This mural expresses support for the Basque nationalists, and is one of a few murals in this vein. It, and murals of a similar tradition, read almost like political cartoons and are sorts of calls to action rather than agents of interpolation into a way of viewing the conflict in Northern Ireland within history. There are other murals like this addressing political issues in Nicaragua, Cuba, and Palestine.
Gerry Adams visited Basque in 1998 and though this mural was created in 2008, “The appearance of [earlier murals about Basque] coincided with efforts on the part of Irish republicans to support the Basque struggle for independence and subsequently to help broker a peace process” (Rolston, 459).
This particular image is focused on the sovereignty of the three regions of Basque and is direct in commanding, “Not Spain not France self-determination for Basque country.” The word ‘Askatasuna’ is the Basque word for freedom and in other murals was joined with the Gaelic word for freedom as well (Rolston, 459).