Spanish Civil War International Brigades sculpture in Writers’ Square, Belfast

Spanish Civil War International Brigades sculpture in Writers’ Square on Donegall Street, Belfast

‘No pasarán’:

It was also used during the Spanish Civil War this time at the Siege of Madrid by Dolores Ibárruri Gómez a member of the Communist Party of Spain, in her famous ‘No pasarán’:

speech on 18 July 1936. The leader of the fascist forces, Generalísimo Francisco Franco upon gaining Madrid responded to this slogan by declaring 'Hemos pasado' (;We have passed').