“Comrade, councillor, cara [friend].” Pat McGeown was a 1981 IRA hunger striker whose family intervened when he lapsed into a coma. After his release in 1985 he also worked for Sınn Féın and was elected to Belfast City Council in 1993. He died in 1996 of a heart attack. He is also remembered by a plaque on the Sınn Féın office on Falls Road.
Ballymurphy Road, west Belfast
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Belfast’s Whiterock Road is renamed Bóthar Roıbeaırd Uí Sheachnasaıgh [“Ua Seachnasaıgh”?] or, in the top image, “bother Bobby Sands”.
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A Celtic cross, the dying Cú Chulaınn, pikes, and the Tricolour and Starry Plough are used to adorn a roll of honour for deceased members of IRA Belfast Brigade, 2nd battalion, B company.
Springfield Road, west Belfast
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Scottish club Celtic, which nationalists in Northern Ireland support, had a successful 2000-2001 season, winning the Scottish Cup, League Cup, and league, under the direction of new manager Martin O’Neill, who hails from Kilrea, Co. London-/Derry. The emblems of the four provinces have been added to the leaves of the Celtic emblem. “Dedicated to the youth of Twinbrook.”
Gardenmore Road, Dunmurry/Belfast
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“Cuba – Ireland Venceremos” [We will overcome] For an unobstructed view of the left-hand-side, with Fidel Castro on a poster, see 1999’s Cuba.
Shiels Street, west Belfast
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The Éıre Nua board at the top of the Whiterock Road, Belfast, seen previously in 1997 is updated: originally it said 1981-1996 and now says 1981-1999. It is next to Equality Now.
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Two faded and damaged murals side-by-side in Carnagat Road, Newry. On the left, a lark exhibiting the “spirit of freedom – B Sands” carries an assault rifle; on the left the torch of freedom is raised in front of the Sunburst and Tricolour.
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This is a faded mural in Carnagat Road, Newry. On the left is an armed volunteer and on the right are Tricolour and Starry Plough flags. The writing in the middle is obscured: “So long as you continue to oppress us you will meet …”. Get in touch if you can complete the rest.
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You only need three colours to paint the Easter lily and the Irish Tricolour.
Main Avenue, Newry
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An early IRPWA [Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association] flag, a Tricolour with a gunman and fists in manacles, demanding “political status now!” in Lecky Road, Derry.
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