Shankill Road Murals

This memorial mural commemorates the victims of the Shankill Road bombing in October 1993, when an IRA bomb exploded in a fish shop on the Shankill Road, killing nine Protestant civilians and one of the bombers.

A mural depicting the Ulster Young Militants, the youth wing of the Ulster Defence Association. The UDA was the largest loyalist paramilitary organisation during the Troubles.

This mural depicts soldiers from the era of Oliver Cromwell, connecting the loyalist community's identity to the broader Protestant and British tradition stretching back centuries.

A memorial mural for the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), a cover name used by the Ulster Defence Association. Many of the Shankill's murals commemorate loyalist paramilitary organisations and their members.

Another loyalist paramilitary mural on the Shankill Road, featuring UDA imagery. These murals are part of the visual landscape that distinguishes loyalist areas from nationalist ones.

This mural celebrates the Orange Order, a Protestant fraternal organisation founded in 1795. The annual Orange marches on the Twelfth of July are one of Northern Ireland's most distinctive cultural events.

The Shankill Road's murals reflect the loyalist community's identity, history, and political outlook. Many reference historical events from the Williamite Wars to the two World Wars.

This mural draws on loyalist history, connecting the modern community to centuries of Protestant and unionist tradition in Ulster.

A memorial mural honouring those from the loyalist community who lost their lives during the Troubles. Many families on the Shankill Road were directly affected by the conflict.