The 1980 and 1981 hunger strikes are both commemorated in this black flag with the lark in barbed wire representing the “Spirit of freedom”.
Falls Road, Belfast
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Meon Na Saoırse
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O’Hara – McCreesh
Hunger strikers Patsy O’Hara and Raymond McCreesh died on the same day – May 21st, 1981. There are thus two portraits placed next to the memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, on this day each year.
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Éıre Nua Flute Band
The Éıre Nua board at the top of the Whiterock Road, Belfast, seen previously in 1997 is updated: originally it said 1981-1996 and now says 1981-1999. It is next to Equality Now.
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Free All Republican POWs
Republican graffiti (painted in 1998) in Lenadoon Avenue, Belfast calling for the release of political prisoners. The release of prisoners under the Good Friday Agreement was completed in July 2000.
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Vol. Kevin Lynch
INLA volunteer Kevin Lynch was from Park, County Derry, near Dungiven, where this board commemorates his death in the 1981 hunger strike. Chapel Road.
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Spirit Of Freedom
Two faded and damaged murals side-by-side in Carnagat Road, Newry. On the left, a lark exhibiting the “spirit of freedom – B Sands” carries an assault rifle; on the left the torch of freedom is raised in front of the Sunburst and Tricolour.
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1981
10 crosses, one for each of the deceased 1981 hunger strikers, in an “H” shape, on an embankment below the A1 in Newry.
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So Long As You Continue To Oppress Us
This is a faded mural in Carnagat Road, Newry. On the left is an armed volunteer and on the right are Tricolour and Starry Plough flags. The writing in the middle is obscured: “So long as you continue to oppress us you will meet …”. Get in touch if you can complete the rest.
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Green, White, Orange
You only need three colours to paint the Easter lily and the Irish Tricolour.
Main Avenue, Newry
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Easter 1916
“IRA” and Easter lily nail-ups in Iveagh Crescent, Newry.
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