Stuart Borthwick
@stuartborthwick.bsky.social
Photography & non-partizan commentary on political murals in Ireland.
“The Writing on the Wall: A Visual History of Northern Ireland's Troubles"
"Positive Vibrations: Politics, Polytricks and the Story of Reggae"
Chair of @wowfest
“The Writing on the Wall: A Visual History of Northern Ireland's Troubles"
"Positive Vibrations: Politics, Polytricks and the Story of Reggae"
Chair of @wowfest
1 July 1916
"I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st. July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world." Captain Wilfred Spender after the Battle of the Somme.
A photographic thread (1 of 10)
"I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st. July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world." Captain Wilfred Spender after the Battle of the Somme.
A photographic thread (1 of 10)
July 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1 July 1916
"I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st. July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world." Captain Wilfred Spender after the Battle of the Somme.
A photographic thread (1 of 10)
"I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st. July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world." Captain Wilfred Spender after the Battle of the Somme.
A photographic thread (1 of 10)
Along with Dan McCann and Sean Savage, she was shot dead in Gibraltar in 1988 in controversial circumstances. An inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing. The UDA's Michael Stone attacked their funeral killing 3 and injuring 60 others. This photo Belfast April 2017 (2 of 2)
June 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Along with Dan McCann and Sean Savage, she was shot dead in Gibraltar in 1988 in controversial circumstances. An inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing. The UDA's Michael Stone attacked their funeral killing 3 and injuring 60 others. This photo Belfast April 2017 (2 of 2)
Mairéad Farrell was a Provisional IRA volunteer who after imprisonment in 1976 became the OC of female prisoners in Armagh gaol, where she lead a no-wash protest and then a hunger strike in 1981. This photo Derry, June 2025 (1 of 2)
June 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Mairéad Farrell was a Provisional IRA volunteer who after imprisonment in 1976 became the OC of female prisoners in Armagh gaol, where she lead a no-wash protest and then a hunger strike in 1981. This photo Derry, June 2025 (1 of 2)
Cecil McKnight was a 32-year old commander of the Londonderry UDA who was shot dead by the Provisional IRA at his home on the Waterside on 29 June 1991. The IRA claimed it was because he had been behind the killing of Sinn Féin councillor Eddie Fullerton. This photo June 2025.
June 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Cecil McKnight was a 32-year old commander of the Londonderry UDA who was shot dead by the Provisional IRA at his home on the Waterside on 29 June 1991. The IRA claimed it was because he had been behind the killing of Sinn Féin councillor Eddie Fullerton. This photo June 2025.
All photos by me and taken 2008 to 2025.
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
All photos by me and taken 2008 to 2025.
The IRSP and their youth movement the RSYM are still active but the INLA seem dormant following their (perhaps partial and incomplete) decommissioning.
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The IRSP and their youth movement the RSYM are still active but the INLA seem dormant following their (perhaps partial and incomplete) decommissioning.