@IREmurals

Photography & non-partizan commentary on murals in Ireland. “The Writing on the Wall: A Visual History of the Troubles” (2015). Working on new book.

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I've picked up a few new followers in the past week or so, so I'll write a bit about the ethos behind this Twitter feed in the thread below. You'll get a selection of photos too. Feel free to retweet (1/12)
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Brian Robinson of the Shankill UVF was shot dead by an undercover British Army unit on 2 Sept 1989 after he had himself shot dead Patrick McKenna, a Catholic from Ardoyne. One of the few “shoot-to-kill” cases involving a loyalist. Allegations of collusion persist. This photo 2023
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Mickey Devine was a volunteer with the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) from Derry. In 1977, he was arrested and convicted of the theft of rifles, shotguns and ammunition and sentenced to 12 years in prison. This photo Derry 2025 (1/3)
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In HMP Maze, Devine joined others in a hunger strike for 'the five demands' (the right not to wear a uniform and to not do prison work, free association, the right to visits, letters and parcels and the restoration of remission lost through process). This photo Derry 2025 (2/3)
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On 20 Aug 1981, Devine was the last of ten hunger strikers to die, after 60 days on hunger strike. On the same day, Owen Carron, the election agent of Bobby Sands MP who had died earlier, won a by-election as an Anti-H Block candidate. This photo Belfast 2014.
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John McMichael was one of the UDA’s most politically significant figures in the 1980s, closely associated with the publication Common Sense, which argued for power-sharing and a political future. He was killed by an IRA car bomb outside his home in Lisburn in December 1987.
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The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) was formed in 1971 after the merger of a number of local 'defence associations'. Organised on military lines, the South Belfast brigade of the UDA encompassed a large area from Sandy Row near the city centre to Lisburn, 9 miles South West.
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Village, South Belfast, Photo May 2025
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C Battalion of the UDA covered Taughnamonagh, Seymour Hill and Dunmurray.
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Stuart Borthwick retweeted
Garbhán Downey@Garbhan_DJul 23
Terrific new mural by Peaball at Laburnum Terrace at the entrance to Creggan. (Pic by Stu Ross.)
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Named after the nearby Cosy Bar, the Cosy Somme Association organise annual parades and memorial events. Here is their memorial mural in Willowfield, East Belfast. This photo May 2026.
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.... (2/2) It is then digitally reproduced in a printed version that can be seen on the Falls Road, West Belfast (this photo August 2016). The image focuses on the role of the Cumann na mBan and women in Republicanism.
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Stuart Borthwick@IREmuralsJul 19
Yesterday, I mentioned a trend of replacing painted murals with printed facsimiles of the original image. Here is something similar, but different. This painting by Danny Devenny (1/2, see below) hangs in the Sinn Féin room in Belfast City Hall (this photo February 2015)
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A photo from a recent trip to Belfast - the Ulster Tower depicted at a memorial in the Village, South Belfast. Unveiled in Oct 1921, the Tower is Northern Ireland's national war memorial in Thiepval, France. It is based on Helen's Tower in County Down.
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Meanwhile, this one was painted in 2011 (see this news article bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i…) and replaced with a digital version, again about a decade later with my photo taken in August 2023.
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There is a bit of an emerging trend of replacing painted murals with digital reproductions of the original painting, printed on metal or plastic sheeting. Here's two in East Belfast. This one originally painted in July 2012 & replaced with a printed version around a decade later.
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Yesterday, I mentioned a trend of replacing painted murals with printed facsimiles of the original image. Here is something similar, but different. This painting by Danny Devenny (1/2, see below) hangs in the Sinn Féin room in Belfast City Hall (this photo February 2015)
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.... (2/2) It is then digitally reproduced in a printed version that can be seen on the Falls Road, West Belfast (this photo August 2016). The image focuses on the role of the Cumann na mBan and women in Republicanism.
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There is a bit of an emerging trend of replacing painted murals with digital reproductions of the original painting, printed on metal or plastic sheeting. Here's two in East Belfast. This one originally painted in July 2012 & replaced with a printed version around a decade later.
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Meanwhile, this one was painted in 2011 (see this news article bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i…) and replaced with a digital version, again about a decade later with my photo taken in August 2023.
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