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Behind The Mask

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Here is another instance of the ‘masked skull’ design produced by prisoners in Long Kesh (according to Mo Chara Kelly), seen previously in Britains Death Squads. This version is simpler: it does not have any writing and there is no UDR emblem on the UDA-style hat. Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.

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Britain’s Death Squads

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Painted in 1989 and badly damaged by 1990: Britain’s death squads: UDA and UVF behind the sunglasses and mask on one side, the UDR and RUC on the other, with clothing and skin stripped away, and the British Army at the bottom. To the left of shot is Dagda and to the right Union Jack Crumbling.

Painted by Mo Chara Kelly in Springhill Avenue, west Belfast.

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Sans Peur

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On the left a mural in progress  with the flowers of the home nations (shamrock, daffodil, rose, thistle) replacing The Pope Says No. On the right, the UDA/UFF/LPA/LDF Sans Peur mural seen previously in 1988 and 1989.

Kennedy Place and Hawkin Street, the Fountain, Londonderry

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Easter

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Two images of a mural on the Whiterock Road, Belfast, celebrating the Easter Rising. A soldier raises the Irish Tricolour while trampling on a Union Flag on a broken mast. On the right hand side are the Easter lily and halberds/pikes and an assault rifle, indicating the past and present of the 1916 revolt. In the background is a poorly drawn GPO. The original image of the central figure can be seen in this Extramural Activity post.

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