In 1987, 20 surface-to-air missiles missiles were part of the shipment confiscated from the trawler Eksund. In 1988, it was reported that a shipment of arms from Libya to the IRA included such missiles. Springhill Park or Ballycolman, Strabane. Next to Onwards To Victory.
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IRA mural in Springhill Park, Strabane. For the poster on which the three volunteers are based, see Our Day Will Come.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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The longest-lived King William mural in Belfast, dating back to 1932, was at the junction of Rockland Street and Donegall Road, in the Village area of the city. It would survive a few more years before the building would be demolished.
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For nine years, IRA man Joe Doherty, a native of the New Lodge, fought extradition from the United States. Doherty had escaped from Crumlin Road jail while awaiting trail on three counts of murder. He was eventually deported in 1992. (WP)
New Lodge Road, Belfast
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A frequent biblical idea about lack of faith (Isaiah 6:10, Jeremiah 5:21, Ezekiel 12:2, Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:27, Romans 11:8. NKJV) used to comment on censorship. Rossville Street, Derry. See previously: Many Have Eyes.
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“They call the killing of Stephen McConomy ‘civil order’.” McConomy was an 11-year-old boy killed by a British Army plastic bullet on April 16th, 1982.
Rossville Street, Derry.
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A call to march on the rear of Free Derry Corner, with police and army firing plastic bullets. Lecky Road, Derry.
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Free Derry Corner, 1989 or 1990. Lecky Road, Derry. It’s not clear whether this is before or after the paint-bombed wall also from 1989. Perhaps after, given that the graffiti on the block to the right has been blacked out.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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UDA commanders denied that member Michael Stone was acting with their knowledge or approval when he attacked the funeral of the “Gibraltar 3” in March 1988. Hence, “Ulster’s freelance Loyalist paramilitary.”
Wapping Lane, Londonderry
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The Siege of Derry as seen from the point of view of the besiegers – the (French) army of James II.
Kennedy Place, the Fountain, Londonderry
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