A tricoloured island of Ireland carries a rifle.
Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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1989 – 1916
Tricolour
IRA
Hooded IRA volunteer aims an RPG launcher over the letters “IRA” on a semi-circle.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00656
We Are Here To Stay
Hooded INLA volunteer with an assault rifle and a Tricolour.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00652
We Are Here To Stay
INLA/IRSP mural in Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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We Will Meet Force With Force
IRA mural in Ballycolman, Strabane showing a volunteer with raised fist against Starry Plough, Tricolour, and a rising sun.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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Repatriation For Irish POW
The words “repatriation for Irish POW” were later added to this mural in Ballycolman, Strabane. But the prisoner in question, perhaps shown in the centre of the flag and in close-up in the second image, is unknown.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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The Supreme Sacrifice
‘In proud memory of our fallen West Tyrone volunteers, 1916-1989. Tıocfaıdh ár lá. Those who have made the supreme sacrifice – their memory will never fade.” Jim McNally, Sean Sharkey, Charles McCafferty, John J. Kelly, Tobias Molloy, Eugene Devlin, Seamus Harvey, Gerald McGlynn, Jim McGinn, Patrick Cannon, Peter McElcar, Charles Breslin, Michael Devine, David Devine, Josie Connolly. With an oddly-shaped arrangement of shamrocks between two rifles and the sunburst and tricolour flags.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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A Message To Our Enemies
“And finally a message to our enemies: it is not just an army you face but the might of a people sworn and determined to be free.” IRA volunteers in camouflage and balaclavas scout a target.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00643
Provisionals
Fourth of four in a row in Ballycolman, Strabane (just out of shot is an “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” panel). It shows a silhouette of a cluster of four IRA men bearing rifles and machine-guns.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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H Block Martyrs
The ten deceased hunger strikers are named alongside a celtic cross with “saoırse” on a scroll, a tricolour and Starry Plough. Ballycolman, Strabane. Bobby Sands OC MP, Francies Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty TD, Tom McElwee, Mickey Devine.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00668
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