Travelling the northern Irish cities, you see the militant woman adorning the walls of houses, shops, and…just walls (‘peace’ or otherwise).
Here the militant woman represents revolutionary potential – as we explored in our 2019 book, Remembering Women’s Activism.
Image: Mural, ‘Cumann na mBan’, Corner of Beechmount Avenue and Falls Road, West Belfast, June 2015; photograph by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa.
sites of memory ¬ murals
Mural, Fianna na hÉireann Markievicz, Corner of Beechmount Avenue and Falls Road, West Belfast, August 2010; photograph by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa.
Mural, Constance Markievicz on the ‘International Wall’, Corner of Northumberland Street and Falls Road, West Belfast, June 2015; photograph by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa.
Mural, ‘Women in Struggle’, Corner of Rockmount Street and Falls Road, West Belfast, June 2015; photograph by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa.
Corner of Rockmount Street and Falls Road, West Belfast, Sept 2018; photograph by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa
Derry Women of Ireland mural, Sept 2018; photograph by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa