CNR – Page 197 – Peter Moloney Collection

Loch gCál

1990-03-142024-09-24Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The eight IRA volunteers killed by the SAS in 1987 as they attacked the RUC station in Loughgall are named in Irish: Eoın Ó Ceallaıgh, Pádraıg Ó Ceallaıgh, Gearoıd Ó Ceallacháın, Seamus Laıghneach, Deaglan Mac Aırt, Seamus Ó Donnaılle, Pádraıg Mac Cearnaıgh, Antaıne Ó Garmaıle.

Eugene Kelly, Paddy Kelly, Gerard O’Callaghan, Jim Lynagh, Declan Arthurs, Seamus Donnelly, Pádraig McKearney, Tony Gormley

New Lodge flats, Belfast

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Only Our River Runs Free

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Women from around the world, including Palestine, are represented in this mural in Unity flats, Belfast. Here’s Christy Moore’s recording of the Michael MacConnell song Only Our Rivers Run Free.

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Provos

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A faded mural in Beechmount Avenue, Strabane, with a (painted) “Provos” banner flying over crossed rifles and the Sunburst and Tricolour flags.

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INLA

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Two INLA murals on a wall in Ballycolman, Strabane. One has the red star and a raised fist, the other the Tricolour (and perhaps an unfinished Starry Plough) alongside a coat of arms with an AK-47.

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INLA Has Had Their Weetabix

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“RUC beware: INLA has had their Weetabix!” Republican parody of a famous 1980s advertising campaign. Ballycolman, Strabane. This is a repurposed wall – see Your Smile Disfigures Us. To the left of shot is (the colour version of) Victory To The INLA.

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And Finally A Message

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Three volunteers stand formally to make a statement: “And finally a message to our enemies: it is not just an army you face but the might of a people sworn and determined to be free.” 1916-1983 A similar sentiment but with three volunteers on manoeuvres.

Ballycolman, Strabane

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Socailism

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“Victory to the INLA”, “Join the INLA”, and “Socialism” (mis-spelled), with the red star of socialism.

Ballycolman, Strabane

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Victory To The INLA

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The 1989 image of this Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth mural was black and white, suggesting that it was not then finished. By 1990, a Tricolour had been painted in the background but the paint had deteriorated in many places.

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Let The Fight Go On

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Volunteers carrying an armalite and an RPG launcher in Ballycolman estate, Strabane.

Easter Lily

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Small mural of an easter lily on a Tricolour in Beechmount Avenue, Strabane, with UFF and UVF graffiti.

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