“Easter 1916-72” and a large tricolour in Howard Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney (according to the spreadsheet, but perhaps 1972? Compare with M00032)
M00031
Provisionals For Freedom
CNR
Viva Argentina Ole!
The war over the Falkland/Malvinas islands lasted ten weeks from April to June, 1982. Sympathies in the Bogside lay with the Argentinians. “Britan[n]ia rules the waves no more”, “Join Na Fıanna Eıreann now” and one other indecipherable slogan. Rossville Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
M00023
The Conveyor Belt
Four scenes from the “conveyor belt” of the British police and judicial system, including (in the bottom left) a prisoner before a single judge in a Diplock court, around an image of Ireland with a union jack in the shape of a soldier with rifle aloft standing over Northern Ireland.
Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
M00087
Our Fetters Rent In Twain
A phoenix rises from a pair of disembodied hands tearing apart an “H” made of brick, illustrating the lines “and then I prayed I yet might see/our fetters rent in twain/and Ireland long a province be/a nation once again”. Also with the lark in barbed wire, four provinces, and names of six hunger strikers: Bobby Sands MP, Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson. Falls Road in Andersonstown, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00223
Armalite
An armalite on the corner of Falls Road library in Sevastopol Street, Belfast (and visible at the edge of 13 Gone But Not Forgotten) points at a saracen (or Humber Pig) parked on the pavement. “Provos” graffiti is on the abandoned houses on the Falls Road.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00221
Politics And Religion
A large celtic cross flies the Tricolour and Starry Plough. Beechmount Avenue, Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00220
Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann
The four provinces are named in Irish/Gaelic — Uladh/Ulster, Laıghean/Leinster, Muman/Munster, Connacta/Connaght — around a (vandalised) image of an IRA (óglaıgh na hÉıreann) volunteer.
unknown street, (Beechmount?) Belfast.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00219 (see also X05727)
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Revolution INLA
The red star and the hammer-and-sickle make an appearance alongside the Tricolour, Starry Plough, a fist grasping barbed wire, and the names of four hunger-strikers: B. Sands, P. O’Hara, R. McCreesh, F. Hughes. Turf Lodge shops, Monagh Road/Monagh Gardens/Norglen Road, Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00218
The Spirit Of Freedom
This mural features an unusual representation of Ireland divided into its four provinces. Also seen: Irish Tricolour and Sunburst flags sticking out of the island and the lark in barbed wire. Clonard Street, Belfast
See also: The Lark And The Freedom Fighter
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00215
Support The Prisoners And Their 5 Demands
The Falls Road, Belfast, just below Dunlewey Street, is scarred from a burnt-out vehicle and on the walls of Adoration Convent: Support The Prisoners And Their 5 Demands.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
M00214
