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The Republican People Of Greater Ballymurphy

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A phoenix rises out of a Celtic cross wrapped in the Tricolour. “This monument was erected by the republican people of greater Ballymurphy in proud and loving memory of all those volunteers from the area who gave their lives in the fight for Irish freedom. Unveiled by Gerry Adams 12th May 1985. I ndil cuimhne [chuimhne] i gcónai ag na poblachtánaigh ón cheantar Barr Cluanai. Also in memory of the civilians who died at the hands of the British Army, RUC, UDR and loyalist extremists.”

Glenalina Road, Ballymurphy, west Belfast

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Núada

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Núada of the Tuatha Dé Danann and Morrígan (from Jim Fitzpatrick’s Beneath The Sky Of Stars) embrace below a ram (from Fitzpatrick’s Senach The Spectre) and between Celtic creatures inspired by the Book Of Kells.

(This is probably not the “dragon mural” mentioned by Julian Watson in Circa #8.)

Unity flats, west Belfast

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Behind The Mask

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Here is another instance of the ‘masked skull’ design produced by prisoners in Long Kesh (according to Mo Chara Kelly), seen previously in Britains Death Squads. This version is simpler: it does not have any writing and there is no UDR emblem on the UDA-style hat. Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.

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Britain’s Death Squads

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Painted in 1989 and badly damaged by 1990: Britain’s death squads: UDA and UVF behind the sunglasses and mask on one side, the UDR and RUC on the other, with clothing and skin stripped away, and the British Army at the bottom. To the left of shot is Dagda and to the right Union Jack Crumbling.

Painted by Mo Chara Kelly in Springhill Avenue, west Belfast.

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