“We the people fully support the hunger strikers on whatever action they take “themselves”.” With Irish Tricolours and “IRA”, “Provos”, and “INLA”.
For the gate to the left, see Remember The Hunger Strikers.
Blucher Street, Derry
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Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg are included alongside the ten 1981 hunger strikers in this painted door in Blucher Steet, Derry, which also features a Christian cross and the island of Ireland.
For the mural to the right, see Whatever Action They Themselves Take.
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This is not Derry or Belfast but the Bobby Sands’ Sinn Féin Centre in Enniskillen, county Fermanagh. To the left is a lark in barbed wire with the words “Towards liberty”.
Darling Street, Enniskillen.
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Republican graffiti in Glenfada Park, concerning Derry INLA hunger-striker Patsy O’Hara.
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The busts of the ten dead hunger strikers are shown on a background of Starry Plough and Irish Tricolout flags, alongside a piece of graffiti reading “Derry not Londonderry.” The Fianna Eireann board was previously featured separately in 1983. Rossville Street, Derry.
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A Latin cross, rather than a Cetlic cross, flies two tricolours in honour of the ten deceased hunger strikers: Bobby Sands “M.P.”, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty “T.D.”, Tom McElwee, and Michael Devine. Park Avenue, Derry
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The ten hunger strikers and the five demands, on either side of a phoenix with Sunburst and Tricolour:
“Bobby Sands; Francis Hughes; Raymond McCreesh; Patsy O’Hara; Joe McDonnell; Martin Hurson; Kevin Lynch; Kieran Dohery; Thomas McElwee; Michael Devine”
“No prison uniform; no prison work; free associaiton; letters, parcels, visits; full remission: as prisoners of war they demand these rights”
Central Drive, Creggan, Derry
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A golden phoenix rises from burning coals “carrying” the Irish Tricolour and a Sunburst flag. Above it are posters of the ten hunger strikers.
Drumleck Drive, Shantallow, Derry
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On the left, a Bible quote — “No greater love hath a man than he lays down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13] — and The 5 Demands — No prison uniform, no prison work, free association, letters, visits, etc., full remission — with the oak leaf and crossed rifles of the Derry Brigade Provisional IRA in between.
On the right, Starry Plough, fractured “H”, and Irish Tricolour are linked by barbed wire. With posters above for hunger-strikers Pat Sheehan, Jackie McMullan, [Hugh] Gerry Carville, who all ended their strikes when October 3rd, 1981, when the strike was ended.
Westland Street, Derry
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Here is a wide shot of the panels in Bishop Street. Some of these were previously featured in close-up (Patsy O’Hara | Broken H | Saor Éıre | Spirit Of Freedom | Unlock H Block | Flags And Shields) but a few were not: Victory To The Hunger Strikers and a harp, to the right (probably with “You can kill the revolutionary but not the revolution”).
Bishop Street, Derry
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