Kilwilkie Republican Youth graffiti off Lake Street, Lurgan in imitation of “Free Derry” and “Free Belfast”.
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Free Kilwilkie
Area Affiliation
The Protestant Reformation
Portraits from left to right of Martin Luther, William Tyndale, John Calvin, John Knox. John Wesley is not included here. The previous mural was to the UDR, which itself had replaced an LVF mural.
Pollock Drive, Lurgan
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Mourneview Youth
Here is the scene at Mourne Road along the side of the Mace (later a Spar). On the low wall is a ‘Mourneview Youth’ mural (presumably by BlazeFX) – there were previously LVF murals on this wall. In the bricked-up windows are a series of cultural panels, on the Battle Of The Boyne, music, William McFadzean’s VC, fire, faith, defence (WWI), plus one other (perhaps ‘school’?)
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Rem. King Rat
“King Rat” was Billy Wright, leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force, which split from the (Mid-Ulster) UVF during the peace process. Wright was killed in prison in 1997 by the INLA.
(somewhere on) Mourneview Avenue, Lurgan
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No Surrender
A somewhat fabulous King Billy outside Glenavon FC on Mourneview Avenue, Lurgan.
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26 + 6 = 1
“26 + 6 = 1 Freedom” [26 counties of the Republic + 6 counties of Northern Ireland = 1 Ireland]. Graffiti behind the Bogside Inn, Derry.
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Internment 40 Years On
“Republican Network For Unity (tw). Internment – political suppression and state oppression 40 Years On”.
Frederick Street, Derry
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Streets Of Yesteryear
“Streets Of Yesteryear” showing (at top) Bobby Jackson (senior) painting the mural and, at right, the mural in Clarence Place. On the left is Wapping Lane, where arches are hung every year. At the bottom is the gaol tower.
The plaque at right reads “Streets Of Yesteryear. Unveiled on 7th August 2009 by Mrs. B. Holland (née Jackson) daughter of the late Bobby Jackson pictured above. Part of the Creating Change Programme, Cathedral Youth Club.”
Wapping Lane, Londonderry
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We Determine The Guilty, We Decide The Punishment
Iron Maiden’s ‘Eddie The Head’, here in the guise of a British Redcoat, strides over a Londonderry both old (vintage soldier on the left) and new (Free Derry Corner and The Petrol Bomber on the right). Compared to the previous version, the turned-over corners have been painted out and the skyline lowered. For more see Eddie’s Visual History page.
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Stormont Shame
“Internment an injustice in Ireland today. 1971-2009. Stormont shame.” RNU [Republican Network for Unity] board on the rear of Free Derry Corner, with a fist in place of Carson’s statue on the road to Stormont.
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