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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These images are from Top Of The Hill/Gobnascale. The size of the Tricolour flying on Old Strabane Road can be gauged by the second picture, which was taken from Craigavon bridge.
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‘Dark tourism’ comes to Derry: Free Derry Corner and The Petrol Bomber mural feature on the side of a CitySightSeeingDerry open-topped tourist bus.
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This is a poster for an exhibition by Maria McKinney at Context Galleries. perhaps related also to this initiative from the Centre For Contemporary Art, both examining the role of London Street in the city of London-/Derry.
Artillery Street, London-/Derry
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Images depicting a pair of WWI memorials – Thiepval Tower and Ulster Tower – are added to the Somme mural below the Cathedral Youth Club.
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No surrender! Let no one question the loyalty of this graffitist in Wapping Lane, Londonderry. Quis separabit!
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“In loving memory of Vol. John Hanna, murdered by the enemies of Ulster 10th September 1991. Always remembered by the offices and volunteers of 2nd Batt. “B” Coy Village. Its [sic] not for riches nor for glory but the love of one’s country which [we] are prepared to die for. Here lies a soldier. Gone but not forgotten. FGAU.” The two smaller plaques on either side of the RHC wings on the left are to “Friend Sammy Mehaffy 13th November 1991” and “Volunteer Stevie McCrea 18th February 1989”, both “murdered by the enemies of Ulster”.
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These UFF hooded gunmen are standing outside Long Kesh/Maze prison. The upper flag on the right-hand side of this mural – purple saltire on a blue background with star and red hand – is the proposed flag of Ulster nationalists. Castlemara Drive, Carrickfergus.
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“In August 1971 many Protestants fled their homes as the IRA launched a bitter sectarian attack on Protestant communities throughout Belfast. The loyal people of Liverpool held out the hand of friendship in our hour of need up to 2000 terrified women and children escaped from burning homes to live in the safety of Liverpool. That act of friendship by the people of Liverpool will never be forgotten. Liverpool – Belfast a bond never broken. No surrender ” With newspaper reports by the Belfast Telegraph and Liverpool Echo. Sponsored by the East Belfast Historical And Cultural Society.
Canada Street, Belfast
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A Manchester Martyrs mural is returned to Divis Street’s “International Wall” after being replaced for a short time by Las Brigadas Internacionales. The new mural is somewhat similar to the original mural, with portraits of the “martyrs” – IRB members William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien – and a reproduction of a painting showing the IRB’s attack on the prison van which killed a guard (see the post on the original mural).
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