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Nó Chun Báıs A Fháıl

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“Tıonaladh [tıonóladh] óglaıgh na hÉıreann ıns an halla seo seachtaın na Casca 1916 ullmhaıthe chun troda ar son saoırse tíre nó chun báıs a fháıl dá mba gá é. [Irish volunteers were assembled in this hall in Easter week 1916, and were readied for a fight for the country’s freedom, or to die, should it be necessary.] This plaque is erected to commemorate the assembly of Irish volunteers in this hall Easter 1916 prepared to give their lives for Irish freedom.”

For the story of the aborted role of the northern volunteers, see Treason Felony.

Barrack Street, Coalisland.

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¡No Pasarán!

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“¡No pasarán! In memory of the International Brigades and the men from Derry, Donegal & Tyrone who served in the struggle against fascism in defence of the Spanish Republic 1936 – 38. I measc laochra lucht oıbre go raıbh a n-aınm – May their names [name] be among the heroes of labour. Erected by the North West Spanish Civil War Project, July 2013.”

The plaque is on the Unite building in Carlisle Road, Derry.

The IRSP board is in Fahan Street. It names Thomas Traynor, John Murphy, Benjamin Frederick Murray, Eamon McGrotty, George Gorman, Jack Flynn, James Donald, Peadar O’Donnell, James Campbell, Hugh O’Donnell, Paddy O’Daire, Joseph Kelly, Paddy Roe McLaughling, Francis William Vincent O’Donnell, Brian Goold-Verschoyle, Paddy Glacken, Phil Boyle, Hugh Bonner, Herbert Pollock, Charles McGuinness, William McChrystal, Joe Boyd.

For brief biographies of those named, see Ireland Spanish Civil War.

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The Coalisland – Dungannon Civil Rights March

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“The Coalisland – Dungannon Civil Rights March left this point on 24th August 1968. This was the first march in the historic and momentous campaign to establish Civil Rights in the north of Ireland. Marchers were forcefully prevented by the RUC from entering Dungannon Square. This stone, erected on the fortieth anniversary, pays tribute to the courage and strength of those who carried forward the coming Civil Rights campaign – the marchers and stewards who stood against State and RUC threat and intimidation in August 1968 and the following years of struggle. 1968 Civil Rights Commemoration 2008.”

30-second RTÉ clip of the notice forbidding entry to Dungannon Square being served | An Phoblacht retrospective

2018 Irish Times article on the 50th anniversary of the march

Barrack Street, Coalisland.

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Never Treat With The Enemy

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The fence of the disused barracks in Plater’s Hill/Lineside Coalisland, makes for an impromptu notice-board. Alongside ads for “youth day” and a “fitness club” we say an international women’s day placard featuring Marian Price and a 1916 Societies tarp using an Éamonn Ceannt quote from Kilmainham jail 1916: “I leave for the guidance of other revolutionaries, who may tread the path which I have trod, this advice, never treat with the enemy, never to surrender to his mercy, but to fight to a finish.”

“Free Marian Price”, “End controlled movement”, “End forced strip searches”, “Support republican POWs” and “End British internment”.

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Gavin Coyle

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“Support Maghaberry POW’s – End forced isolation of POW’s – Gavin Coyle in solitary confinement since April 2011”

Coyle was interview in connection with the bomb attack that killed an off-duty Catholic PSNI officer, Ronan Kerr, in 2008, and charged with possession of firearms and explosives (BBC).

The tarp is in the street where Coyle resides: Culmore Park, Omagh

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To The People Of Ireland

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Bobby Sands has been replaced at the centre of this Enniskillen board by a copy of the 1916 Proclamation flanked by Easter lilies. (See the previous version.) The rest of the board remains the same: graveside mourners surrounded by the four provinces and Celtic knotwork. The sunburst and starry plough have been painted in the corners of the out-building.

Corban Avenue sports facility, Loughview Road, Enniskillen

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Fountain Eleventh Night Bonfire

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Here are three images – two ‘before’ and one ‘after’ — of the Eleventh Night bonfire in the Fountain area of Londonderry. The stolen board is from the Derry Volunteers Annual Commemoration on June 30th.

See previously the 2012 Eleventh Night bonfire.

Hawkin Street, Londonderry

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Memorial To The Missing

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Canadian physician John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields and the triple arches of the Thiepval memorial to the missing are featured in this Monkstown mural. It is McCrae’s poem that is thought to have given rise to the use of the poppy as a symbol of military remembrance (WP). The names of over 72,000 dead are inscribed on the memorial (WP| travelfranceonline).

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row/That mark our place; and in the sky/The larks, still bravely singing, fly/Scarce heard amid the guns below.//We are the Dead. Short days ago/We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,/Loved and were loved, and now we lie/In Flanders fields//Take up our quarrel with the foe:/To you from failing hands we throw/The torch; be yours to hold it high./If ye break faith with us who die/We shall not sleep/Though poppies grow/In Flanders fields.”

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