Free Derry Corner is repainted in 2004, with smaller lettering for the first four words. You can compare this version to previous ones and learn about the wall using the Visual History page for Free Derry Corner.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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The memorial plaque to Charles (Charlie) Love was originally mounted in 1991 and preserved when the flats at the junction of Fahan Street and Rossville Street, Derry, were re-done. (The Runner would later be painted around it by the Bogside Artists.) “In memory of Charles Love, accidentally killed on 28th January 1990. Unveiled by his father Patrick. Erected by the Bloody Sunday Initiative 27th January 1991. Padre Pio pray for him.” Love was 17 years old when he was hit by flying masonry from an IRA bomb while attending a Bloody Sunday memorial.
Fahan Street/Rossville Street, Derry
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“His only crime was fighting for human rights without violence – Say a little prayer today for Martin Luther King and the Bloody Sunday victims”. A poster of MLK is placed at the base of the Bloody Sunday memorial in Joseph Place, Derry. He was shot in Memphis on April 4th, 1968. The phrase “his only crime” is used by loyalists in the phrase “his only crime was loyalty”, which dates back (at least) to home rule.
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2004 images of the hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, featuring a large stone ‘H’ and a lark in barbed wire.
For images of the two stones to either side of the ‘H’, see the 2001 entry. The large stone at a short distance behind the middle of the H is a memorial to the Derry Brigade.
Rossville Street, Bogside, Derry
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Annette McGavigan, aged 14 years, was shot up Westland Street, at Blucher Street in 1971, the first child to be killed in the Troubles. Here are two in-progress shots from 1999 and the finished product in 2000.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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“We remain what we are – political prisoners of war.” The words of 1981 hunger striker Bobby Sands are used in support of contemporary (2003) republican prisoners. Long Kesh is on the left, Maghaberry is on the right.
Iniscarn Drive, Derry
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“Tıocfaidh ár lá” [“our day will come”] – This Provo land is in Creggan, Derry, behind Central Drive. Previous Provo lands: Clonard | Beechmount.
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Republican graffiti in Central Drive, Derry, demanding political status for prisoners in Maghaberry. Previously seen in 2001.
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Michael Quigley, IRA, was shot dead at age 19 by the British Army during a riot in Creggan, Derry, in 1972, near the spot of this memorial plaque in Central Drive.
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Republican graffiti on the side of a burnt-out Super Valu lorry container.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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