A somewhat fabulous King Billy outside Glenavon FC on Mourneview Avenue, Lurgan.
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No Surrender
Author: Extramural Activity
26 + 6 = 1
“26 + 6 = 1 Freedom” [26 counties of the Republic + 6 counties of Northern Ireland = 1 Ireland]. Graffiti behind the Bogside Inn, Derry.
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Internment 40 Years On
“Republican Network For Unity (tw). Internment – political suppression and state oppression 40 Years On”.
Frederick Street, Derry
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Streets Of Yesteryear
“Streets Of Yesteryear” showing (at top) Bobby Jackson (senior) painting the mural and, at right, the mural in Clarence Place. On the left is Wapping Lane, where arches are hung every year. At the bottom is the gaol tower.
The plaque at right reads “Streets Of Yesteryear. Unveiled on 7th August 2009 by Mrs. B. Holland (née Jackson) daughter of the late Bobby Jackson pictured above. Part of the Creating Change Programme, Cathedral Youth Club.”
Wapping Lane, Londonderry
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We Determine The Guilty, We Decide The Punishment
Iron Maiden’s ‘Eddie The Head’, here in the guise of a British Redcoat, strides over a Londonderry both old (vintage soldier on the left) and new (Free Derry Corner and The Petrol Bomber on the right). Compared to the previous version, the turned-over corners have been painted out and the skyline lowered. For more see Eddie’s Visual History page.
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Stormont Shame
“Internment an injustice in Ireland today. 1971-2009. Stormont shame.” RNU [Republican Network for Unity] board on the rear of Free Derry Corner, with a fist in place of Carson’s statue on the road to Stormont.
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Fountain Bonfire
Bonfire with two Irish Tricolours on it in the Fountain, Londonderry.
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Murdered By British Forces
“This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Ned Trodden, Sean Gaynor and John McFadden murdered by British Forces 26th September 1920. Also to the people of this area who suffered at the hands of the RIC who operated out of this commendeered [sic] building [i.e. the Beehive Bar] from 1920-1922.” For more on the trio’s deaths, see The RIC Murder Gang (here called “British Forces”).
Falls Road, Belfast, above the door of the Beehive
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Brits Out Not Sell Out
“Brits out, not sell out. Join RSF [Republican Sınn Féın]” with the remains of “IRA” lettering above.
Fallswater Street, Belfast
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Gabh Gaelach
“Gabh Gaelach” [Go Gaelic]. “Is fearr Gaeılge bhrıste ná Béarla clıste” [Broken Irish is preferable to clever English]. “Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam” [A land without a language is a land without a soul]. “Sí athghabháıl na Gaeilge athghabháıl na hÉıreann” [The repossession of Irish is the repossession of Ireland] – based on a quote by Máırtín Ó Cadhaın. Bunscoıl An tSléıbhe Dhuıbh [Black Mountain Primary School]. The mural on the gable celebrates 125 of the GAA, particularly local teams Cumman [sic] Spóırt An Phobaıl, Cardinal O’Donnell’s, Gort Na Móna, and Cumann Naomh Eoın.
Video of the Gabh Gaelach murals launch on August 3rd. Funding from the Re-Imaging Communities project with help from USDT and Glór Na Móna. Artists Lucas Quigley (gable), Fra Maher (left), Rıstead Ó Murchú (right).
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