“Saoırse [freedom] – Free the prisoners” (somewhere on) Falls Road, Belfast.
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Saoırse
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Seán Dolan
Seán Dolan was an IRA and GAA member, a playwright and musician, and fluent in six languages. He died in 1941 after growing ill during 14 months spent interned on the Al Rawdah (Derry Journal). “Fuaır sé bás ar son na hÉıreann.” This memorial plaque is in Bligh’s Lane, Derry.
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RIRA – BCRF
Two armed and masked volunteers hold aloft an RPG, claiming “victory”, even though “our day” is still coming (tıocfaıdh ár lá). This is a crude version of the 1982 PLO -IRA mural in Belfast, but the direct ancestor of this board is the similar one – Victory – on Eastway, Derry, from 2000.
Please get in touch if you know what “BCRF” stands for. “CRF” (by itself) stands for “Catholic Reaction Force”. So, perhaps “Bogside Catholic reaction Force”? Or Bogside-Creggan Reaction Force”?
Fahan Street, Derry
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The Relief Of Derry
The siege of Derry lasted from December 1688 until July 1689, the “relief of Derry” coming with the “breaking of the boom” across the river Foyle by the ship Mountjoy.
Wapping Lane, Fountain, Londonderry
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Shadow Of A UFF Gunman
Stencil of a UFF volunteer in kneeling position in Kennedy Place, Londonderry. With faded C-18 graffiti on the right.
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Here To Stay
The Fountain area of Londonderry is a small loyalist enclave on the west bank of the Foyle, next to the republican Bogside and Brandywell areas (and the old city).
Hawkin Street, the Fountain, Londonderry
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NF – BNP – UFF
National Front, British National Party (two far-right political parties), and UFF graffiti in Artillery Street, Londonderry
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WBL
The red hand of the UFF/UYM/West Bank Loyalists flash the victory sign.
Fountain Street, Londonderry
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One World, Many Struggles
2002 saw the 30th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Every year a march goes from Creggan shops to Rossville Street. The board above, on the rear of Free Derry Corner, shows the tread of a boot trampling on a daffodil with Earth in the centre.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Still Under Siege
“Londonderry west bank loyalists still under siege – No surrender”.
Hawkin Street in the Fountain area of Londonderry.
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