A lark in barbed wire, a republican symbol of political prisoners from Bobby Sands — the lark has the spirit of freedom and refuses to sing when caged, no matter how bad the treatment meted out. Rossville Street, Derry. For this mural in 1981, see Resistance.
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An IRA volunteer crouches with rocket-propelled grenade launcher: an IRA weapon of resistance.
Rossville Street, Derry
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The scottish head of Britain has taken the form of Margaret Thatcher, who is biting on the north Antrim coast and trying to grab the island for herself. Rossville Street, Derry
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Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, leaders of the Easter Rising. Rossville Street, Derry
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Rossville St, Derry. For this mural in 1981 see Eire Nua.
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The island of Ireland in the national colours of green, white, and orange. Rossville Street, Derry. For this mural in 1981, see Éıre Nua.
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A celtic cross with tricolour and Starry Plough flags (similar to In Memory of Vol. Patsy O’Hara). Rossville Street, Derry
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A volunteer carrying the Starry Plough flag of the INLA. Rossville Street, Derry.
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14 victims of Bloody Sunday (30th Jan 1972) are listed on either side of a cross: P. Doherty G. Donaghy, J. Duddy, H. Gilmore, M. Kelly, M. McDaid, K. McElhinney, B. McGuigan, J. McKinney, W. Nash, J. Wray, J. Young, J. Johnson, W. McKinney.
Rossville Street, Derry
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On the main gable wall, a funeral volley of three volunteers fires over the coffin of Bobby Sands, with the beginning of a quote from Sands: “I refuse to change to sui[t people who oppress, torture and imprison me. They have suppressed my body and attacked my dignity, but I have the spirit of freedom that cannot be quenched by even the most horrendous treatment.]”
On the side wall, a prisoner is crucified, with the words “St Peter, let these men enter heaven, for they have served their time in hell.” – a variation on James Donahue’s WWII Soldier’s Poem (WP).
Westland Street, Derry
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