Republican Sınn Féın split from Provisional Sınn Féın in 1986 over clause 1b of the party’s constitution which forbade Sınn Féın members from taking seats in the Dáil. It is now the political wing of the Continuity IRA.
Iveagh Parade, west Belfast
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A plaque and info board are added alongside the updated Nora McCabe/plastic bullet mural in Islandbawn Street, Belfast: “This mural is dedicated to Norah McCabe and all the victims murdered by rubber & plastic bullets used by the RUC & British Army. Sponsored by the Troops Out Movement & was unveiled on behalf of Relatives For Justice by Mary Pearson 11/09/05.” “Tá an múr-ealaın seo tíomnaıthe do Norah McCabe agus do no hıobartaıgh uılıg maraıthe agus gortıathe le pıléır rubaır agus plaısteacha ag an RUC agus ag Arm na Breataıne. Tá an múr-ealaın seo urraıthe ag Troops Out Movement agus nochtadh é thar cheann Relatives For Justice ag Mary Pearson ar 11/09/05.”
(2001 with original plaque | 2003 without original plaque)
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Seán Kelly, one of the bombers of Frizzell’s fish shop in 1993, was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement but returned to jail in June 2005 by NI Secretary Peter Hain. He would be released a month later.
Falls Road, west Belfast
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“I ndıl cuımhne [chuımhne] ar Neil McCrory a fuaır bás an trıú lá de Shámhaın 1976 ı laımhe dılseoırí [at the hands of loyalists]. Dedicated to the memory of Fıan Neil McCrory murdered 3rd November 1976. Scouts of Na Fıanna a band o’er the nation/May every home greet you with joy and delight/May God give you strength for to love him and Ireland/And when the day comes gives you courage to fight.”
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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Another Seán Kelly board, this one in Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast, with Continuity IRA graffiti below.
There is a Visual History page of this wall, as it is the most frequently muraled wall in Belfast.
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“Interned 05.” Seán Kelly, one of the bombers of Frizzell’s fish shop in 1993, was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement but returned to jail in June 2005 by NI Secretary Peter Hain. He would be released a month later.
Beechview Park, west Belfast
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IRA volunteer Kieran (here Cıarán) Nugent spent nine months in Long Kesh as a Special Category prisoner in 1975. When he was arrested again in 1976 and sent to the H Blocks, the status no longer existed and he could no longer wear his own clothes. He refused to wear a prison uniform and spent his first night naked. On the next day he was given a blanket and so became the first blanket man.
Rockville Street, west Belfast
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This is a Whiterock Road, Belfast, mural to three IRA volunteers and six other local activists. Clockwise from bottom left: Annie Adams, Rosaleen Russell, Liam Mulholland, Billy Carson (also shown kneeling; killed by the UDA in 1979), Liam McParland (also standing, right; leader of the (pre-split) IRA in Ballymurphy, died in a car crash on 6 November 1969), Sean Doyle (also standing, left; perhaps from 1944 despite the assault rifle), Frankie Toner, Kathleen Moore, Gerry Campbell. There are Christmas lights in the centre of the wall.
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“St James community demands the release of the Rossport 5 – boycott Shell’. The Rossport Five were Willie Corduff, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Mıcheál Ó Seıghın, and James Philbin. They were imprisoned in June 2005 for demonstrating contempt of court by interfering with work by Shell on their land in Rossport, Co Mayo. The served 94 days before being released. The ‘green ribbon’, in the top corners, was used in previous years to denote republican prisoners.
Rockmount Street, Belfast
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Graffiti on the Whiterock Road, west Belfast.
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