Troubles Gallery

Grafiti Wall, Belfast, 1973

?Graf?ti Wall?, Belfast, 1973 - Oil on board, by Ralph Lillford, 1973. Associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). During ?the Troubles?, Belfast street walls became a place for rival sectarian graf?ti, often painted layer upon layer. A form of psychological warfare which also demonstrated control of terrain, the slogans were often directed at the British Army, exhorting them to ?go home?, or else boasted of paramilitary loyalties, such as ?Provos Rule?. Periodically the Army would drive past these walls and throw paint bombs at the slogans. The soldier wears a fragmentation vest, commonly known as a flak jacket, over DPM (disruptive pattern material) jacket and trousers. He wears his visor up on his helmet and carries an anti-riot shield. Date: 1974

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

General Sir Redvers Buller in Ireland

Front page of The Illustrated London News, depicting Major-General Sir Redvers Buller in Kerry, South West Ireland, visiting a protection hut, erected for the accommodation of police in the fight against the Moonlighters, local groups set up to resist the evictions by landlords in Ireland during the period. The top picture illustrates the village of Firies in Kerry, the centre of the "Moonlighters" district

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Belfast, 1912, showing the football ground & Ulster Hall

Overhead drawing of Belfast, showing the football ground and the position of Ulster Hall. Illustration accompanied a feature in The Sphere reporting on Winston Churchill's visit to Belfast in 1912. He was scheduled to speak at the hall but had to abandon plans due to political tensions. It was at Ulster Hall that his father, Randolph Churchill, had given a speech where he proclaimed, "Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right." Date: 1912

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans