On the left of this image is the Óglaıgh na hÉıreann mural (seen previously in Guess Who). On the right, on the back of the traffic sign, is “The Bog” and “IRA”. Lecky Road, Derry
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The Bog
London-/Derry
Still Under Siege
“Londonderry Westbank loyalists – Still under siege, No Surrender.” A beefed-up successor to the writing from 1985: Londonderry Not Derry.
Kennedy Place, the Fountain, Derry.
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Loyalists Demand Separation Now
Small board with a red hand between barbs of wire, with union jack, Ulster banner, and symbols of UDA and UVF in the corners. “LPOW — Inprisoned for loyalty”. Hawkin Street, London-/Derry
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Victory To The IRA
Republican graffiti in Ferguson’s Street, Derry.
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The Pope Says No
The (Catholic) Pope (John Paul II) waves an Ulster scarf over his head in celebration of (Protestant) William III’s victory at the Boyne in 1690. Hawkin Street, Derry
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Sans Peur
The four fields of an Ulster banner shield bear the emblems (clockwise from top left) of the UFF (a red fist), the UDA (red hand), the UDF (Ulster Defence Force, golden wings with the motto “sans peur”, the French for “fearless”), and the LPA (Loyalist Prisoners Association, a red hand in barbed wire).
“UDF” is the “Ulster Defence Force”, a sub-group of the UDA with additional training in firearms and tactics, formed in 1985. According to Andy Tyrie, it was some of these gunmen who “restored to the UFF’s West Belfast C Company its ferocious reputation.” (Crimes Of Loyalty, p. 125).
Hawkin Street, Londonderry
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Sınn Féın
The Sınn Féın lettering writ large in Creggan Heights, Derry (with the island of Ireland as a background, though this cannot be seen in the image above). The image below gives a much better sense of what the mural looked like under ordinary lighting.
See also All-Ireland Army, which was at the far end of this block of houses, at the junction with Linsfort Drive,
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Assemble Sunday 28 June Creggan Shops
Board with 9 Derry Brigade volunteers on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
Top: Jim Gallagher, Jimmy Carr, Colm Keenan, John Starrs, ?John McDaid?
Bottom: Eugene McGillan, Gerry Donaghey, John Brady, Junior McDaid
On the rear of Free Derry Corner, Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry. (Visual History)
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Victory To The IRA 1916-87
The brightly-coloured couple in the Coke ad are a stark contrast to the graffiti scrawled below.
Lecky Road, Derry
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End Of The Rossville Murals
The decline of Rossville flats and the murals below them. For images from earlier years, see Eire Nua | Resistance | Murdered By Paratroopers.
Rossville St, Derry. “Victory to the hunger strikers” can be seen on the city walls behind the flats.
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