This mural was never finished, so it’s not entirely clear what it was meant to represent. It shows two and a half RUC officers in riot gear, leaping like ninjas, presumably over the wishes of lower Ormeau residents.
Essex St/Sraid Conchúr Mhic Neasa, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01341
The “approved Orange route” – approved by the “SS” RUC and the Parades Commission Chairman, is right over Catholics. The march was cancelled on July 11th after opposition to marches in many places, including the Drumcree march of July 6th. “June 20” (on the right of the mural) is the date Mo Mowlam (Beware!) is reported to have decided to force the Drumcree march down Garvaghy Road.
Dromara Street, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01338 M01339
“No peace without justice”. Róısín McAliskey (daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey) was arrested in 1996 in connection with a mortar attack on a British Army base in Germany and held in Holloway prison (London) until March 1998.
Ormeau Road, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01337
The faces of four children of different races are worked into a curve of celtic knotwork, feathers, and Tricolour.
“Corn Beef Tin”, Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01318
Harryville is an area of Ballymena with a small Catholic population which needed police protection to attend mass. The Independent called it “the town where hatred burns stronger than hope“. With “No RUC”, “No watch towers”, “Free Róisín McAliskey“, and a green ribbon for the campaign to free POWs.
Park Ave, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01321
Contrasting messages from Anne Street, Derry: on one hand, a demand for “all party talks”; on the other, a celebrating volunteer says “the boys are back”. The first ceasefire ended in February 1996, the second commenced in July 1997.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01312 M01313
An eagle lifts the Irish Tricolour heavenward. Corn Beef Tin, Central Drive, Derry. Tony Crowley/MNI has pictures of the work in progress.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01320 M01319
A land very far away from Mulroy Gardens, Derry, of towering pine and clear blue waters in which dolphins swim.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01317
A reproduction of Jim Fitzpatrick’s Breas & Cú Brea (Breas and his hound). Who is the tall figure in dark robes beside the lone tree in the background?
Mulroy Gardens, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01316
Stencils in Lecky Road, Derry. Above, a giant eye for the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Below, “Free Róısín McAliskey”. McAliskey (daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey) was arrested in 1996 in connection with an attack on a British Army base in Germany and held until March 1998. The “No RUC” features a skeleton and appears to be hand-drawn.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01315 M01314 [M01373 is another ‘Bloody Sunday 97’ in William st]
