Óglach Bobby Sands – Extramural Activity
“Óglach Bobby Sands 9th March 1954 – 5th May 1981”. Sands was the first of the ten IRA and INLA prisoners to die in the second hunger strike. For the 44th anniversary of his death, a st…| Extramural Activity
The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland was created in 1801, a reaction to the 1798 Rebellion, led by (amongst others) Wolfe Tone and Henry Joy McCracken, the pair also being founding members of the Society Of United Irishmen… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
The “defend the Sperrins” “day of resistance” on Saturday August 23rd will include a “family fun day – walk through the land – creative protest – education – eating together – céılí – music – camping on occupied land overnight”.… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
This year’s internment bonfire in Derry’s Bogside was swathed in flags prior to being set alight. The flags of the UK, Northern Ireland, and Israel can be seen in numbers, as well as flags of the SAS, Paras, IDF, UVF,… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
This mural celebrates the Irish-language institutions in west Belfast. From left to right, the buildings by the loch are: Gaeltacht Bhóthar Seoıghe, Bunscoıl Phobal Feırste, Raıdıó Fáılte, An Chultúrlann, Teach Ard Na bhFeá, Coláıste Feırste, and Áras Na bhFál. In… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
The RNU mural supporting Palestine has been cleaned up to remove graffiti calling Sınn Féın “traitors and touts” (RNU Belfast Fb). Pantridge Road, replacing the boards seen in Conscience. The poster below, criticising RNU leadership, is on the Cogús board… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
“I was only a working-class boy from a [nationalist] ghetto, but it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.” This is a widely-quoted line from Bobby Sands, from an article in Republican News, 16 December, 1978 (page 7… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
“… just a junkie”. Some troubles transcend the Troubles. On the upper security gates on Northumberland Street, west Belfast, appropriately enough. Click image to enlargeCopyright © 2025 Seosamh Mac CoılleX15728| Extramural Activity
“Óglach Bobby Sands 9th March 1954 – 5th May 1981”. Sands was the first of the ten IRA and INLA prisoners to die in the second hunger strike. For the 44th anniversary of his death, a st…| Extramural Activity
“In our community no one walks in the darkness alone.” West Wellbeing (web) offers counselling and suicide-prevention services from its offices in the Dairyfarm centre on the Stewartstown Road. This new mural – by Glen Molly (ig) – is a… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom are the stripes on an Israeli-flag-coloured snake that has Earth in its coils. This is an RNU Belfast (Fb) mural in opposition to the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Glen Road at Ramoan… Continue reading →| Extramural Activity
Jim McCabe, “life-long campaigner for truth and justice” after his wife Norah was killed by a plastic bullet in 1981, returns to the “International Wall” (Visual History) on…| Extramural Activity
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