A volunteer with a suface-to-air missile (see SAM 7 Avenue, which is just out of shot to the right) with a quote from Sınn Féın and Cumann Na mBan leader Máıre Drumm: “We must take no steps backwards. All our steps must be onwards to victory!” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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The slogan “For the revolution to triumph in its totality there must be emancipation of women” is attributed here to a “James MacNeill (or MacNell) but it is also found in connection with the women’s league of the Zimbabwe African National Union – see the second image among these anti-imperialism placards.
The mural shows a female soldier whose open palms support outstretched arms holding a paintbrush, a hammer, and a book. (For the same idea in Derry, see The Destructive Talents Of The RUC.)
Ballycolman estrate, Strabane.
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“North West Roll Of Honour INLA”. Seven volunteers – and one empty spot – are listed in this Ballycolman mural: Neil McMonagle, Colm McNull, Pierce Moore, Patsy O’Hara, Kevin Lynch, Micky Devine, James McPhilemy. Featuring the red star of socialism and the Starry Plough of the INLA. Painted by “BRSY” Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth.
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Crossed armalites beneath a celtic circle-and-triangle. Ballycolman, Strabane
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“IRA – The only tribute we can pay to fallen comrades is to take up their guns and continue the fight”. With a strange ?animal? in celtic design. Columban Park, Strabane
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“The best way for the people not to be prisoners is for the people to seize power.” The words of Father Camilo Torres, a Colombian socialist and Catholic priest, next to a pair of arms wrapped in barbed wire and an Irish tricolour, in Springhill Park, Strabane.
Jack Clafferty of Troops Out is the originator of the barbed-wired-bound fists.
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In 1987, 20 surface-to-air missiles missiles were part of the shipment confiscated from the trawler Eksund. In 1988, it was reported that a shipment of arms from Libya to the IRA included such missiles. Springhill Park or Ballycolman, Strabane. Next to Onwards To Victory.
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IRA mural in Springhill Park, Strabane. For the poster on which the three volunteers are based, see Our Day Will Come.
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