The faces of four children of different races are worked into a curve of celtic knotwork, feathers, and Tricolour.
“Corn Beef Tin”, Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01318
Four Children
Area Affiliation
Free Our Prisoners
“In memory of our freedom fighters who fought and died for Ulster. It was not for glory they fought nor honour or riches but freedom alone which no good man should lose but with his life.” A three-panel UFF mural in Linfield Road. A scroll with four emblems (UDA, UYM, UFF and Ulster banner); flags of the UDA and Scotland with manacled red fists and an outline of Northern Ireland superimposed with the Ulster banner, between emblems of the LPA and another prisoners’ organisation; a kneeling volunteer from A battalion, south Belfast’s Sandy Row.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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We Determine The Guilty, We Decide The Punishment
Eddie the trooper rampages through Londonderry, killing Jacobite soldiers in the foreground and, in the background, leaving Free Derry Corner and The Petrol Bomber shrouded in smoke. For more on the overhead quotation, see The Trooper.
For other Eddie murals, see Eddie’s Visual History page.
Painted by Attitude Artists. Ebrington Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01327 M01328 M01326
The Place That Time Forgot
Harryville is an area of Ballymena with a small Catholic population which needed police protection to attend mass. The Independent called it “the town where hatred burns stronger than hope“. With “No RUC”, “No watch towers”, “Free Róisín McAliskey“, and a green ribbon for the campaign to free POWs.
Park Ave, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01321
All Party Talks/The Boys Are Back
Contrasting messages from Anne Street, Derry: on one hand, a demand for “all party talks”; on the other, a celebrating volunteer says “the boys are back”. The first ceasefire ended in February 1996, the second commenced in July 1997.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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Soaring
An eagle lifts the Irish Tricolour heavenward. Corn Beef Tin, Central Drive, Derry. Tony Crowley/MNI has pictures of the work in progress.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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Ulster Star
An unusual emblem hoisted on an electrical pole in Sheskin Gardens, Derry: the ulster banner on a six-pointed star with red semi-circles (perhaps poppies?) behind.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01322
The Deep Blue Sea
A land very far away from Mulroy Gardens, Derry, of towering pine and clear blue waters in which dolphins swim.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01317
One Man And His Dog
A reproduction of Jim Fitzpatrick’s Breas & Cú Brea (Breas and his hound). Who is the tall figure in dark robes beside the lone tree in the background?
Mulroy Gardens, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01316
Bloody Sunday 97/Róısín McAliskey
Stencils in Lecky Road, Derry. Above, a giant eye for the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Below, “Free Róısín McAliskey”. McAliskey (daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey) was arrested in 1996 in connection with an attack on a British Army base in Germany and held until March 1998. The “No RUC” features a skeleton and appears to be hand-drawn.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01315 M01314 [M01373 is another ‘Bloody Sunday 97’ in William st]
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