“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.” For the thirtieth anniversary (30ú comóradh) of his death on May 5th, 1981, a board in Twinbrook remembering IRA volunteer, hunger striker, and MP, Bobby Sands.
Twinbrook Road, Belfast
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Sınn Féın poster at the bottom of Springfield Road, Belfast. “Ceannasaíocht ar fud na hÉıreann.”
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“Is Gaeıl sınne” [we are Irish-speakers]. Pobal mural on Northumberland Street promoting the work in abhcóıdeachy/advocacy, cearta/rights, forbaırt phobaıl/community development, straıtéıs/strategy, taıghde/research, faıreachán/monitoring, ealaíon/arts, carried out in Teach Uí Chorráın in Ionad an Dá Spuaic [Twin Spires], and the “Tá” campaign for “acht na Gaeılge” an Irish-language act.
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“In memory of Staff Captain Jim McGinn Óglaıgh na hÉıreann who died on active service near this spot 15th December 1973. Fuaır sé bás ar son na saoırse.”
Urney Road, Clady, at the far end of the bridge, into the republic.
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“In memory of Vol. James McPhilemy, Irish National Liberation Army, killed on active service 10th August 1988. Throıd sé agus fuaır sé bás ar son mhuıntır na hÉıreann. [He fought and he died for the people of Ireland].” (This is the rare case when “active service” does not mean a premature bomb explosion.) There is also a memorial to McPhilemy in Strabane.
Urney Road, Clady
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“Everyone has their part to play – play yours on the 5th of May.” The likeness and words of 1981 hunger striker Bobby Sands are used to motivate people to “Vótáıl Sınn Féın” in the local elections.
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The Abercorn bar gets a mural celebrating Doıre/Derry landmarks such as Free Derry Corner, Hands Across The Divide, and the Guildhall.
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Lilies are added to the Brıogáıd Dhoıre board in Lecky Road, Derry.
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“Change the dynamics of local politics – vote republican! vote for change! Vótáıl Garry Donnelly #1 Derry City Council elections 2011” Donnelly ran as an independent republican; he was unsuccessful in 2011 but elected in 2014 (WP). The board appears below a 32CSM board in Westland St, Derry.
See previously: Free The Derry Four (one | two)
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Sinn Féin electoral ads from Derry and Omagh ahead of the 2011 Assembly elections:
First, a paint-bombed hoarding at the top of Abercorn Road, Derry.
Second, the words of Bobby Sands are invoked in Gobnascale (Strabane Old Rd) – May 5th is also the date of Sands’s death in 1981.
Third, “Ceannasaíocht ar fud na hÉıreann” from West Tyrone Sinn Féin in James Street, Omagh.
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