25th anniversary board to the deceased 1981 hunger strikers in Bleach Green, Dungiven.
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IRSP Remembers The H-Block Martyrs
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Hunger Strike Memorial
Ten celtic crosses, one for each of the deceased 1981 hunger strikers, stand in an “H” by the side of Strathroy Road, Omagh, at an entrance to the estate.
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Hunger Strikers Memorial
The hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, gets a new centre-piece: the dove (or lark?) and barbed wire are now mounted on a fist (or at least, curled fingers). See previously 2001 which has close-ups of the side stones, and 2004 which has a shot taken from the same spot.
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Shattered
The “comm” from Bik [McFarlane, OC in Long Kesh] to Brownie [Gerry Adams] upon the death of Bobby Sands was posted on the wall in Dromara Street in the wake of Richard O’Rawe’s allegations that Sınn Féın leadership had turned down an offer from the Thatcher government that might have ended the strike after four deaths (Guardian).
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The Hunger Strike Era
A lark (rather than a dove) bursts through the ceiling of a H-Block cell lined with the names of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers. “This mural is dedicated to all those who tragically died on the streets of Derry during the hunger strike era. Suımhneas Dé dá nanamacha. 3rd October 2006.”
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Kevin Lynch INLA
Kevin Lynch, from nearby Dungiven, was the seventh of the 1981 hunger strikers to die and the second from the INLA.
Dove Gardens, Derry
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Andersonstown Remembers
Scenes from republican history portrayed on boards along the Andersonstown Road, for the 25th anniversary commemoration of the 1981 hunger strike: “The Great Escape” (the escape of republican prisoners from HMP Maze in 1983), “Death On The Rock” (the killing of three IRA members on Gibraltar in 1988), electoral posters for Bobby Sands MP, Kieran Doherty TD, Kevin Lynch (stood in Waterford), Joe McDonnell (stood in Sligo-Leitrim), Owen Carron MP, Martin McGuinness (1982 Assembly member, on ballot with Sınn Féın’s Cathal Crumley), Gerry Adams MP, and the negotiating table merging with the long road.
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The Felons Remembers
“The Felons remembers” the 12 republicans to die on hunger strike from the 1970s and 80s on the front of the club on the Falls Road.
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The Conveyor Belt
Stages of the “conveyor belt” – arrest by the Army, trial before a Diplock court, strip searches in Long Kesh and Armagh, the dirty protest, supported by an RAC [Relatives Action Committee], and finally, hunger strikes – are recreated in murals and reenactments on flat-bed lorries along the Falls Road for the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike.
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The Spirit Of Freedom
The events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes included this (temporary) stage and mural (including Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg) on the site of the former Andersonstown RUC barracks.
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