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I gCuımhne Agus In Onóır

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“In memory and in honour” — the dead volunteer of the Derry troubles is made equivalent to the Celtic warrior of Irish mythology. Rossville Street, Derry. The list is longer than the previous version of this mural (Roll Of Honour) and than in In Proud And Loving Members Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers: Joseph Coyle, Thomas McCool, Thomas Carlin, Eamonn Lafferty, James O’Hagan, Gerry Donaghy, Colm Keenan, Eugene McGillan, John Starrs, James/Seamus Bradley, Michael Quigley, John Brady, James Carr, James McDaid, Joe/Joseph Walker, Gerard Craig, David Russell, Michael Meenan, John McDaid, Ethel Lynch, Brian (= Bernard?) Coyle, Dennis/Denis Heaney, Patrick/Patsy Duffy, George McBrearty, Charles Maguire, Eamon Bradley, Phil McDonnell, Richard Quigley, Danny Doherty, William Fleming, Ciaran Fleming, Charles English

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RUC Out

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Graffiti in the Little Diamond in Derry: “RUC out”, “IRA” and (something like) “Join the Cumann na gCailini”.

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Missing Words

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The AK47, halberd, and Tricolour are all that remain in 1985 of the Derry Brigade mural (shown previously from 1984) in Bishop Street, Derry.

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IRA

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An IRA volunteer reclines with rifle at the ready.

Rathlin Drive, Derry

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In Proud And Loving Memory Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers

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Derry volunteers who died between 1970 and 1982 are commemorated in this Derry mural. Their names are listed on scrolls on either side of a phoenix. Thomas McCool, Thomas Carlin, Joseph Coyle, Eamonn Lafferty, James O’Hagen, Gerry Donaghy, Colm Keenan, Eugene McGillan, John Starrs, James Bradley, Michael Quigley, John Brady, James Carr, James McDaid, Joe Walker, Gerard Craig, David Russell, Michael Meenan, John McDaid, Ethel Lynch, Bernard Coyle, Dennis Heaney, Patrick Duffy, George McBrearty, Charles Maguire, Eamon Bradley, Phil McDonnell

Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

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Join Na Fıanna Éıreann

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Two shamrocks join the Tricolour and Sunburst flags on either side of a Fıan wearing sunglasses and beret. Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

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Victory To The Provos

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Graffiti in City Cemetery, Derry, including “Victory to the Provos”, “IRA (P)”, “UTP”, “FTH” and an unknown one: “RUTS” — get in touch if you know what it means.

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Guerilla Days In Ireland

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Guerilla Days In Ireland — red and pink background to volunteers with machine gun and RPG. Based on a poster by a Short Strand artist, circa 1983.

Rathlin Drive, Derry

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Unity Flats

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Four pieces of graffiti from Unity Flats. “1971 No Trials, 1984 Show Trials” (referring to the Supergrass system) along with “IRSP” (Irish Republican Socialist Party) and “FSLN” (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional), a red star and a sickle; “If you want the RUC in Newry, ring 999 and ask for 9” (referring to a February 1985 mortar attack that killed 9 officers); “Kirkpatrick Paid Informer” (referring to the INLA’s Harry Kirkpatrick (WP); and “INLA-Freedom”.

Vote Fitzsimmons No. 1

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“Vote Republican”: In the old Unity flats, a board promoting Sinn Féin and specifically Harry Fitzsimmons, in the 1985 elections for Belfast City Council (ARK). Unity Place, Belfast.

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