The players of Scottish soccer team Glasgow Celtic are shown ‘doing the huddle’ on the side of the Bowling Green pub in Main Street, Strabane (An Srath Bán). The red-and-white flag is the flag of county Derry.
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“I ndíl [ndıl] chu[ı]mhne – in proud memory of Vol. Ma[ı]réad Farrell, Vol. Dan McCann, Vol Sean Savage, GHQ staff Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann who were executed in Gibraltar on March 6th 1988.” Twentieth-anniversary portraits of the Gibraltar 3 in Meetinghouse Street, Strabane.
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Gravestones to brothers Michael, David, and Hugh Devine, to Charles Breslin, who died alongside Michael and David, to “all those who gave their lives” – “Go luí cré ársa Thír Eoghaın go héadrom ar uıgheanna ár laochraı uaısle” [May the ancient Tyrone clay lie lightly on the graves of our noble warriors]; this headstone is featured in a Fountain Street mural – and Danny McCauley – “Where there is a struggle for justice, the desire for freedom and resistance to exploitation, there will always be a Danny McCauley.”
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Updated version of the monument to West Tyrone Command (seen in 2005) – perhaps with new fencing. A modern volunteer stands on the left, Cú Chulaınn on the right. “In proud memory of Vol. Charles Breslin age 20, Vol. Michael Devine age 22, Vol. David Devine age 16. West Tyrone command, Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann. Killed by crown forces near this spot 23 Feb. 1985.” The three were killed in an alleged shoot-to-kill incident. Obituaries in An Phoblacht.
Fountain Street, Strabane
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2008 image of the vintage (1987) GPO piece in Courtrai Park, Strabane, seen previously in 2002.
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The Strabane republican ex-prisoners centre is in Melvin Road, Strabane, next to the Sınn Féın office.
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“I gcomóradh na staılceoırí ocraıs a fuaır bás ı mBloıc-H na Céıse Fada sa bhlıaın 1981 agus ı ndıl chuımhne ar ár cróga go léır a thug a raıbh acu ar staılc ocraıs ın aghaıdh ımpırıúlachas na Breataıne ın Éırınn. This memorial stone is erected to commemorate the deaths of 10 republican volunteers who died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh prison in the cause of Irish freedom. Their supreme sacrifice changed the course of Irish history forever. Their suffering and subsequent deaths showed the inhumane barbarity of a British government in its attempts to deny our people their liberty and rights as a free nation.”
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“In proud and loving memory of all those who gave their lives for Irish freedom in the West Tyrone area”. “Go luí cré ársa Thír Eoghaın go héadrom ar uıgheanna ár laochraí uaısle.” [May the ancient Tyrone clay lie lightly on the graves of our noble warriors.] Michael Devine, Eugene Devlin, Gerald McGlynn, Danny McCauley, Jim McGinn, Peter McElchar, Jim McAleer, Seamus Harvey, Charles Breslin, Tobias Molloy, Neil Lafferty, Patrick Shanaghan, Patrick Cannon, Davide Devine, Joseph Connolly, Damian Brolly. For the actual headstone, in Strabane Cemetery, see Stabane’s Republican Graves.
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The Sınn Féın office in Strabane is in Melvin Road, next to the Ex-Prisoners Centre.
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The temporary monuments commemorating the Omagh Bombing (seen in 2007) were replaced for the tenth anniversary by a reflecting pool, mirrors, and engraved stones, including the language from the original monument (BBC-NI).
For the completed memorial, see Funeral Followed Funeral in the Paddy Duffy collection.
Drumragh Avenue, Omagh
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