Tricolour – Page 29 – Peter Moloney Collection

The Supreme Sacrifice

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‘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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A Message To Our Enemies

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“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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Provisionals

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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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H Block Martyrs

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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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Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann

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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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P. H. Pearse

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Patrick Henry Pearse, (1879-1916) born in Dublin, died in Dublin, commemorated in Ballycolman, Strabane.

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Tıocfaıdh Ár Malite

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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

1989-02-052025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

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

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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.

We Salute

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“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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