The People Arose In 69

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This is the oldest continuously maintained mural in Belfast. It was touched up in 1987 and 1990, and was repainted in 2013. It features a central phoenix and the shields of the four provinces, and two rhyming couplets: The people arose in 69/they will do it again at any time. Maggie Thatcher think again/don’t let our brave men die in vain.

Clowney Street, Beechmount, west Belfast.

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