“War or peace? Britain has the choice!” The Petrol Bomber can be see in the distance. For another image of the “No RUC” board in the background, see Be RUC Free.
Glenfada Park, Bogside, Derry
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01256
“Saoırse – free all political prisoners”. Board in Kells Walk, Derry
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01255
A ‘green ribbon’ campaign board in Chamberlain Street, Derry, for the freedom (“saoirse”) of republican prisoners. The chains between two arms turn into doves as they are broken.
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01254
Volunteers with lowered weapons stand to either side of a list of names. The fist in flames symbolises resistance, the oak leaves represent Derry.
Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01253
Free Derry Corner with a (physical) green ribbon, for the campaign to free republican prisoners.
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01252
A dove carries the key that would bring freedom (“saoırse”) to republican POWs. Part of the ‘green ribbon’ campaign.
Lepper Street, New Lodge, north Belfast
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01250
Doves in flight over a flower meadow. There’s also a tree painted on the wall on the right – get in touch if you know anything about it.
Perhaps painted in 1988 along with murals depicting a paschal lamb (C00111 | X05493), a shamrock (C04981), Gaelic games (C04977), a harpist (M01248), and possibly this mural of the Knock apparition in 1879 (Street View).
Edlingham Street, New Lodge, north Belfast
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01249
Posters demanding the release of POWs (“Saoırse – release political prisoners now”) on top of a mural of an Irish harpist, in Edlingham Street, Belfast.
Perhaps painted in 1988 along with murals depicting a paschal lamb (C00111 | X05493), a shamrock (C04981), Gaelic games (C04977), doves (M01248), and possibly this mural of the Knock apparition in 1879 (Street View).
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01248
Republican H-Block POWs divided into “sentenced’ (Lyttle, S. Campbell, Collins, McGarrigle, McKinney, McSorley, McEvoy, Doherty, McKeirnan, Thompson, Mary E. Campbell) and “remand” (Magee, Mahon, O’Hagan, Bradley, M. Campbell, Hughes, Stitt, Boyle, Lavery, McCart).
On the right, a manacled fist in front of strands of barbed wire, with “saoırse” and the male and female symbols in the green of the ‘green ribbon’ campaign. New Lodge Road, Belfast. Also rare: the mural is dated (1995).
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01247
An RUC officer in riot gear aims a plastic bullet rifle.
New Lodge Road, north Belfast
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
M01246
Peter Moloney Collection 