Extramural Activity

I gCuımhne Agus In Onóır

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“In memory and in honour” — the dead volunteer of the Derry troubles is made equivalent to the Celtic warrior of Irish mythology. Rossville Street, Derry. The list is longer than the previous version of this mural (Roll Of Honour) and than in In Proud And Loving Members Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers: Joseph Coyle, Thomas McCool, Thomas Carlin, Eamonn Lafferty, James O’Hagan, Gerry Donaghy, Colm Keenan, Eugene McGillan, John Starrs, James/Seamus Bradley, Michael Quigley, John Brady, James Carr, James McDaid, Joe/Joseph Walker, Gerard Craig, David Russell, Michael Meenan, John McDaid, Ethel Lynch, Brian (= Bernard?) Coyle, Dennis/Denis Heaney, Patrick/Patsy Duffy, George McBrearty, Charles Maguire, Eamon Bradley, Phil McDonnell, Richard Quigley, Danny Doherty, William Fleming, Ciaran Fleming, Charles English

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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RUC Out

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Graffiti in the Little Diamond in Derry: “RUC out”, “IRA” and (something like) “Join the Cumann na gCailini”.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Missing Words

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The AK47, halberd, and Tricolour are all that remain in 1985 of the Derry Brigade mural (shown previously from 1984) in Bishop Street, Derry.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Belfast Says No

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November 1985 saw the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, which established an “inter-governmental conference” advisory body on (some) Northern Irish affairs, in which the Irish government participated. It spawned the slogans “Ulster says No” and the localized “Belfast says No”.

City Hall, Belfast

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IRA

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An IRA volunteer reclines with rifle at the ready.

Rathlin Drive, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Bass Irish Cup

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28 February, 1985, 9 RUC officers were killed in an IRA mortar attack on a Newry station (WP). Their deaths are celebrated in the graffiti above from Bligh’s Gardens, Derry, which reports the deaths as though a score from the (then) Bass Irish Cup.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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In Proud And Loving Memory Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers

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Derry volunteers who died between 1970 and 1982 are commemorated in this Derry mural. Their names are listed on scrolls on either side of a phoenix. Thomas McCool, Thomas Carlin, Joseph Coyle, Eamonn Lafferty, James O’Hagen, Gerry Donaghy, Colm Keenan, Eugene McGillan, John Starrs, James Bradley, Michael Quigley, John Brady, James Carr, James McDaid, Joe Walker, Gerard Craig, David Russell, Michael Meenan, John McDaid, Ethel Lynch, Bernard Coyle, Dennis Heaney, Patrick Duffy, George McBrearty, Charles Maguire, Eamon Bradley, Phil McDonnell

Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Discover Ireland

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Darkly humorous mural in Bligh’s Gardens, Derry, parodying the ‘Discover Ireland’ tourism advertisements: “Discover Ireland: sectarian RUC, loyalist UDR, the H Blocks, plastic bullets, murdering UDA, British thugs, Armagh hell-hole, special courts … but I bet you haven’t seen the half of it.”

Join Na Fıanna Éıreann

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Two shamrocks join the Tricolour and Sunburst flags on either side of a Fıan wearing sunglasses and beret. Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

Victory To The Provos

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Graffiti in City Cemetery, Derry, including “Victory to the Provos”, “IRA (P)”, “UTP”, “FTH” and an unknown one: “RUTS” — get in touch if you know what it means.

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Peter Moloney Collection

Murals From Derry And Belfast

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