“I await the lark, for spring is all but upon us – Bobby Sands”. “This mural is dedicated in memory of the hunger H-Block martyrs. Unveiled by Mrs Fox, 4th March 2001.”
Iveagh Street, west Belfast
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“A generation remembers the hungerstrike martyrs.” On the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike, portraits of the strikers (including Gaughan and Stagg from the 70s) were displayed on the railings of Dunville Park, Falls Road, Belfast.
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“National hunger strike rally. Cuımhnígí ar na staılceoırí. Sunday 13 August 2006. Main assembly Dunville Park 1pm. Rally @ Casement Park 3pm. Gerry Adams main speaker plus guests.” Above Davitts club on the Falls Road, Belfast.
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Three generations of republicans, from the Troubles, the Rising, and the Rebellion, salute “F[rankie] Ryan, B[obby] Sands, J[ohn] Rooney, G[erard] Fennell, B[artholomew] Teeling”. The first four are modern IRA volunteers; the last is a United Irishman from Lisburn (Rebel Breeze has a full account of his deeds).
For an unspoiled view, see J0194.
Juniper Way, Twinbrook, Dunmurry
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“Remember the hunger strikers, 25th anniversary.” Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg, who died on hunger strikes in 1974 and 1976 and included in a line of portraits alongside nine of the deceased 1981 hunger strikers; Bobby Sands is shown in the large mural on the right hand side, next to blanket men Hugh Rooney and Freddie Toal.
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“RMS Titanic launched May 31 1911.” The design of RMS Titanic was overseen by Thomas Andrews Jr (among others) and constructed at Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast. Andrews was on the ship when it hit an iceberg and sank. Both he and captain Edward Smith went down with the ship.
Kenilworth Place, east Belfast
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“Human rights, democratic rights, civil rights. The civil, human, and democratic rights were taken away from these people by violent republicans IRA, INLA, RIRA – let us not forget” the victims of attacks at Claudy, La Mon, Tee Bane, Enniskillen, Bloody Friday, Omagh, Shankill, Darkley. “You cannot ask for freedom, when you take our freedom away/You cannot ask for justice, when you murder day by day/You told the world your story, you lied at every turn/You never said your sorry, for the terrible deeds you done.”
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These images show the political pieces on the back wall of the site of the old Andersonstown RUC barracks at the junction of the Glen Road and Falls Road. Fıan John Dempsey (memorialised elsewhere); Sınn Féın using a quote from Mao; graffiti supporting Palestine and the Basque Country; a hunger strikers memorial; graffiti equating Israel and the Nazis.
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The Andersonstown RUC station was demolished in 2005 and (according to this Irish Times article) was to be put up for sale. Instead, the area became a site for murals and this large metalwork, with portraits of the hunger strikers on either side of a lark in barbed wire.
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Here is a wide shot and some details of the two-part mural in Hugo Street, seen in progress in 2001 and completed in 2002. On the left is a depiction of the funeral of Joe McDonnell; on the right, posters and protesters from the time of the hunger strikes.
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