The mural in support of East Timor begins to show its wear (originally painted in 2000), not least because the hoarding for Duffy’s bookmakers has come off. The falling bombs are made by Raytheon, who will be back in the forefront of Derry consciousness in 2006 for their part in the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Market Street, Derry
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Civil rights activist Eamonn McCann ran in the 2004 European election for the Socialist Environmental Alliance, gaining 1.6% of first preference votes.
Chamberlain Street, Derry
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“Free, Seamus Doherty. Evidence. Planted. Statements, altered. RUC <> DPP collusion. Stop, injustice now. Now. Now. Now.” William Street, Derry. For background, see Free Seamus Doherty.
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This version of the Bloody Sunday Commemoration mural differs slightly from the previous in that the oak leaves – which represent the city of Derry – have a centre line. A cross will be added next year and a major overhaul done in 2016.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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“Free Seamus Doherty” board in Lecky Road, Derry. For background information, see Free Seamus Doherty.
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At the top and bottom of the same hill, the dolmen is off St Columba’s Walk while the ogham stone is on Lecky Road. Both serve as monuments to Derry Brigade IRA 1st battalion dead. The lettering on the standing stone has worn away significantly – compare with 1999.
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Still standing after nine years (1995) – a three-in-one RUC/Orange Order/loyalist paramilitary mural in Lecky Road, Derry.
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“Planted evidence – RUC collusion – altered statements. This man is a victim of State manufactured evidence supported by Denis Bradley. Come out and support the campaign for his immediate release.” Seamus Doherty was arrested in June 2003 in connection with two booby-trap car bombs outside Newry in September 2002. The case against him collapsed after the police admitted altering statements to protect an informer, along with police possession of Doherty’s DNA from an unrelated incident. He was released in November, 2004. (An Phoblacht | saoirse32 | indymedia)
Lecky Road, Brandywell, Derry
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This is the original version of the ‘Peace’ mural by the Bogside Artists, painted in 2004, on the side of Kells Walk, off Rossville Street, Derry. Rather than a lark, we have a dove, flying against the background of a Derry oak leaf. The info board is from 2007.
For the other murals in ‘The People’s Gallery’, see the Visual History page.
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Republican graffiti protesting treatment of prisoners in Maghaberry, off Rossville Street, Derry.
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