This painted board is by members of the Youth First (web) group in the Bogside. In the image above, a young mother sporting both a nappy pin and an Easter lily tends to her infant child while casting a look back at Free Derry corner, the silhouettes of marchers, and washing on a line.
Meenan Square, Derry
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In this new east Belfast mural, we move from a part of “violence – terrorism – conflict – imprisonment’ to a future of ‘culture – empowerment – human rights – multiculturalism’. The mural is black-and-white on one side and colour on the other. On the left we have watchtowers and paramilitaries in hats and sunglasses; on the right schoolchildren in front of city hall, working on a computer and playing football.
The mural was defaced immediately after it was finished (roughly the end of July), indicating dissatisfaction with the current direction of ‘the future’, but quickly repaired.
For the “Understanding” mural above, see 2010’s Peace Cannot Be Kept By Force.
The information board give Belfast City Council, Charter NI, and the Housing Executive as sponsors. It incorrectly states that a Young Newton UDA emblem was previously on this wall. The emblem was in fact in McMaster Street (see Young Newtown); previously on this wall was a “Dedication To All Our Fallen [UVF] Comrades” (see D00986).
Lendrick Street, Belfast
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This board on Rossville Street, Derry, originally named only “Colin Duffy”. It was then modified for Marian Price and again for Martin Corey. It now reads “End internment by remand and release the Duffy 3 now!” The “Duffy 3” are Colin’s brothers Paul and Damien and cousin Shane, who are charged with collecting information of use to terrorists (BelTel).
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“Discover the past/Aimsigh an t-am atá caite, build the future/tóg an todhchaí. Derry Walls Day, National Heritage Week.” The aim of the “wave on the wall” was to have almost 2,000 participants in red t-shirts form a chain around the wall (web).
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The quotation marks suggest that this is commentary on the coverage of the Avoniel bonfire (Extramural Activity | BBC) (and in the larger context of the “flag protest” rioting of winter 2012-2013 (WP) and July 2013 (WP)).
This graffiti on the back of a derelict building in Beersbridge Road (as seen from Ravendale Street, at the junction with Clara Street).
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Free Derry Corner (Visual History) is painted pink for Foyle Pride. The programme is on Issuu.
The first time the wall was painted pink was in 2007.
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In January, the Catalan parliament approved the ‘Declaration Of Sovereignty And Of The Right To Decide Of The Catalan People’ (Catalan News). The Spanish government referred the matter to the Constitutional Court and in May it was suspended pending a complete review (WP).
Nailor’s Row/walls of Derry.
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“End British internment! Maghaberry. End forced strip searching! End controlled movement!” The high-security prison holds 1,000 prisoners and segregates loyalists and republicans, a situation described as “a festering sore” in a recent inspection (Tele). Republicans say that the current crisis overlooks existing issues such as controlled movement and strip searches.
32CSM board at the far end of Durrow Park in the Bogside, Derry. Previously in this spot: End British Policing In Ireland.
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This is the internment (or “assumption”) bonfire in the Bogside with what appear to be hand-painted boards depicting a PSNI land-rover and the flags of the UVF, Scotland, Israel, and LVF. It is not known if these were stolen or painted exclusively for the purpose of burning.
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