1916 – 2016

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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Cuımhníonn An Srath Bán Orthu Go Deo

“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.

Fountain Street, Strabane

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Unfinished Business

“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

“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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To Protect And Serve

“To protect partition! And to serve capitalism!” The Royal Ulster Constabulary, Police Service of ‘Northern Ireland’, and An Garda Síochána are branded as agents of the status quo, enforcing the partition of Ireland and the capitalist system. “Know your enemy – reject political policing”.

IRSP mural on Northumberland Street, west Belfast

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