Two INLA murals on a wall in Ballycolman, Strabane. One has the red star and a raised fist, the other the Tricolour (and perhaps an unfinished Starry Plough) alongside a coat of arms with an AK-47.
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The 1989 image of this Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth mural was black and white, suggesting that it was not then finished. By 1990, a Tricolour had been painted in the background but the paint had deteriorated in many places.
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Small mural of an easter lily on a Tricolour in Beechmount Avenue, Strabane, with UFF and UVF graffiti.
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1990 image of Provisionals, with most of the adjacent mural visible – Pearse’s proclamation at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa: Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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1990 image of England Get Out Of Ireland!
Townsend Street, Strabane
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“Ballycolman estate” (Strabane) in (directly translated) Irish, on a tricolour, at the entrance to the estate.
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“… but never the revolution”. An early poster is recreated in an IRA mural in Innisfree Gardens, Strabane: a volunteer in fatigues wields an assault rifle. (Seen previously in 1981 in Rockdale St, Belfast and in Derry in 1981.)
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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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The Communist hammer and sickle appear in this IRSP/INLA mural in Ballycolman, Strabane
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Celtic cross (with harp) ‘in fond memory’ of fallen republican volunteers. The Ulster flag makes a rare appearance alongside the Starry Plough, Tricolour, and Sunburst.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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