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Murals From Derry And Belfast

London-/Derry

Join Na Fıanna Éıreann

1985-02-082025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00310 Bligh's Gdns 1985+

Two shamrocks join the Tricolour and Sunburst flags on either side of a Fıan wearing sunglasses and beret. Bligh’s Gardens, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00310

CNR, hood/mask/balaclava, London-/Derry, painted wall, physical force, Sunburst, Tricolour

Victory To The Provos

1985-02-072025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00309+

Graffiti in City Cemetery, Derry, including “Victory to the Provos”, “IRA (P)”, “UTP”, “FTH” and an unknown one: “RUTS” — get in touch if you know what it means.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00309

CNR, graffiti/writing, IRA, London-/Derry, physical force

Provisionals

1985-02-062025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00307+

M00308+

Two image of the walls between entry-way gates in Rathlin Drive, Derry, showing an IRA (“Oglaıgh na hEıreann”) volunteer with machine gun and (on the other) an armalite and a rifle as part of the “Weapons of resistance”.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00307 M00308

assault rifle, Gaeilge, hood/mask/balaclava, IRA, London-/Derry, physical force, tricoloured green-white-orange

Guerilla Days In Ireland

1985-02-052025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00306+

Guerilla Days In Ireland — red and pink background to volunteers with machine gun and RPG. Based on a poster by a Short Strand artist, circa 1983.

Rathlin Drive, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00306

assault rifle, CNR, London-/Derry, painted wall, physical force, RPG

Vote Sınn Féın

1985-01-312025-02-10Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00286+

1985 version of the graffiti shown in Brit Thugs Out.

Eastway, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00286

British forces, CNR, electoral, Fianna, graffiti/writing, London-/Derry, painted board, physical force, Sinn Féin

Join Up Now!

1985-01-302025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00275+

1985 version of Fianna Éireann and Derry Not Londonderry (with “Vote Republican – Mitchel McLaughlin” sticker).

Rossville Street, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00275

CNR, electoral, Fianna, graffiti/writing, London-/Derry, painted board, physical force

Murdered By The Crown

1985-01-292025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00276 Blucher St 1985+

This is a 1985 image of a 1981 mural featured previously. The side-wall to the left had not been painted in 1981 — see There Is An Inner Thing In Every Man.

Blucher Street, Derry

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00276

British forces, CNR, hunger strike, IRA, London-/Derry, painted wall, phoenix, physical force, Sunburst, Tricolour

Bobby Sands

1985-01-242025-11-18Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00289 Fanad Dr 1985+

A black-and-white portrait of Bobby Sands on a gable wall in Fanad Drive, Derry, dating back to 1981.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00289

Bobby Sands, CNR, London-/Derry, painted wall, political

All-Ireland Army

1985-01-232025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00288 Linsfort Dr 1985+

An armed volunteer against the backdrop of an undivided island of Ireland. Linsfort Drive, Derry. See also Sinn Féin, at the other end of this row of houses on Creggan Heights (but is dated 1987).

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00288

assault rifle, CNR, hood/mask/balaclava, Ireland, London-/Derry, painted wall, physical force

Oglaıgh na h-Eıreann

1985-01-222025-01-31Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
M00287 Central Dr 1985+

A pair of crouched volunteers with weapons aimed below stylised block writing. Pearse’s “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” (and a dog) take centre stage. Properly, with fadas, “Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann”. Central Drive, Derry.

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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
M00287

assault rifle, CNR, Gaeilge, hood/mask/balaclava, IRA, London-/Derry, physical force, tricoloured green-white-orange
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