Side by side in Brandywell Road, Derry: the Easter lily (with “IRA” on one of the flags) and “disband the RUC”.
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Author: Extramural Activity
Tıocfaıdh Ár Lá
Republican graffiti off Lecky Road, Derry: “Tıocfaıdh ár lá”, “IRA”, “Saoırse – Freedom”, “Fuck Da Queen”.
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Survivor
This is a 2004 image of the North’s longest-lasting mural. It was painted in 1981 and survives to the present day. It was painted before the custom took hold of putting flags on pikes in order to include the 1798 rebellion. Anne St/Glenanne, Derry. Seen previously in 1982.
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Free Seamus Doherty Now!
“Free Seamus Doherty Now!” – republican graffiti in Foyle Road, Derry. For background see Free Seamus Doherty.
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Ten Hunger Strikers
2004 image of the names (left) and portraits of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers, seen previously in 2001.
Bishop Street, Derry
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Hands Across The Divide
Maurice Harron (WP) is a Dery sculptor. The piece ‘Reconciliation/Hands Across The Divide’ sits at the end of Craigavon Bridge in London-/Derry and shows two bronze figures reaching towards one another as they pass.
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Disband RUC
Here are two old anti-RUC nail-ups in Derry, one on Racecourse Road (Shantallow) and one on Abercorn Road, off Bishop Street, which dates back to 1995.
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An Seantalamh
The Sınn Féın advice centre behind the Shantallow House pub gets some additional signage. It is open Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 5:00.
Racecourse Road, Derry
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Brıogáıd Dhoıre
Ornately-worked Celtic crosses between pikes are added to the Derry Brigade memorial in Racecourse Road, Shantallow, Derry. For the three black plaques, see Brıogáıd Dhoıre.
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PSNI
The emblem of the new Police Service of Northern Ireland, is mounted outside the station in Strand Road, Londonderry. In the middle is a St Patrick’s Saltire, around the six-pointed star (clockwise from the top) are a scales of justice, a harp, a torch (for enlightenment), an olive branch, a shamrock, and a crown.
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