“IRA” and Easter lily nail-ups in Iveagh Crescent, Newry.
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Easter 1916
Area Affiliation
Disband The RUC
The three-in-one image of RUC policeman (the cap), Orange Order memer (collarette), and paramilitary (the assault rifle).
Slieve Gullion Road, Newry
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I Measc Laochra Na nGael Go Raıbh A nAınmeacha
“May their souls [the heroes of the Easter Rising, 1916, as represented by the GPO and Easter lily] be among the heroes of the Gaels.”
Clanrye Avenue, Newry
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IRA
The original version of this mural (in 1994) had the words “Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann” rather than IRA and lacked the Starry Plough – the sunburst and hooded gunman (with Uzi?) remain the same.
Carnagat Road, Newry
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Political Status Denied
The fight for political status by the ten 1981 hunger-strikers in the H-Blocks (plus Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg from the 70s) is linked to the status of republican prisoners in Maghaberry in 2001. A volunteer in funereal clothing, including an Easter lily on his beret, is at the centre. Camlough Road/Carnagat Road, Newry, stronghold of PIRA S. Down, Armagh Brigade.
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Take It Down
“Cut the crap – take it down now”. “It” being the Tricolour as flown (originally) by pro-Treaty forces and (at the time of the graffiti, 2001) by Sinn Féin after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. Here are the Dubliners singing the song.
Creggan Hill, Derry
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Political Status In Maghaberry
Graffiti in support of republican prisoners in Maghaberry. Central Drive, Derry. The Irish Times profiled the prison in 2017.
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RIRA
Real IRA graffiti in Rossville Street, Derry.
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We Support The Wyanes From Ardoyne
Holy Cross Catholic girls’ primary school, situated in loyalist Ardoyne, Belfast, was picketed by locals in late June, 2001 and throughout the autumn term, on the grounds that they and their homes were being attacked in the area. Images of young children (wee’uns or wains) being ushered through a police cordon while subjected to abuse made headlines around the world and prompted the two graffiti in this post,
St Columb’s Wells and Bligh’s Lane, Derry
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Political Status Now!
An early IRPWA [Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association] flag, a Tricolour with a gunman and fists in manacles, demanding “political status now!” in Lecky Road, Derry.
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