“Patsy O’Hara, Derry, Political Prisoner, Murdered by the crown”.
Westland Street, Derry
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Murdered By The Crown
London-/Derry
If You’re Feeling Young And Active
“If your [you’re] feeling young and active, there’s lots of action around. Come and join the … … Cuman[n] na gCailini [gCailíní], and help overthrown the crown.”
Fahan Street, Derry
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Waterloo
On the walls of the old Derry city, at Waterloo Street: “Smash H Block” and “UTP”.
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Éıre Amháın, Pobal Amháın
“Éıre Amháın, pobal amháın — an t-aon rogha”.” [One Ireland, One people — the only option]
Lecky Road, Derry, on the back of Free Derry Corner.
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Guess Who
Here are five images of the Bogside shops at the junction of Westland Street and Lecky Road, with a large Óglaıgh na hÉıreann mural, which was later vandalised with “Guess who” and graffiti added to the right reading “B Specials Irish League: Newry 9, RUC 0”.
Bogside, Derry
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PROVOS
A view from on high of the flats in the middle of Fahan Street, Derry, with “PROVOS” written one letter at a time. Glenfada Park is in the top right (see Derry Not Londonderry and Fianna Éireann). The second gives an even wider view of the Bogside.
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Allegiance To Her Majesty The Queen
“”I swear by almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and succcessors, according to law, so help me God.” This oath was sworn by John Hume to get his seat at Westminster.”
Chamberlain Street, Derry
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Mıse Éıre
A dolmen, standing stones, designs from Newgrange, an illustration from a celtic manuscript, and the warrior Cú Chulaınn (Visual History) surround some lines from Padraig Pearse’s poem Mıse Éıre
“Mıse Éıre, sıne mé na [sic – ná] an ċaılleaċ béara [sic – ḃéara],
Mór mo ġlóıre, mé a rug ċúċulann cróga.
Mór mo náıre, mo ċlann féın do díol [sic – a ḋíol] a máṫaır.
[Mór mo ṗıan, bıthnaıṁde do mo ṡíorchıapaḋ.
Mór mo ḃrón, d’éag an dream ınar ċuıreas dóċas.]
Mıse Éıre, uaıgní mé na [sic – ná] an ċaılleaċ béara [sic – ḃéara].”
Or, in English:
“I am Ireland: I am older than the Hag of Beara.
Great my glory, I who bore brave Cú Chulaınn.
Great my shame, my own children that sold their mother.
[Great my pain, my irreconcilable enemy who harasses me continually.
Great my sorrow, that crowd, in whom I placed my trust, decayed.]
I am Ireland, I am lonelier than the Hag of Beara.”
The wide shots show both Chamberlain Street murals, Mıse Éıre and the Firing Party mural featured previously.
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Firing Party
The Destructive Talents Of The RUC
The plaque in the rop corner (shown in the final image) reads: “This mural was designed & painted by the creative talents of Derry republicans. … It was vandalised by the destructive talents of the RUC & British Army”. The mural showed six raised arms, carrying (from left to right) a paintbrush, a spanner, coloured pencils, an armalite, a book, and a placard reading “Tıocfaıd[h] ár lá” and a full version of Bobby Sands’s quote is on the side wall: “Everyone, republican or otherwise, has his or her own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small. No one is too old or too young to do something.” A number of paint bombs have been thrown at the mural and graffiti added, describing Sands as “slimmer of the year, ha ha” and saying “Fuck the IRA”.
Westland Street, Derry.
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