“1935-1971” – Agnew’s name is recorded in republican rolls of honour (death on December 17th, 1971) and in other murals (Tullygally), but he does not appear in Sutton or McKittrick. If you have information, please comment or get in touch.
IRA volunteer Gerry McGeough (with a “u”) was jailed for the attempted murder of the UDR’s Samuel Brush in 1981. His appeal for a pardon, based on time served previously in Germany, was denied in March (BBC).
On June 27th, (2012) Martin McGuinness of Sınn Féın and formerly the IRA shook hands with Queen Elizabeth II, head of the UK’s armed forces (Guardian). Derry republicans took to the walls of Derry to express their feelings of betrayal.
“Crime is crime is crime” said UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a 1981 news conference in Saudi Arabia. Her words are used against her and the UK government and armed forces: “We want you to tell us the truth [about collusion]”.
Black taxis were first brought from England to Belfast in 1970 by locals who wanted to provide an alternative, and locally-based, transport system to augment the Citybuses which were sometimes cancelled and sometimes burned out. The board above commemorates eight drivers who were killed during the troubles: Michael Duggan, Jim Green, Harry Muldoon, Paddy McAllister, Caoımhín Mac Brádaıgh, Thomas Hughes, Hugh Magee, and Paddy Clarke. “Providing Belfast with a public transport system for over 40 years.” “A Dhıa deán [sic] trocaıre [sic] ar a n-anamacha.” “Murdered in the service of their community.”
“End internment by remand and release Marian Price now.” In May 2011, Marian Price’s bail was overturned and she was returned to prison by Secretary of State Owen Paterson, and has remained there since. She was moved from Hydebank in England to a Belfast prison hospital in June (BBC | Belfast Daily).
This (Rossville St) board has been repurposed – it previously read “release Colin Duffy“.
Two pieces of graffiti along Lecky Road, Derry, calling for the release of republican POWs: “Free all POWs – 32CSM” [32 County Sovereignty Movement (web)] and “Free all ONH [Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann (WP)] POWs now!!”
The Maghaberry/Strip Searches mural did not have a painted poster added to it but (as can be seen in Street View) it did have a placard added to the bottom reading “Justice for Marian Price” – this difference is because this mural is under the control of anti-Agreement republicanism rather than pro-Agreement republicanism/Sınn Féın. (The same placard was also mounted in three places in the barbed wire above the wall – see the final image and the Street View link.)
The Guernica mural was left untouched, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, perhaps because it had outside funding.
Above: “In proud and loving memory of the brave volunteers of Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann who unselfishly gave their lives for the cause of Irish freedom! Thug sıad gach rud, ní dhéanfar dearmad orthu go deo. [They gave everything; they will never be forgotten]” Billy Carson, Brian Smyth, Stevie Scullion, Sean Bateson, Nan Saunders, James Saunders, Denis Brown, Jim Mulvenna, Jackie Mailey, Seamus Cassidy Patrick Markey.
Below: “Dedicated to all the people from the Bone, Ballybone and Greater Cliftonville area who lost their lives to the armed forces of Britain and loyalism. They tried but failed to break their spirits and deny them their rights as equals. Ar dheıs Dé go raıbh a n-anam.” Cornelius Neeson, Brian Canavan, Michael Adamson, James Brown, Joseph Lynch, James Howell, Edward Brady, Liam Conway, John Maguire, Francis Burns, Sean Rafferty, Daniel Mackin, John Patch, Billy Smyth, Joseph Morrissey, Rosaleen Gavin, Seamus Duffy, Pauline Doherty, David McClenaghan, Ann-Marie Magee, Stephen Murphy, Leo McGuigan, Michael Scott, Sean Campbell, John Lovett, Thomas Madden, Thomas McLaughlin, Mary Smyth, Tony Molloy, Dermot McGuinness, Sadie McComb, Theresa Murray, Sean Madden, Charles Watson, Peter Orderly, Trevor Close, Thomas Burns, Martin Duffy