Northern Ireland's political murals tell the stories of communities - and some of the darkest days of the Troubles. Here is a selection of some of them. More of the murals can be seen at the ...

In Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, hundreds of colorful murals line the city’s streets, detailing a century’s worth of conflict and political division. While some of Belfast’s ...

Why are there murals in Northern Ireland? Murals in Northern Ireland are regarded as visual symbols of its history and contemporary political, cultural and social divisions. Academics believe that ...

Two major international stories were featured on the BBC 10 o'clock news on Thursday night, both with a direct connection to Northern Ireland. The grisly death of Muammar Gaddafi inevitably ...

The writing could be on the wall for Northern Ireland’s world famous murals after politicians said it could be time to have them whitewashed. As the Belfast Telegraph revealed yesterday there ...

Banksy, whose murals often go up secretly overnight, has become an international superstar and something of a role model for Northern Ireland’s muralists. Some of them are now getting paid ...

Euronews Culture takes a look at some of the most impactful and iconic murals across Northern Ireland. Friday 7 April marks 25 years since The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement - a ...

McKee was killed observing a riot in Derry in 2019. The piece speaks to Northern Ireland’s tradition of memorialising people through murals, and is surrounded by bright works by artists like ...

Even now, remnants of separation between Protestant and Catholic Northern Ireland linger: the barriers between neighborhoods known as peace walls; murals with images of Queen Elizabeth II or Irish ...

who studies conflict tourism in Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, the demand for Troubles tourism was mainly left to communities to meet. And they did. Murals commemorating violent clashes and honoring ...

The tragedy of Northern Ireland’s 30-year conflict is obvious to even the most casual of visitors to the region’s capital -- it is daubed on the walls of end-of-terrace houses in huge murals ...