Board on the rear of Free Derry Corner from the Bogside And Brandywell Women’s Groups: “Zero tolerance to violence against women – there are no grey areas.” With some verses from Another Woman by Carol Geneya Kaplan.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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2001 images of Free Derry Corner, with a black ribbon rather than a green one.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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The ten names (and the faces) remain the same but the volunteers firing a funeral volley are replaced by the image of blanketman Hugh Rooney. Bishop Street, Derry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Images of the launch [M03552] [M03553]
Raytheon missiles dropped from a British Aerospace jet rain down on East Timorese citizens under the flag of FALiNTiL (Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor Leste), the military wing of FReTiLIn (Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente).
“During 25 years of Western Government sponsored Indonesian aggression at least 1/3 of the population of East Timor was systematically wiped out. This mural was created as an act of solidarity by FEIC (Foyle Ethical Investment Campaign) in collaboration with an East Timorese citizen and ETISC (East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign). The project was sponsored by the National Committee for Development Education in Dublin. The paint was donated by Citypaints. Gasyard Wall Féıle 2000.”
Market Street, Derry
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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“No RUC” road sign in Lecky Road, Derry.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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The Real IRA was formed in 1997 when the Provisionals declared a (second) ceasefire. In 2001 it was waging campaigns in both England and Northern Ireland.
Lecky Road, Derry.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Six INLA volunteers are remembered on a memorial stone in the City Cemetery, Derry. The other memorial is to the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers (“They were ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances whose steadfast resolve, discipline, and unity of purpose prevailed”) and five local “comrades and friends”.
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Copyright © 2000 Peter Moloney
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The sixth mural from the Bogside Artists commemorates the 1980 hunger strikes, first in Long Kesh and subsequently in Armagh Women’s Prison. The main figure is Raymond McCartney; the female figure is perhaps Mary Doyle (the other two female strikers were Maıréad Farrell and Maıréad Nugent). The info board is from 2007. Rossville Street, Derry.
“This mural is dedicated to the H Block/Armagh prison struggle and in memory of [the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers]. Ní neart go cur le chéıle.”
The paint-bombed version is from May, 2013, but the mural would not be replaced until 2015.
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Copyright © 2000, 2007, 2013 Peter Moloney
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Completed version of the Annette McGavigan mural in Rossville Street, Derry.
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Copyright © 1999?/2000?/2001? Peter Moloney
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The fourth mural by the Bogside Artists shows the faces of the fourteen people who died on or as a result of Bloody Sunday, January 30th, 1972, shot by the “gun-happy louts” (as described by the Belfast UDA; Vanguard also called for their removal – see the entry for Robert McKinnie in Lost Lives) of the 1st Parachute Regiment; 15 more people were injured.
By row, the victims portrayed are:
Michael McDaid, John Young, Paddy Doherty
John Johnston (d. June 16th), Hugh Gilmour, Gerry Donaghy, Barney McGuigan
Gerry McKinney, William Nash, Kevin McElhinney, Jackie Duddy
Jim Wray, Michael Kelly, William McKinney
The portraits are presented within a circle of oak leaves – symbol of Derry – one for each person.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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