“Justice for Marian Price march. Assemble at Beechmount Avenue, Belfast. Sunday May 27th 2012 @ 2.30 pm”
Falls Road, Belfast; Havana Way, Belfast; Falls Road, Belfast
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Martin “Rook” O’Prey was the Belfast brigade commander of the IPLO [Irish People’s Liberation Organisation], a breakaway INLA group responsible for killing George Seawright and attacking the Orange Cross social club (WP).
All sources say that he was shot by the UVF in his Ardmoulin Terrace home; the plaque is above a doorway in Lesson Street (where his coffin was given a (momentary) honour guard – youtube).
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“In loving memory of [Royal Irish Regiment] L/Cpl. Mervyn Johnson murdered by the enemies of Ulster [the IRA] at this spot [outside his home in Highfern Gardens] 15th February 1993. Always missed and remembered by both family and friends. Faugh-a-ballagh.”
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Lamentations for the “killed, wounded, missing” among “the west Belfast volunteers who formed in this area”, verse 1:16 in English on the right pillar commemorating the 36th (Ulster) Division – “For these things do I weep/My eyes flow with tears” – and in Irish on the damaged left pillar commemorating the 10th & 16th Irish Divisions – “Seo iad cúis mo chaointe/No [Na?] deora le mo shuile” (the 1981 Bíobla Naofa translation is “Sin an fáth a mbím ag caoi/Agus ag sileadh na súl go fuíoch”).
“‘Remember us who gave our silent dreams within the noise of battle’s thunder/Remember us who have our hopes on golden fields once truly filled with wonder/Remember us who near Thiepval Wood because we could gave our lives own future/Remember us who at eternity’s edge are new born this day between thoughts of sacrifice and loss/Remember us, remember us’ – James Logan, Somme, July 1916”
Ballygomartin Drive, Belfast
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A tribute to the 4th and 9th battalions of the Royal Irish Rifles “1912-2002 – 90th anniversary” (with the 36th Division emblem in the middle) and (on the right) “S company 1969-1974”. 1974 is the year C company, 1st battalion (west Belfast) UVF was formed.
See also C Company 1st Battalion in Carnan St.
Ballygomartin Drive, Belfast
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“Five Cuban patriots unjustly imprisoned in political show trials in Miami in 2001. Join the campaign to release them.” The five were Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González, intelligence agents arrested in 1998 and accused of spying on the US; the Cuban government said they were in the US to infiltrate the Cuban exile community. Their convictions were overturned by a Circuit panel but upheld by the full court (WP).
With ‘Free Marian Price’ poster.
Previously: Cuba – 50 Years Of Revolution
Divis Street, Belfast
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After a long time ‘in progress’, the cell below the republican history museum board is completed. Previously there was a portrait of Wolfe Tone.
“Eileen Hickey Irish Republican History Museum … Conway Mill … Tá fáılte roımh chách/Everyone is welcome”
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“4,400 Palestinian political prisoners, 310 administrative detention. No to Israeli administrative detention! Hunger strike!” with portraits of Hanna Shalabi and Khadner Adnan. Adnan went on strike to protest his violent arrest and interrogation, and detention without trial (“administrative detention”); he reached a deal after 66 days (BBC). Shalabi went on hunger strike to protest her detention without trial; she reached a deal and ended the strike after 43 days (The World). Both were alleged to be members of Islamic Jihad.
For the mural without the added “Free Marian Price” poster, see X00862.
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“Honour our patriot dead – wear an Easter lily”. “Political status for republican prisoners – www.éırígí.org“. These are two small boards below the advertising hoarding at the junction of Northumberland Street and the Falls Road, Belfast. The web address only works with the fadas removed.
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“Climate Change Affects Everyone … But Not Equally”. The sands of time are running out: carbon spewing into the atmosphere from factories (on the left) is melting the ice-caps, leaving polar bears without a place to stand (upper hourglass) and flooding Belfast (lower hourglass), and the Statue Of Liberty too.
“Reduce your carbon footprint.” With support from Eco-Schools and Trócaire.
Northumberland Street, Belfast
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