“Remember the hunger strikers. Sunday August 16th. Assemble, Galbally Co Tyrone, 2:30 pm”. The rear of Free Derry Corner has its own Visual History page. For other boards encouraging attendance see Galbally Commemoration.
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National Hunger Strike Commemoration. Remember the hunger strikers. Tír Eoghaın 2009. Blackflag and torchlight presentation, Anne Street, Dungannon. Main commemoration Galbally community centre.” Placed temporarily on top of Sınn Féın – The Winning Way. The same board was hung in Chapel Road, Dungiven.
Bridge Street, Strabane
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Portrait of “IRA hunger striker óglach Joe McDonnell 1951-1981” with a list of the 12 dead hunger strike of the modern era (1970s and 80s).
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Hunger strikers of the modern era (including Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan) in Rockmore Road, Belfast. This is the third such gallery of portraits – the first is here; the second can be seen in Google StreetView.
With adjacent vintage “H” nail-up.
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“I gcomóradh na staılceoırí ocraıs a fuaır bás ı mBloıc-H na Céıse Fada sa bhlıaın 1981 agus ı ndıl chuımhne ar ár cróga go léır a thug a raıbh acu ar staılc ocraıs ın aghaıdh ımpırıúlachas na Breataıne ın Éırınn. This memorial stone is erected to commemorate the deaths of 10 republican volunteers who died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh prison in the cause of Irish freedom. Their supreme sacrifice changed the course of Irish history forever. Their suffering and subsequent deaths showed the inhumane barbarity of a British government in its attempts to deny our people their liberty and rights as a free nation.”
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The dove/lark on a fist (seen in 2007) is missing from the crossbar of the hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry.
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This hunger strikers plaque (including Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan in the 1970s) is in the D Company IRA garden of remembrance on the Falls Road.
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Patsy O’Hara of the INLA (the IRSP is its political wing) died on hunger strike on May 21st, 1981. This Shaws Road mural was painted for the 25th anniversary of his death. There is a signature of sorts at the bottom: “RSM [Republican Socialist Movement] Andersonstown”.
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Twelve hunger strikers prior to the 1981 strike are included in this Shaws Road board: on the left: Thomas Ashe, Mountjoy 1917; Michael Fitzgerald, Cork 1920; Terence McSwiney, Brixton 1920; Joseph Murphy, Cork 1920; Joseph Witty, Curragh 1923; Denis Barry, Newbridge 1923; Andrew Sullivan, Newbridge 1923; Tony D’Arcy, Arbour Hill 1940; Jack McNeela, Arbour Hill 1940; Seán McCaughey, Portlaoise 1946; Michael Gaughan, Parkhurst 1974; plus on the right: Frank Stagg, Wakefield 1976.
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