A woman looks skyward into her own streaming hair that is in the colours of the Palestinian flag. The mural is on the wall of the Free Derry Museum in Glenfada Park, Derry.
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Palestine
London-/Derry
Hunger Strikers Memorial
The dove/lark on a fist (seen in 2007) is missing from the crossbar of the hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry.
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Gibraltar
“I ndıl chuımhne – In proud and loving memory of Volunteers Dan McCann, Mairead Farrell, Sean Savage, Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann who were executed by British Crown forces in Gibraltar 6th March, 1988.” The three were killed in Gibraltar by the SAS in what was known as “Operation Flavius”. The European Court Of Human Rights found that the use of force was unlawful. (WP)
“Oh! Cold March winds that pierce the dark/You cry in aged tones/For souls of folk you’ve brought to God/But still you bear the moans./Oh! Weeping wind this lonely night/My mother’s heart is sore,/Oh! Lord of all breathe freedom’s breath/That she may weep no more. – Bobby Sands”.
Hawthorn Street, Belfast
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Fountain Bonfire
The Fountain bonfire for 2008 includes a Tricolour and Celtic flags, and a Sınn Féın electoral poster. There’s also a children’s bonfire. See also: 2007’s bonfire.
For the mural in the background, see British Ulster Alliance.
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Vita Veritas Victoria
“Life, Truth, Victory.” Londonderry city’s coat of arms is displayed on (what is now) Heritage Tower Museum (previously Derry Gaol), including a skeleton (WP). In the top part is the flag of the city of London.
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The Williamite Campaign
Scenes from the Siege Of Derry and Battle Of The Boyne in the Fountain, Londonderry: Captain Browning of the Mountjoy being shot as goods were unloaded from his ship, the beseiged lamenting over a dead comrade, The battle of the Boyne, battle scene, Willian King Memorial Flute Band, Siege of Derry. The area was photographed previously in 2002, 2006, and 2007.
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Fountain Model
It’s not clear what this model in the Fountain is of. The nearby St Columb’s Cathedral has a single spire rather than a large turret. Please comment if you can shed any light.
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Féıle ’08 Outside
The back of Free Derry Corner is used to advertise the 2008 Gasyard Féıle, on the theme of ‘outside’. Free Derry Corner itself is depicted under the rainbow.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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Hunger Strikers
Two volunteers in sunglasses fire a funeral volley over the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers.
Lecky Road, Derry
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End Internment By Remand
Internment without trial was a highly controversial ‘Special Power’ enacted in 1971. This 2008 graffiti alleges that the practice still continues under the guise of indefinite remand. The practice was used against RIRA and CIRA members. See, for example, this 2008 RTÉ report and the later case of Luke O’Neill who was granted bail after (only) 17 months.
Lecky Road, Derry
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