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Eastát Ghleann Collaınn

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Mural in the Glen Colin estate, just off the Glen Road showing The Roddy’s club (in white) with the hunger striker memorial in the shape of a harp in front and the St. Oliver Plunkett church, which is in fact on the other (southern) side of the Glen Road, with the twin peaks of Divis and Black Mountain in the background. The Bobby Sands quote “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children” is at the bottom and three Gaelic games players on the right.

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Julie Livingstone

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“Julie Livingstone aged 14 yrs. Murdered by the British Army 13th May 1981.” “The Stolen Child – Come away, O human child/To the waters and the wild/With a faery hand in hand/For the world’s more full of weeping/Than you can understand! – WB Yeats.” Livingstone was killed by a plastic bullet. The mural is in Glenveagh Drive. There is also a stone and plaque near the spot she was struck, on the Stewartstown Road.

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Dee Curran

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“In loving memory of Damian (Dee) Curran, killed 16th August 1996. Sadly missed by his family & friends. Our lady pray for him.” Curran was killed by a single stab wound while watching Creggan bonfire.

The plaque is near his home street of Iniscarn Crescent, Derry. A second plaque showing a portrait of Curran would be added later.

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Na Fıanna Éıreann Roll Of Honour

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For the 100th anniversary of Na Fıanna Éıreann, a memorial mural on Racecourse Road, Derry, to Fıanna G. McAuley, Sloan, McCormick, Donaghy, D. McAuley, O’Riordan, Magee, Campbell, Dougal, Molloy, Comiskey, Fox, Hughes, Marley, McCrory, Alsop, Templeton, McCauley, O’Neill, McWilliams, Dempsey. The names are listed in the order of death, from earliest to latest, beginning with fifteen-year-old Gerald McAuley who was shot dead in Clonard (Belfast) in 1969, and ending with John Dempsey shot on the Falls Road (Belfast) in 1981. “Fuaır sıad bás ar son saoırse na hÉıreann.”

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Robert ‘Guinney’ McGuinness

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“In memory of Robert (Guinney) McGuinness murdered by British troops on 26th June 1973. Always remembered by his friends.” McGuinness was shot from a saracen on the 22nd near his home and died four days later. Those on the scene recount his death in this Derry Journal article.

Brandywell Avenue, Derry

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