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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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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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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Patrick Henry Pearse, (1879-1916) born in Dublin, died in Dublin, commemorated in Ballycolman, Strabane.
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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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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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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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“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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Crossed armalites beneath a celtic circle-and-triangle. Ballycolman, Strabane
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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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