Embedded in the Victoria Street side-wall of St George’s is a 1976 memorial to the people who had died in the Troubles up to that point, with a number for each person, from 1 to 1,500. It was commissioned by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, designed by Robert Ballagh, and made by Stephen Pearce (Belfast Live).
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“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 pdf).
The mosaic has been in place since 2012; the quote was perhaps added for the launch of the Bobby Sands statue.
Twinbrook Road, Dunmurry
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Local landscape and landmarks of Bushmills on the exterior walls of BREF (Fb) at the end of Dundarave Drive, Bushmills, close to the Finn Mac Cool board and Bushmills Remembers.
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“This mosaic depicts the history of the narrow gauge railway from Larne harbour to Ballymena which ran through this site.” The railway from Larne to Ballymena operated from 1878 to 1933 (WP). In Ireland, the narrow gauge railway was 3ft in width (compared with the modern standard of 5′ 3″).
Narrow Gauge Road, Larne.
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For the 30th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike, the mosaics of the Troubles-era hunger strikers were mounted around the blanket-men board and above the Phoenix in Clowney Street; for a few years they were previously at the Falls-Beechmount corner.
Clowney Street, Beechmount, west Belfast
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