1994 version of the 1990 Spirit Of Freedom mural on Moyola Drive, Derry, with a faded James Connolly quote on the scroll: “There is no power on Earth [or: There is no outside force] capable of enforcing slavery on a people really resolved to be free, [and] valuing freedom more than life.”
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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“The weaponry has changed …” from the rifles used by James Connolly’s ICA of 1916 to the AK-47 of the Bobby Sands-inspired IRA of 1991, “… but the cause stays the same.” Both weapons are crossed with the pike of Emmet’s 1798 against a Tricolour. Also present are a hat (see History Ireland) and a beret.
Beechmount Avenue, Belfast
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Copyright © 1993 Peter Moloney
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James Connolly (with “ICA” – Irish Citizen Army – on his collar) serves as an emblem of the 1916 Easter Rising on its 75th anniversary in 1991.
Strabane Old Road, Gobnsscale, Derry
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Copyright © 1991 Peter Moloney
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Anyone know these artists? A mural in progress in Drumleck Gardens, Derry. Bobby Sands’s use of the lark as the “spirit of freedom” is combined with a James Connolly quote: “There is no power on Earth [or: There is no outside force] capable of enforcing slavery on a people really resolved to be free, [and] valuing freedom more than life.”
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Republican graffiti in New Lodge flats: “INLA” and James Connolly’s quote “The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise.” “Provos” has been whited out, below.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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A row of six panels from Ballycolman estate, Strabane, with individual shots of four of them: (1) We will meet force with force – Irish Republican Army (also seen in 1989); (2) You may kill the revolutionary but never the revolution – Che Guevara 1928-1967 (a completed version of what was visible in 1989); (3) Honour Ireland’s patriot dead – wear an Easter lily (also seen in 1989); (4) James Connolly (for a solo shot, see the 1989 image); (5) Óglaıgh na hÉıreann (for a solo shot, see the 1989 image); (6) Stop Strip Searches (seen previously in 1989)
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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James Connolly (186-1916) wears the initials “ICA” on his collar, standing for “Irish Citizen Army”, the force that he led during the Rising at Easter/Cáısc 1916.
Between Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann and Wear An Easter Lily in Ballycolman estate, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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James Connolly House in Chamberlain Street, Derry. For an image of the street in better days – the office was opened in 1977 – see this Norte De Irlanda blog post.
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Copyright © 1986 Peter Moloney
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Here is a 1982 image of the 1981 Connolly mural on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast (aka RPG Avenue), showing some vandalism on the right-hand side.
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Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, leaders of the Easter Rising. Rossville Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1982 Peter Moloney
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