An kneeling IRA volunteer in balaclava and fatigues aims an RPG.
Between Stop Strip Searches and James Connolly in the Ballycolman estate, Strabane
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Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann
Tricolour
P. H. Pearse
Patrick Henry Pearse, (1879-1916) born in Dublin, died in Dublin, commemorated in Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Tıocfaıdh Ár Malite
The republican slogan “Tıocfaıdh ár lá” (“our day will come”) fashioned into the shape of an armalite rifle.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Six Shields
This post begins a series of five in a row on a wall in Ballycolman estate in Strabane. First (on the left) we have the shields of the four provinces, and their names in Irish, with a Tricoloured shield and sunburst shield of Na Fıanna in the middle.
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Emancipation Of Women
The slogan “For the revolution to triumph in its totality there must be emancipation of women” is attributed here to a “James MacNeill (or MacNell) but it is also found in connection with the women’s league of the Zimbabwe African National Union – see the second image among these anti-imperialism placards.
The mural shows a female soldier whose open palms support outstretched arms holding a paintbrush, a hammer, and a book. (For the same idea in Derry, see The Destructive Talents Of The RUC.)
Ballycolman estrate, Strabane.
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We Salute
“North West Roll Of Honour INLA”. Seven volunteers – and one empty spot – are listed in this Ballycolman mural: Neil McMonagle, Colm McNull, Pierce Moore, Patsy O’Hara, Kevin Lynch, Micky Devine, James McPhilemy. Featuring the red star of socialism and the Starry Plough of the INLA. Painted by “BRSY” Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth.
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Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann
Crossed armalites beneath a celtic circle-and-triangle. Ballycolman, Strabane
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Revolution Socialism
IRSP/INLA mural in Ballycolman estate, Strabane, featuring a tricoloured phoenix with wings spread below two volunteers with rifles crossed. Also the red star of socialism and four empty shields, presumably where the four provinces might have gone.
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England Get Out Of Ireland!
The hand of Ireland catches the hand of Britain in the act of ripping a tricoloured Northern Ireland from the island of Ireland. Blood drips from the severed six counties, as well as from the British limb.
Also seen in 1990.
For the same idea in Belfast, see Stad Maggie Anoıs.
Townsend Street, Strabane.
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Seize Power
“The best way for the people not to be prisoners is for the people to seize power.” The words of Father Camilo Torres, a Colombian socialist and Catholic priest, next to a pair of arms wrapped in barbed wire and an Irish tricolour, in Springhill Park, Strabane.
Jack Clafferty of Troops Out is the originator of the barbed-wired-bound fists.
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