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Title
mni00658
Creator
Crowley, Tony
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Murals of Northern Ireland
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
Description
Republican/Nationalist/Non-aligned mural, Ardoyne Avenue, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 1995. Mural represents scene from the Famine period, with a family being put out of a house by police and landlord's agent (left), and the chaos of an emigration scene (right). 'An Gorta Mór (The Great Hunger/Famine); 'They buried us without shroud or coffin', quotation from Seamus Heaney poem, 'Requiem for the Croppies'. 'Eviction Emmigration (sic)'. Picture painted by Ardoyne Art and Environment Project. In front of the mural is a plough - the starry plough was the symbol of Connolly's Irish Citizens' Army.
Republican; Nationalist; Non-aligned
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
mni00658.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mni/id/141
Language
English
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Republican
Nationalist
Non-aligned
Famines
Time Period
2000
Source
Scanned from original photograph
Relation
Murals of Northern Ireland Collection https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/mni

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