Tricolour

Loch gCál

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The eight IRA volunteers killed by the SAS in 1987 as they attacked the RUC station in Loughgall are named in Irish: Eoın Ó Ceallaıgh, Pádraıg Ó Ceallaıgh, Gearoıd Ó Ceallacháın, Seamus Laıghneach, Deaglan Mac Aırt, Seamus Ó Donnaılle, Pádraıg Mac Cearnaıgh, Antaıne Ó Garmaıle.

Eugene Kelly, Paddy Kelly, Gerard O’Callaghan, Jim Lynagh, Declan Arthurs, Seamus Donnelly, Pádraig McKearney, Tony Gormley

New Lodge flats, Belfast

See also: the large mural in Springhill, west Belfast.

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Freedom

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“Freedom: For freedom you fasted & died/For the five rights you were denied/For the evil we know to blame/For England shrouded in shame/For the deaths of young Irish lives/For the oath of a country that cried/For the murder of a lark in the sky.” This poem seems to be unique in Irish muraling – if you know anything about it, please leave a comment. The sword with wings appears to be the insignia of the SAS, but its presence in this is inexplicable; the harp might be taking a poke at it. Fountain Street, Strabane.

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