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The flag of the “Irish Republic” – the kind that was flown over over the GPO during the Easter Rising/Éırí Amach Na Cásca in 1916 – flies over Free Derry Corner (Visual History) ahead of the Rising’s centenary in 2016. The posters were added a few days later, announcing a commemoration on Monday the 28th; the parade advertised on the rear of Free Derry Corner is on the 27th, which is also the date of the march in Coalisland.
The graffiti is in the nearby Glenfada Park.
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“Strabane remembers them forever” – the dead of the “unfinished revolution, unfinished business” of the 1916 Easter Rising. The central image on the large tarp is a modified version of the 1941 stamp designed by Victor Brown showing an armed volunteer outside the GPO (stampboards).
The IRPWA (web) board reads, “Gavin Coyle – 4+ years in solitary confinement. End the isolation in MagHaberry.” Coyle is serving ten years for possession of arms and explosives and is now charged with the 2008 death of off-duty PSNI officer (Guardian | BBC).
The hand-made board reads, “End RUC-PSNI harassment”. For the small mural to the right, see Bobby & Che.
The board in the adjacent Townsend Street commemorates both the 1916 signatories – “We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland” – and Troubles-era volunteers Charles Breslin, Michael Devine, and David Devine.
Fountain Street and Townsend Street, Strabane
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A corrugated metal hut on the outside of Bishop’s Gate has been covered over with fake stone and a fake doorway containing an image of Derry in the old days. The re-model is perhaps part of the “Peacewall Reimaging Project” (Derry Journal) on the railings just out of shot to the right, which was unveiled on December 18th, 2015 (Shared History).
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The “Éire” and “Ireland” pieces, and perhaps the Doıre piece, were painted by RAZER (ig). The three are perhaps part of a larger installation at Celtic Park – see Fáılte Go Paırc Na gCeılteach.
Stanley’s Walk and Elmwood Road, Derry
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“Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art, with great Irish fools to practice on” is the last line of a piece by a James Connolly article in The Irish Worker in 1914.
1916 Societies (web) board in Lecky Road, Derry.
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“IRA”, “God bless Óglach Vinnie Ryan”, “1916 – 2016 IRA Unfinished business”, “#JFTC2/Brits out”, “Kill all PSNI officers now!!”.
Vincent “Vinnie” Ryan, brother of Alan Ryan, was shot in Finglas, Dublin, on February 29th. In the graffiti above he is given the title “óglach” but his family denied that he was in the (Real) IRA (BBC). In 2019, two people were convicted for their roles in Ryan’s killing (Irish Times).
Graffiti on Lone Moor Road, Brandywell, Derry.
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“End the torture in Maghaberry now!! Join IRPWA http://www.irpwa.com [irpwa.irish]” and “End internment and Britain’s torture of Irish POWs”.
Similar sentiments from the IRPWA/New IRA in Lecky Road (replacing Taobh An Bhogaıgh) and the RNU/ÓNH in Westland Street (which was previously on the rear of Free Derry Corner).
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“Remember Bloody Sunday – 44 years on – still no justice!”
Graffiti on Lecky Road near the underpass.
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The Bogside will rise again in 2016.
Meenan Square, Bogside, Derry
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