit, transport accessibility, community identity, social history, period detail, surface public transport, and place identity. For current editorial use, integrated transport and bus service funding provide additional context, especially through the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. As a dated visual record of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include roadside stop, local mobility, local character, archival record, public realm, documentary photography, local bus network, and public transport information. Elements such as Shankill, Northern, Peoples, Belfast, and Ireland add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to integrated transport and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport when considered against later change at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of local connectivity and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT2E - SHANKILL PROTESTANT BOYS FLUTE BAND
The Shankill Protestant Boys Flute Band”or as they are more famously known now”The SPB”were formed in the Shankill area in 1980. The reasons for forming the band were much more than simply establishing another flute band”the Shankill had many at that time. The men behind the formation had other ideas. They wanted to promote and express their Protestant culture and also remember the brave Volunteers and Servicemen who had fought and died during two World Wars”in particular during the Somme offensive”and to remember those in more recent times who perished during the conflict in the war against violent Republicanism.
Sadly many of those who served the band since their beginnings 33 years ago are no longer with us”either passed away or in many instances murdered. However of the original founders around ten remain. Some, remarkably are still marching while others retain honorary membership. Gary Lenaghan”The Hunters”Harold Reynolds-The Young's”The Freel's”John McQuade”Derek Mawhinney”The Finlay's were all there at the start and remain heavily involved today.
The SPB were the first flute band to receive and carry the colours of the 1st Battalion of the Ulster Volunteer Force”in 1982”and to this day carry those colours with pride and dignity. It is a commonly known fact that these colours are carried on ALL occasions”at no time are they excluded”and in the past this has caused some difficulties”with both the Police and indeed with certain sections of the Loyal Orders. At one stage during the Eighties the band came into conflict with the Scottish Orange Institution which forced the band off the road because of their refusal to parade without their beloved colours. Since then the SPB have not walked in Scotland with the Orange.
Around the same time and with the concept of the Supergrass system being implemented the band became heavily involved with Families For Legal Rights. For ma
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT54 - . Made at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through UFF Unionist mural, off Glenwood St/Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK - A Company battalion. Other connected aspects include historical comparison, social history, local history, street-side transport, local bus network, changing streetscape, public art, contemporary social history, local mobility, regional identity, urban graphics, documentary photography, bus route infrastructure, and creative placemaking. Current relevance extends to regeneration and creative districts, particularly through how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into rural transport and passenger information, not least because of the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Future viewers can use this scene from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with community identity, transport accessibility, visual archive, urban artwork, roadside transit, archival record, mural culture, and place identity. The combination of Unionist, Shankill, Ireland, Northern, and battalion anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate regeneration and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture within the specific setting of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWT6A - . This dated editorial view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The main point of reference is Ulster Volunteers Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The setting additionally reflects roadside transit, graffiti heritage, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, urban artwork, street creativity, social history, roadside stop, public transport information, creative placemaking, public transport stop, historical comparison, documentary photography, and local bus network. Today's relevance is strengthened by local identity, temporary works and the continuing question of how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. From a 2025-onward perspective, integrated transport and rural transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, details that may look very different after conservation work. The location also brings in period detail, urban graphics, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, street-level design, community identity, passenger transport, and stencil art. The recorded references to Northern, Shankill, Ireland, mural, and Belfast preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWTFT - James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile
5 June 1868 “ 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World.
He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of his day. He also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
in 1910 he was right-hand man to fellow-syndicalist James Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He stood twice for the Wood Quay ward of Dublin Corporation but was unsuccessful. His name, and those of his family, appears in the 1911 Census of Ireland - his occupation is listed as National Organiser Socialist Party
In 1913, in response to the Lockout, he, along with an ex-British officer, Jack White, founded the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), an armed and well-trained body of labour men whose aim was to defend workers and strikers, particularly from the frequent brutality of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation. He also founded the Irish Labour Party as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1912 and was a member of its National Executive. Around this time he met Winifred Carney in Belfast, who became his secretary and would later accompany him during the Easter Rising.
Connolly was sentenced to death by firing squad for his part in the rising. On 12 May 1916 he was taken by military ambulance to Royal Hospital Kilmainham, across the road from Kilmainham Gaol, and from there taken to the gaol, where he was to be executed. Visited by his wife, and asking about public opinion, he commented, They will all forget that I am an Irishman
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWTK0 - James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile
5 June 1868 “ 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World.
He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of his day. He also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
in 1910 he was right-hand man to fellow-syndicalist James Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He stood twice for the Wood Quay ward of Dublin Corporation but was unsuccessful. His name, and those of his family, appears in the 1911 Census of Ireland - his occupation is listed as National Organiser Socialist Party
In 1913, in response to the Lockout, he, along with an ex-British officer, Jack White, founded the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), an armed and well-trained body of labour men whose aim was to defend workers and strikers, particularly from the frequent brutality of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation. He also founded the Irish Labour Party as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1912 and was a member of its National Executive. Around this time he met Winifred Carney in Belfast, who became his secretary and would later accompany him during the Easter Rising.
Connolly was sentenced to death by firing squad for his part in the rising. On 12 May 1916 he was taken by military ambulance to Royal Hospital Kilmainham, across the road from Kilmainham Gaol, and from there taken to the gaol, where he was to be executed. Visited by his wife, and asking about public opinion, he commented, They will all forget that I am an Irishman
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWTNH - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RN5 - . St Benedict,Catholic Church,Orford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at St Benedict's R C Church, Rhodes Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7QE. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Benedict, Catholic, Church, Orford, Warrington, Ches, Rhodes Street, St Benedicts, Cheshire and religion, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
St Benedict's R C Church, Rhodes Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXC - . This scene at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2011 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is UFF Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK - UDA / UFF. The setting additionally reflects local character, public-realm art, regional identity, visual street culture, street-level design, changing land use, transport accessibility, public realm, urban graphics, local bus network, documentary photography, roadside stop, everyday life, and public art. From a 2025-onward perspective, temporary works and creative districts are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. The wider contemporary story combines local connectivity, reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. As a dated visual record of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects temporary artwork, contemporary social history, historical comparison, passenger transport, changing streetscape, urban artwork, local history, and community identity. Details involving Shankill, Unionist, Northern, Ireland, and mural make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate temporary works and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Keywords: Ulster,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighter,fighting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Shankill,Rd,Road,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army,Shankill Road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXN - . This authentic period view of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2011 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The photograph centres on UFF Unionist mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The subject also carries associations with community identity, regional identity, passenger transport, local history, creative placemaking, temporary artwork, surface public transport, public transport information, street-side transport, changing streetscape, street-level design, bus infrastructure, historical comparison, and mural culture. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into gentrification and graffiti policy, not least because of how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Today's relevance is strengthened by local connectivity, rural transport and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside local mobility, changing land use, stencil art, graffiti heritage, public transport stop, period detail, transport accessibility, and local bus network. The combination of Northern, Belfast, Ireland, Unionist, and Shankill anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is gentrification and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture within the specific setting of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The scene captures a trace of local identity for future local research.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Keywords: Sandy Row,Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,SandyRow,Sandy,Row,Protestant,Community,Royalist,British,Citizen,citizens,street,st,streets,south,residential,residents,UDA,Orange,order,South Belfast,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Rangers,freedomfighters,Carrs,Row,brigade,gun,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army,South Belfast,orange Order,Freedom Fighters,Boyne Bridge,Saltwater Bridge,Orange Hall,Carrs Row,loyalist community,UDA South Belfast Brigade
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KXY - Sandy Row is a street in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It lends its name to the surrounding residential community, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. The Sandy Row area had a population of 2,153 in 2001.[1][2] It is a staunchly loyalist area of Belfast, being a traditional heartland for affiliation with the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Orange Order.
Sandy row, South Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KY4 - Sandy Row is a street in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It lends its name to the surrounding residential community, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. The Sandy Row area had a population of 2,153 in 2001.[1][2] It is a staunchly loyalist area of Belfast, being a traditional heartland for affiliation with the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Orange Order.
Sandy row, South Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEFDC - The Shankill Road is one of the main roads leading through west Belfast, Northern Ireland. It runs through the predominantly loyalist working class area known as the Shankill. The road stretches westwards for about 2.4 km (1.5 mi) from central Belfast and is lined, to an extent, by shops. The residents live in the many streets which branch off the main road. The area along the Shankill Road forms part of Court district electoral area.
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEFDR - The Bayardo Bar attack took place on 13 August 1975 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A unit of the Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade, led by Brendan McFarlane, launched a bombing and shooting attack on the pub on Aberdeen Street (off the loyalist Shankill Road), which was frequented by Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) members as well as civilians. Four Protestant civilians and one UVF member were killed.
According to journalists Alan Murray and Peter Taylor, it was retaliation for the Miami Showband massacre almost a fortnight earlier, when the popular Dublin-based band were ambushed by the UVF at a bogus military checkpoint. Three band members were shot dead by the UVF gunmen after their minibus was blown up in a premature explosion.
McFarlane and two other IRA volunteers, Peter Skeet Hamilton and Seamus Clarke, were sentenced to life imprisonment for perpetrating the Bayardo attack.
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEFE7 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW138 - . An on-location photograph from Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2005, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Shankill Road Mural -2nd Batt UFF UDA Simply The Best, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke public-realm art, street-level design, community identity, historical comparison, regional identity, visual archive, street creativity, stencil art, public realm, public transport stop, visual street culture, street-side transport, social history, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, public art and tourism are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. The wider contemporary story combines accessibility, decarbonisation and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. Future viewers can use this scene from Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new ownership. Other useful contextual ideas include passenger transport, bus route infrastructure, graffiti heritage, roadside stop, period detail, bus infrastructure, contemporary mural, and roadside transit. References to Mural, Northern, Shankill, Simply, and Belfast give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects public art and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity when considered against later change at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0AN - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. 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. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RN3 - St Benedict,Catholic Church,Orford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK has immediate editorial value because the subject is specific, place-based and connected to everyday public life, leisure, work, travel or consumption. St Benedict's Catholic Church in Orford is a local religious landmark, part of the everyday social and spiritual infrastructure of Warrington rather than a grand tourist set piece. The scene can illustrate parish life, Catholic heritage, community facilities, post-war urban neighbourhoods, local identity and the role of faith buildings as anchors for services, memory and gathering. The location detail, Warrington, adds editorial confidence for captions, archives and picture research where a named street, town or city is needed. The scene is also useful for background context around church architecture, religious building, parish church, community landmark, particularly where the article needs an everyday example readers can recognise. Words such as benedict,catholic, church,orford,warrington,cheshire,england,uk should help the scene surface in searches for both the literal subject and the wider issues around it.
St Benedict's R C Church, Rhodes Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7QE
