A golden phoenix rises from burning coals “carrying” the Irish Tricolour and a Sunburst flag. Above it are posters of the ten hunger strikers.
Drumleck Drive, Shantallow, Derry
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The mural above, painted in 1981, still (2015) exists as is and is thus the oldest original mural in the north. It shows a phoenix rising from the shields of the four provinces and a stand of three flags: Starry Plough, Tricolour, and Sunburst.
Anne Street/Glenanne, Brandywell, Derry
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On the left, a Bible quote — “No greater love hath a man than he lays down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13] — and The 5 Demands — No prison uniform, no prison work, free association, letters, visits, etc., full remission — with the oak leaf and crossed rifles of the Derry Brigade Provisional IRA in between.
On the right, Starry Plough, fractured “H”, and Irish Tricolour are linked by barbed wire. With posters above for hunger-strikers Pat Sheehan, Jackie McMullan, [Hugh] Gerry Carville, who all ended their strikes when October 3rd, 1981, when the strike was ended.
Westland Street, Derry
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At the base of Rossville flats (as seen in the second image): “Patsy O’Hara, O.C. [Officer Commanding, in Long Kesh], INLA”. The shamrock makes a rare appearance alongside the Tricolour and Starry Plough. Rossville Street, Derry. With “Victory to the INLA”, “FTQ”, “Provos” and “IRA” graffiti, and, on the right hand side, the Bloody Sunday memorial.
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A silhouetted volunteer kneels with his rifle by a blazing fire. Rossville Street, Derry. For this mural in 1981, see Resistance.
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An IRA volunteer crouches with rocket-propelled grenade launcher: an IRA weapon of resistance.
Rossville Street, Derry
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A celtic cross with tricolour and Starry Plough flags (similar to In Memory of Vol. Patsy O’Hara). Rossville Street, Derry
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Here is a wide shot of the panels in Bishop Street. Some of these were previously featured in close-up (Patsy O’Hara | Broken H | Saor Éıre | Spirit Of Freedom | Unlock H Block | Flags And Shields) but a few were not: Victory To The Hunger Strikers and a harp, to the right (probably with “You can kill the revolutionary but not the revolution”).
Bishop Street, Derry
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Crossed tricolour and sunburst flags, with the shields of the four provinces — Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht – in the corners. Bishop Street, Derry
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A lark in barbed wire, on a tricolour.
Bishop Street, Derry.
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