“Murder! Paul Quinn refused to be bullied for that he was beaten to death. Is this the ‘peace’ you signed up for? Your community in the grip of murderers!” Paul Quinn, from Cullyhanna, was beaten to death in 2007 by a group of about ten men at a County Monaghan farm, in what is thought by the family to have been a dispute with the local (South Armagh) IRA (WP).
Cardinal O’Fiaich Square, Crossmaglen
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This group portrait hangs in the lobby of Cultúrlann Uí Chıanáın in Great James Street, Derry, paying tribute to members of Craobh Cholm Cılle, a local Conradh Na Gaeılge group in the Bogside that began life in Dove House before moving to a succession of houses in Great James Street – and finally the Cultúrlann – as An Gaeláras (Cultúrlann).
Please get in touch if you confirm or add to the information below. L-R:
1 ?Proınsıas Ó Mıanáın?
2 Seán Ó Cıanáın (d. 1993) See also the Seán Keenan memorial cross.
3 Seán (Óg) Ó Cıanáın (d. 2006)
4 ?Manus Canning?
5 Joe Doherty
6 ?Charlie McMenamin?
7 ?
The painting is signed “Joe Campbell” (web).
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“South Armagh Brigade roll of honour Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann. This garden of remembrance is dedicated to the volunteers of the Irish Republican Army and to the men and women of South Armagh who played their part in the struggle for Irish freedom with integrity, courage and determination. I measc laochra na hÉıreann go raıbh a n-anam dílıs. ‘There is no height or bloody fight a freeman can’t defy/There is no source or foreign force can break one who knows/That his freewill no one can kill and from that freedom grows.'” The poetry is from Bobby Sands’s poem The Crime Of Castlereagh.
Bog Road, Mullaghbane
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“I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh a n-aınmeacha … [twelve dead hunger strikers] … ‘Oh lonely winds that walk the night to haunt the sinners oul, pray pity me a wretched lad who never will grow old, pray pity those who lie in pain, the bondsman and the slave, and whisper sweet the breath of God upon my humble grave’ – Bobby Sands [Weeping Winds poem]. Erected by McCreesh–McCabe Cumann on 17th March 2002″
Forkhill Road, Mullaghbane
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“[If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and, mayhap, raise a force that will destroy you.] We defy you! Do your worst” The quote is from Connolly’s Courtsmartial And Revolution.
éırígí.org stencil in Marcus Street, Newry
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M08475
A gallery of republican socialist icons: a tarp to Joe McCann – ‘Soldier of the people, Joe McCann 1947-1972 Official IRA’ (WP); a board with a Liam McMillen quote – ‘”We stand not on the brink of victory but on the brink of sectarian disaster”, Liam McMillen, Bodenstown June 28th 1973’ (see the original post on the McMillen board) – and Joe McCann in silhouette; and two circular pieces, one showing the Starry Plough (created in 1914 as the flag of the Irish Citizen Army) and one to co-founder of the ICA ‘James Connolly 1868-1916’ (WP).
The McMillen and Connolly boards replace earlier versions – see On The Brink Of Sectarian Disaster. The Official Republican Movement board was previously around the corner, on the Falls Road.
Above the mural to James Connolly and Nora Connolly.
Clondara Street, Belfast
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Update: 2014 wide shot
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“The British government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.” (Last Statement, 1916)
“James Connolly 1868-1916 James Connolly was born in June 5th 1868. In 1810 he became organiser for the Irish Transport And General Workers Union in Belfast. In 1913 he co-founded the Irish Citizen Army. He was one of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation and commanded HQ in the GPO during the 1916 Rising. He was executed by the British on May 12th 1916.”
“Nora Connolly O’Brien 1893-1981 Nora Connolly was the 2nd daughter of James Connolly. Nora was a member of Cumann Na mBan and the Gaelic League in Belfast. She played an organisational role in the ICA in the run up to the 1916 Rising. She was a trade unionist and remained so throughout her life.”
The mural was launched on May 3rd.
Clondara Street, Belfast
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This is a second painting of the ‘Women In Struggle’ board in the Rock streets, using the same layout and figures as before. The original was seen previously in 2002.
Rockmount Street, west Belfast
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This is the 2012 instantiation of a tradition on the Twinbrook shops of marking the anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike (though portraits of Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan are included). The tradition began in 2006 with the 25th anniversary | 27th anniversary | 29th anniversary | 30th anniversary.
Twinbrook Road, Dunmurry
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M08460
This is an updated version of the Gibraltar 3 mural in Twinbrook. The quote from Farrell (see the 2008 version) has fallen off and been replaced with the words “murdered in Gibraltar by British crown forces.”
“Colin area remembers with pride and honour Vol. Maıréad Farrell, Vol. Sean Savage, Vol. Dan McCann”
Jasmine Corner, Twinbrook, Dunmurry
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Peter Moloney Collection 