Is this Soil Irish or British? How Iconic Symbols in Mural Paintings Shape Reality in Northern Ireland

• In Event: Visual Communication Concepts

Abstract

This manuscript explores the interdependence of iconic symbols and the reality they shape by examining Irish mural paintings used by the Unionist, who support a union with Great Britain, and the Northern Irish Nationalist, who support a united Ireland without British rule. Despite the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement a war is still being waged on the Irish walls through vibrant mural paintings and symbolic tributes to fallen Unionists and Nationalists.

Author

• Jewell Anna Farrell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities