Gerry Adams’s portrait is painted (by Mo Chara Kelly) on a Tricolour occupying an advertising hoarding on the Springfield Road, Belfast. There is also “Smash H Block” and “Sınn Féın” graffiti on the wall below.
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“SAS Scum” and “PIRA” are the last panels on the wall on the upper Whiterock Road, Belfast. For the others in the wide shot, below, see RPG | Victory To The IRA | IRA 87 | Say No To Dr. Joe.
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The SDLP’s Joe Hendron ran against, and lost to, Gerry Adams in Belfast West in 1987’s UK parliamentary elections. “Say No To Dr. Joe – Vote Adams X”. Whiterock Road, Belfast
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Tricolour and Sunburst flags on the Whiterock Road, west Belfast.
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A volunteer with rocket-propelled grenade launcher kneels between “Vote Sinn Féin” and “Adams X” and under a variety of election posters, including “Freedom Justice Peace” and “Keep building, says SDLP“. Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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This is the scene at the junction of the Springfield Road with the Whiterock Road and New Barnsley Parade in 1987: kerb-stones painted in green, white, and orange, election posters for Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams (“Working with you”), and “IRA” and “SS RUC” graffiti in the background.
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“SS RUC” and “Victory to the IRA” on a Tricolour on the Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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A large Tricolour and the words of Padraig Pearse next to the island of Ireland with the letters “SF”. Westrock Drive, Belfast
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“SF”, “IRA” and a Tricolour. Westrock Drive, Belfast
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“Vote Adams”, “SF”. Westrock Drive, Belfast.
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