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Belfast Says No

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November 1985 saw the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, which established an “inter-governmental conference” advisory body on (some) Northern Irish affairs, in which the Irish government participated. It spawned the slogans “Ulster says No” and the localized “Belfast says No”.

City Hall, Belfast

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In Proud And Loving Memory Of Derry’s Dead Volunteers

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Derry volunteers who died between 1970 and 1982 are commemorated in this Derry mural. Their names are listed on scrolls on either side of a phoenix. Thomas McCool, Thomas Carlin, Joseph Coyle, Eamonn Lafferty, James O’Hagen, Gerry Donaghy, Colm Keenan, Eugene McGillan, John Starrs, James Bradley, Michael Quigley, John Brady, James Carr, James McDaid, Joe Walker, Gerard Craig, David Russell, Michael Meenan, John McDaid, Ethel Lynch, Bernard Coyle, Dennis Heaney, Patrick Duffy, George McBrearty, Charles Maguire, Eamon Bradley, Phil McDonnell

Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

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Unity Flats

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Four pieces of graffiti from Unity Flats. “1971 No Trials, 1984 Show Trials” (referring to the Supergrass system) along with “IRSP” (Irish Republican Socialist Party) and “FSLN” (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional), a red star and a sickle; “If you want the RUC in Newry, ring 999 and ask for 9” (referring to a February 1985 mortar attack that killed 9 officers); “Kirkpatrick Paid Informer” (referring to the INLA’s Harry Kirkpatrick (WP); and “INLA-Freedom”.

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