Silhouette of a republican paramilitary holding a Thompson sub-machine-gun, attempting to win freedom for a tricoloured Ireland encircled by barbed wire. Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00645
Three of four parts of a long mural about censorship. In the first, a pair of “Censor Ltd” scissors cut the cord to the microphone of a speaker who is also gagged – the idea comes from a Jack Clafferty drawing, included below. The second gives figures making the case for the under-representation of Sinn Féin in government: 1 MP, 40[%] nationalist elec[torate?], 56 [city/district] council[lors]. Just out of view to the right of “Censored” is “Britain ignores the voice of arguement.”
For the image on which the first panel is based, see Many Have Eyes. The imagery of scissors cutting a microphone cord is by Jack Clafferty.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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A two-panel wall in Ballycolman, Strabane. On one side, a prison guard looms over a blanket man; on the other, the names and dates of death of the 1981 hunger strikers: Bobby Sands MP 5th May, Francies Hughes 12th May, Raymond McCreesh 21st May, Patsy O’Hara 21st May, Joe McDonnell 8th July, Martin Hurson 13th July, Kevin Lynch 1st Aug, Kieran Doherty TD 2nd Aug, Tom McElwee 8th Aug, Mickey Devine 20th Aug.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Looking down the barrel of an IRA gun.
Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00647
“And finally a message to our enemies: it is not just an army you face but the might of a people sworn and determined to be free.” IRA volunteers in camouflage and balaclavas scout a target.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00643
Fourth of four in a row in Ballycolman, Strabane (just out of shot is an “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” panel). It shows a silhouette of a cluster of four IRA men bearing rifles and machine-guns.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00657
The ten deceased hunger strikers are named alongside a celtic cross with “saoırse” on a scroll, a tricolour and Starry Plough. Ballycolman, Strabane. Bobby Sands OC MP, Francies Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty TD, Tom McElwee, Mickey Devine.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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A prisoner is menaced by shadows. “No justice for Irish people in British courts – Stop extradition.” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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First of four in a row in Ballycolman, Strabane: Jack Clafferty’s famous Troops Out emblem of Britain in the shape of a riot policeman bludgeoning Ireland (this Ireland is holding a ‘self-determination’ placard). For the original, see Sasanach Amach.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Armalite rifle of the INLA in Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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