A mural celebrating 20 years of republican resistance. “Victory to the Irish people”, “Sasaın amach” [Sasana amach – England out]. Rioters using improvised weapons (in the centre of the mural) take aim at the soldier in riot gear (in the bottom left of the image). 1969-1989 Ballycolman estate, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00766
We end the 1989 images from Ballycolman, Strabane, with this declaration of independence.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00641
A final salute is fired over the names of west Tyrone Oglaigh na hErireann volunteers Jim McNally 1921, Sean Sharkey 1934, Charles McCafferty 1938, John James Kelly 1938, Tobias Molloy 1972, Eugene Devlin 1972, Seamus Harvey 1973, Gerald McGlynn 1973, Jim McGinn 1973, Patrick Cannon 1976, Peter McElchar 1976, Charles Breslin 1985, David Devine 1985, Michael Devine 1985, James Jospeh Connolly 1989.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00670
Another Troops Out Now! mural in Ballycolman, Strabane. See also M00678.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00677
A Provisional IRA gunman takes inspiration from Bobby Sands: “There can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign, oppressive British presence is removed.” Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00648
A republican prisoner behind bars. Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00682
A tricoloured island of Ireland carries a rifle.
Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00666
The words of a smiling Bobby Sands in Ballycolman, Strabane: “Everyone, republican or otherwise, has his or her own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small. No one is too old or too young to do something. – IRA Vol. Bobby Sands MP 1954-1981” [Diary, March 14th, 1981]
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00671
Hooded IRA volunteer aims an RPG launcher over the letters “IRA” on a semi-circle.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00656
“Our day will come” and “A message to our enemies: Go home soldier. Your presence here destroys the air, your smile disfigures us. Go home soldier before we send you home dead. INLA.” Part of Patrick Galvin’s poem “Letter to a British soldier on Irish soil”. Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00651
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