The words “Bobby Sands” still visible on a wall somewhere on the Falls Road, Belfast.
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Bobby Sands
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IRA Shamrock
“IRA” with a shamrock. Falls Road, Belfast.
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You Are Now Entering Free Derry
The front of Free Derry Corner in 1990, with “Smash H Block” on the wall of the flats.
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Easter 1916-1990
The rear of Free Derry Corner announcing the 1990 commemoration of the 1916 Rising at the Bogside Inn.
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Onwards To Victory/SAM7
Here is a 1990 wide shot of Onwards To Victory and SAM 7 Avenue, in Springhill Park, Strabane.
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SDLP The Extradition Party
“The extradition party – Sell Dublin or London Republican Prisoners.” Graffiti in Springhill Park, Strabane.
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No Extradition
“Dessie Ellis – No extradition” (and “Doire Cholmcoille”). This is the reverse of the Rossville Flats Demolition Art piece on Fahan Street, Derry.
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Radio-Controlled
The previous mural (Sieze Power) can still be seen in the lower left-hand corner of this unfinished mural in Springhill Park, Strabane. The volunteer on the right appears to be holding (uniquely in north of Ireland muraling) not a rifle but a walkie-talkie or perhaps a radio control device for an explosive. The mural attempts to recreate a painting by Lucas Quigley from 1989 (below), here given the same title – “Guerilla Days In Ireland” – which was used for Danny D’s earlier poster (muralised in Derry and in Belfast) (and which was also the name of Tom Barry’s account of the War Of Independence).
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Easter 1916
An IRA volunteer in modern garb next to an Easter lily from the 1916 Rising. Westland Street, Derry. The mural dates back to (at least) 1983 – Homer Sykes.
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Rossville Flats Demolition Art
Derry’s Rossville flats were constructed in 1966 and knocked down in 1986 and 1989 (Derry Journal). Their demolition is turned into a public art piece on a large board between a set of goalposts in Fahan Street (above) and seen also from Butcher Street (below).
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