Today, 5 May, remains a significant date in Belfast’s recent history. In 1981, after 66 days on hunger strike at the Maze Prison (also known as Long Kesh), Bobby Sands died. He would later become one of the most recognised and controversial figures of the Northern Ireland conflict. Today, when walking along Falls Road in West Belfast, one image appears again and again among the city’s political murals: the face of Bobby Sands. For visitors exploring this area, his mural is of