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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW127 - . An identifiable period record of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The image documents Shankill Road Mural -Lest we Forget, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into creative placemaking, visual archive, urban graphics, historic commemoration, archival record, urban artwork, graffiti heritage, epitaph, memorial stone, documentary photography, funerary heritage, stencil art, before-and-after reference, and public art. Current relevance extends to public art and temporary works, particularly through the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into genealogy and public commemoration, not least because of the conservation challenge posed by weathered historic stone and lettering. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include public-realm art, contemporary mural, street creativity, community identity, memorial culture, community memory, changing streetscape, and regional identity. The combination of Belfast, -Lest, Shankill, Northern, and Mural anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. 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. A further contemporary connection is public art and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of 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 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
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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,brick,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 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
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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
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW13J - . This scene at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 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 subject captured here is Shankill Road Mural -2nd Batt UFF UDA Simply The Best, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke urban graphics, visual street culture, creative placemaking, visual archive, street-level design, surface public transport, public-realm art, local history, urban artwork, contemporary mural, street creativity, passenger transport, bus route infrastructure, and community identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with creative districts, graffiti policy and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The modern context includes continuing discussion of passenger information, local connectivity and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects roadside transit, local mobility, public transport stop, roadside stop, changing land use, public realm, transport accessibility, and historical comparison. The recorded references to Northern, Ireland, Belfast, Mural, and Simply preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. 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. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of 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 HEW141 - . Photographed at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK 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 defining feature is Shankill Road Mural -2nd Batt UFF UDA Simply The Best, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include documentary photography, graffiti heritage, visual street culture, local mobility, public transport stop, street-level design, before-and-after reference, social history, roadside stop, local character, historical comparison, contemporary social history, roadside transit, and bus infrastructure. For current editorial use, gentrification and regeneration provide additional context, especially through how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Current relevance extends to accessibility and rural transport, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The subject also sits alongside transport accessibility, public art, mural culture, visual archive, public transport information, passenger transport, temporary artwork, and place identity. Details involving Northern, Mural, Belfast, Shankill, and Ireland 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. The record includes period character for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image HEW141.
Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW14C - . This location-specific image from Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows Shankill Road Mural -30 years of Slaughter, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include changing streetscape, documentary photography, mural culture, local mobility, place identity, street-level design, bus route infrastructure, period detail, graffiti heritage, historical comparison, creative placemaking, contemporary mural, street creativity, and public art. From a 2025-onward perspective, local identity and temporary works are closely linked to this subject, alongside how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. The wider contemporary story combines rural transport, local connectivity and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The image fixes local activity and public use within Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. A second descriptive layer includes archival record, public realm, changing land use, stencil art, public transport information, visual archive, social history, and passenger transport. References to Northern, Mural, Ireland, years, 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. Another useful connection is local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti 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 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 HEW18C - . This dated editorial view of Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Shankill Road Mural -For God for Ulster, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include surface public transport, passenger transport, local mobility, street-side transport, public-realm art, everyday life, bus infrastructure, creative placemaking, before-and-after reference, roadside transit, visual street culture, street creativity, community identity, and local character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of regeneration, public art and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. For current editorial use, accessibility and passenger information provide additional context, especially through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Shankill Road,West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK before conservation work alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes place identity, mural culture, changing streetscape, graffiti heritage, documentary photography, stencil art, contemporary social history, and public transport stop. References to Mural, Northern, Shankill, Belfast, and Ulster give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. 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. Its period value extends to regeneration and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 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 HEEF9E - 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. 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 is situated in south Belfast, beginning at the edge of the city centre, close to the Europa Hotel. The road runs south from the Boyne Bridge (formerly the Saltwater Bridge) over the old Dublin railway line beside Great Victoria Street station, then crosses the Donegall Road and ends at the bottom of the Lisburn Road. At the north end of the road was the famous Murray's tobacco factory, which was first opened in 1810, while at the other is a large Orange hall.
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEFED - 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 HEEFEJ - 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 HEEFF2 - 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 HEEG4C - 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 HEEG4D - 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 HEEG4E - 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 HEEG4F - 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 HEEG4G - 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 HEEG4H - 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 HEEG4J - 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 HEEG4K - 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 HEEG5H - 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
