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The Mural Hunter and The Writing on the Wall

http://sluggerotoole.com/2015/12/19/the-mural-hunter-and-the-writing-on-the-wall/


Art of Conflict

A movie by Vince Vaughn, 2012

The murals of Northern Ireland are an expression of the region's violent Troubles. 'The Art of Conflict' examines these murals through their painters and the people who live there, exploring this unique street art's impact, purpose, and future.

Available on Netflix



Drawing Support 1

Picture
Introduction
Republican murals
Loyalist murals
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/bibdbs/murals/rolston1.htm





Drawing Support 2

Picture
The Story So Far
The Story Continues: Loyalist Murals
Republican Murals in the 1990s
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/bibdbs/murals/rolston2.htm





A Collection of Contemporary Murals in Northern Ireland,
Compiled by Bill Rolston (1998)

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/bibdbs/murals/rolston.htm

Article in French on changing face of Northern Ireland's wall murals:

http://www.lepetitjournal.com/societe-dublin/62695-societe-fresques-belfast-bill-rolston-protestant-catholique-.html


Paint for Peace


Danny Devenny and Mark Ervine are two muralists from opposite of the political divide. Together they are crossing the sectarian boundaries of Northern Ireland, bringing with them a positive outlook for the future with the murals they paint.

http://www.northernvisions.org/index/artvideos_8.html

Open Hands - Finding Hope in Paint

by Northern Visions NvTv 

To mark the launch of Open Hands, a Belfast cross-community initiative, volunteers from different backgrounds come together to create anti-discrimination mural in a significant area of Belfast in an effort to set an example of hope for a better future in their local communities. "We can bridge gaps, and cover spaces that have been between us." - Bill Rolston.

http://vimeo.com/36032962


Liverpool Mural Project


The Liverpool Mural Project brought Danny Devenny and Mark Ervine from Belfast to work together on a mural of John Lennon Liverpool's 2008 European Capital of Culture year. They later painted a mural celebrating the links between Liverpool and Ireland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdKE5LRpF84


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3kAXzBkSAo



Murals of Northern Ireland: Claremont Colleges Digital Library


http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/collection.php?alias=/mni




A Directory of Murals in Northern Ireland

Dr Jonathan McCormick
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/index.html




Belfast mural map


http://www.belfast-murals.co.uk/




An Introduction to the Use of Symbols in Northern Ireland
Dara Mulhern

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/images/symbols/



'Seeing is Believing? Murals in Derry',
Oona Woods

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/bibdbs/murals/woods.htm


The Bogside Artists

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/bogsideartists/menu.htm


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