We Remain What We Are

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“Of course we can be murdered, but while we remain alive, we remain what we are, political prisoners of war – B. Sands”. A lark in barbed wire on an Irish tricolour, with the names of the ten hunger-strikers who died: B. Sands, F. Hughes, P. O’Hara, K. Lynch, M. Devine, R. McCreesh, J. McDonnell, M. Hurson, K. Doherty, T, McIlwee [McElwee].

Whiterock Road, Belfast.

The latter images show an earlier version of the mural, with six names, and the wall in preparation.

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RUC Keep Out

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“RUC keep out”, “Patsy O’Hara”, “IRA”, “Political status must stay” on flats in Glenfada Park, opposite the Rossville flats in Derry’s Bogside. Here is a guide to the row of murals along the bottom of Rossville flats. A close-up of the left-hand side of the image above is included below.

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Copyright © 1981 Peter Moloney

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