Wolfe Tone replaces “Sinn Fein [sic] Out” graffiti below the sign for the Republican Museum on the “International Wall”,
Divis Street, Belfast
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Wolfe Tone In
Area Affiliation
Taxi Trax
The WBTA mural (on the International Wall (Visual History) is quickly repainted, with the central mural of the Easter Rising replaced with a gable-end version of a small (1981) mural in Rockdale St (long gone by 2008; in fact, none of the three murals depicted is extant in 2008 and none existed in the form shown).
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Fountain Bonfire
The Fountain bonfire for 2008 includes a Tricolour and Celtic flags, and a Sınn Féın electoral poster. There’s also a children’s bonfire. See also: 2007’s bonfire.
For the mural in the background, see British Ulster Alliance.
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Vita Veritas Victoria
“Life, Truth, Victory.” Londonderry city’s coat of arms is displayed on (what is now) Heritage Tower Museum (previously Derry Gaol), including a skeleton (WP). In the top part is the flag of the city of London.
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The Williamite Campaign
Scenes from the Siege Of Derry and Battle Of The Boyne in the Fountain, Londonderry: Captain Browning of the Mountjoy being shot as goods were unloaded from his ship, the beseiged lamenting over a dead comrade, The battle of the Boyne, battle scene, Willian King Memorial Flute Band, Siege of Derry. The area was photographed previously in 2002, 2006, and 2007.
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Fountain Model
It’s not clear what this model in the Fountain is of. The nearby St Columb’s Cathedral has a single spire rather than a large turret. Please comment if you can shed any light.
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Féıle ’08 Outside
The back of Free Derry Corner is used to advertise the 2008 Gasyard Féıle, on the theme of ‘outside’. Free Derry Corner itself is depicted under the rainbow.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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Hunger Strikers
Two volunteers in sunglasses fire a funeral volley over the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers.
Lecky Road, Derry
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End Internment By Remand
Internment without trial was a highly controversial ‘Special Power’ enacted in 1971. This 2008 graffiti alleges that the practice still continues under the guise of indefinite remand. The practice was used against RIRA and CIRA members. See, for example, this 2008 RTÉ report and the later case of Luke O’Neill who was granted bail after (only) 17 months.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Top Of The Hill
These images are from Top Of The Hill/Gobnascale. The size of the Tricolour flying on Old Strabane Road can be gauged by the second picture, which was taken from Craigavon bridge.
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