The back of Free Derry Corner is painted for the first time with an Irish-language version of the slogan “You are now entering Free Derry” (in old script, with dots over the “c” and “d” rather than inserted “h”s).
Rossville Street, Derry
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“PIRA” and “Provos” graffiti on the left, with a Tricolour, and in the distance on the right, on the walls of the old town, “Vote Sinn Féin”.
Meenan Square, Bogside, Derry
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Here is a 1982 image of the Break Thatcher’s Back mural in Rockmore Road, Belfast, showing a blanket man with outstretched arms demanding “status now”, framed by a large “H” and surrounded by barbed wire, Tricolours, and the Starry Plough. In 1981, there was a Sean O’Casey quote on the left, rather than a lily and the year of the Easter Rising — 1916. “Free Belfast” in the top left.
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The ten hunger strikers and the five demands, on either side of a phoenix with Sunburst and Tricolour:
“Bobby Sands; Francis Hughes; Raymond McCreesh; Patsy O’Hara; Joe McDonnell; Martin Hurson; Kevin Lynch; Kieran Dohery; Thomas McElwee; Michael Devine”
“No prison uniform; no prison work; free associaiton; letters, parcels, visits; full remission: as prisoners of war they demand these rights”
Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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A celtic cross with the words “Remember our dead” on the base, and a Starry Plough and Tricolour. Central Drive, Derry. Slightly wider shot from Homer Sykes.
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A golden phoenix rises from burning coals “carrying” the Irish Tricolour and a Sunburst flag. Above it are posters of the ten hunger strikers.
Drumleck Drive, Shantallow, Derry
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The mural above, painted in 1981, shows a phoenix rising from the shields of the four provinces and a stand of three flags: Starry Plough, Tricolour, and Sunburst. The flags are flying from regular poles, before the custom took hold of painting flags on pikes in order to include the 1798 rebellion. The mural continued to exist, untouched, for many years and is the oldest original mural in the north.
Anne Street/Glendara, Brandywell, Derry
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The lark in barbed wire symbolising political prisoners, in Westland Street, Bogside, Derry.
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On the left, a Bible quote — “No greater love hath a man than he lays down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13] — and The 5 Demands — No prison uniform, no prison work, free association, letters, visits, etc., full remission — with the oak leaf and crossed rifles of the Derry Brigade Provisional IRA in between.
On the right, Starry Plough, fractured “H”, and Irish Tricolour are linked by barbed wire. With posters above for hunger-strikers Pat Sheehan, Jackie McMullan, [Hugh] Gerry Carville, who all ended their strikes when October 3rd, 1981, when the strike was ended.
Westland Street, Derry
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At the base of Rossville flats (as seen in the second image): “Patsy O’Hara, O.C. [Officer Commanding, in Long Kesh], INLA”. The shamrock makes a rare appearance alongside the Tricolour and Starry Plough. Rossville Street, Derry. With “Victory to the INLA”, “FTQ”, “Provos” and “IRA” graffiti, and, on the right hand side, the Bloody Sunday memorial.
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