“RNU [Fb] stands with Palestine” – the board has been augmented by some knotwork corner-borders in the colours of the Palestinian and Irish flags, along with “freedom” in Irish (saoırse) and Arabic (الحرية).
For the board as originally presented in April 2024, see X14944.
Northumberland Street, west Belfast
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Etna Drive in Ardoyne has undergone a make-over in the last twelve months. The large board below was mounted in December 2024, the planters added in March 2025, and the boxes along the street were painted in June. The boxes celebrate local groups and initiatives: “Cıceam Ard Eoın [Fb]”, “Ardoyne-Bone Community health & leisure trust [Fb]”, “Community larder. Drop in. Locally sourced food.”, “Ardoyne Association [Fb] Citizens’ Advice Centre”, and the “Lawrenson-Toal academy of Irish dance [ig]”.
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This mural is on the pump-house at the junction of Sturgan Brae and Newtown Rd, west of Camlough town and at the northern end of the “cam loch” [crooked lake]. The lake and the junction are visible in the centre-left, with the village itself just below the “h”. The map is between (to the left) the Celtic cross in the republican plot in St Malachy’s and a turn-of-the-century (1900) village water-pump (NBHS) and (to the right) the ruins of St Jude’s church (Christ Church).
The referent of “established 1610” is not clear. “ChS” in the lower right is perhaps “Camlough Heritage Society” (BBC).
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“Don’t buy into genocide – boycott these companies funding the genocide in Palestine: McDonald’s, Starbucks Coffee, Barclays, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Teva. Saoırse don Phalaıstín.”
There was a march in Belfast (in early September) which went to the offices or stores of some of these businesses (Independent) because they fund or support the Israeli military – the links above outline the connections. There are also campaigns from various groups (here is IPSC’s) to boycott consumer goods from Israeli producers.
This board is in Sugar Island, Newry.
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This is the republican memorial in the centre of Crossmaglen (in Cearnóg An Chaırdıneıl Ó Fıaıch). The monument was produced by Yann Goulet (1979), the same sculptor who did the memorial at Ballyseedy (1959), and like that work, this one depicts a young man striding forward in anger and anguish, though in this case he arises from a phoenix.
“Glóıre daoıḃse a laoċra uṁla cróga a d’ḟulaıng le fonn ar ṁéad ḃur ngrá fıal ar Ṡaoırse na hÉıreann.” “Glory to you all praised and humble heroes who have willingly suffered for your unselfish and passionate love of Irish freedom.”
To the right of the statue (in the corner of the car-park) is a plaque marking “the spot where the rosary was said each night during the 1981 hunger strike”, “unveiled by formed hunger striker Paddy Quinn on 6th May 2006”.
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“Ní saoırse go saoırse na mban [There is no freedom without women’s freedom] – Lasaır Dhearg [web]”.
Graffiti in Glenveagh Drive, Lenadoon, west Belfast. Previously the site of Stormont Can’t Deliver, also from Lasaır Dhearg.
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Bronze busts of Máıre Áıne Mhıc Reachtaın/Mary Ann McCracken and Anraí Seoıgh Mhıc Reachtaın/Henry Joy McCracken have been unveiled outside Áras Mhıc Reachtaın, the Irish-language centre on the Antrim Road and home of Cumann Cultúrtha Mhıc Reachtaın (web).
The pair – brother and sister – were Presbyterians and republicans; their mother was Ann Joy, daughter of Francis Joy, linen manufacturer and founder of the Belfast Newsletter. Henry led the Antrim uprising of the United Irishmen in 1798 and was hanged for it in Corn Market at age 30. (WP)
For information about the social-reformer and educator Mary Ann, see the entry about her statue at Belfast City Hall.
The statues are by sculptor Anto Brennan and were launched on 23rd September, 2025.
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Kneecap were back in town opening for the Fontaines DC at Belfast Vital at the Boucher Road playing fields on Friday (BBC) (and an after-party at the Beehive) before zipping down to the Electric Picnic festival in Laois. At both concerts they were outspoken in their support for Palestinians in Gaza, as well as criticising the DUP, Alliance (Belfast Live), McDonald’s and Kemi Badenoch (Irish Examiner). In each of the past three years, the band has added to the wall at the corner of Hawthorn Street and Cavendish Street (see in order: Incendiary Device, England Get Out Of Ireland, and Kneecap’s Fine Art) and it is now full with the addition of “Free Palestine – Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people” below the chimneys.
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“We stand with Lıam Óg”, that is Lıam Óg Ó hAnnaıdh (on the left of the image above), a.k.a. Mo Chara, a member of the rap group Kneecap who appeared in court (in London) on Wednesday August 20th on “terrorism” charges and was bailed for a further month while the judge rules on a technical issue about whether the trial can go forward (BBC). (See previously The Magic Within and Seasaımıd Le Kneecap.)
The night before (the 19th) this board featuring images of the band-members and the band in its early days was unveiled on the Whiterock Road. (Video of the launch can be found on the Glór Na Móna instagram account.)
In the background is a Palestinian flag and “Saoırse don Phalaıstín” [Freedom for Palestine] is written along the bottom.
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The Linsfort Drive (Creggan) memorial garden (see M02663 and M02775) is featured in the centre of this board of IRA volunteers from the 2nd battalion of the Derry Brigade. There are two similarly designed boards to the 1st battalion in Westland Street and in Lecky Road.
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