These images are from Top Of The Hill/Gobnascale. The size of the Tricolour flying on Old Strabane Road can be gauged by the second picture, which was taken from Craigavon bridge.
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“Maghaberry Prisoners Not Forgotten – End internment by remand!!! IRPWA” IRPWA = Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association (irpwa.com).
Divis Street, Belfast
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Republican graffiti in Strabane Old Road, Gobnascale, Derry.
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“15th August 1998. The Omagh Bomb. To honour and remembered 31 people murdered and hundreds injured from three nations, by a dissident republican terrorist car bomb.”
The bomb was the work of the Real IRA and came three months after the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
The plaque – “presented by the Omagh Support And Self Help Group to honour the European Day Of Remembrance For Victims Of Terrorism, 11th March 2005, and at our wish unveiled by Dr. W.W. Foster” – is in Spanish (as well as English and Irish) because two of the victims were Spanish holiday-makers.
The memorials shown were temporary, being replaced in 2008 (for the tenth anniversary) by a reflecting pool, mirrors, and engraved stones, one of which repeated the wording included here (BBC-NI).
Drumragh Avenue, Omagh
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The INLA declared a ceasefire in 1998 but did not begin decommissioning its weapons until 2009. The graffiti shown above (Rossville St, Derry) calls on it to unite with hard-line republicans from the Continuity and Real IRAs.
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Denis Donaldson, IRA and Sınn Féın member, was killed by a shotgun blast to the chest in April 2006. He was living in a Donegal cottage after being outed as an Mi5 and Special Branch informer. The Real IRA later (2009) claimed responsibility. Next to that graffiti is “Vote your No. 1 army” (previously seen in 2005) with a number of modifications: it looks as though “Real” was replaced with “C” (Continuity IRA) and then all of the modifiers have been deleted in favour of simply “IRA”.
Gartan Square, Derry
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Hard-line republican graffiti in Stanley’s Walk and Rossville Street, Derry.
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These hand-drawn BRY/RIRA murals are a montage of many traditional republican symbols, such as Celtic FC, the Easter lily, Bobby Sands, an assault rifle, the Tricolour and a crude island of Ireland. Plus support for Basque separatists ETA. “CRF” = “Catholic Reaction Force”?
Dove Gardens, Derry
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“RIRA” graffiti below In These Ancient Lands.
Navan Street, Armagh
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The Continuity IRA was formed in 1986 with the split between Sınn Féın and Republican Sınn Féın (see Sınn Féın Poblachtach). It became active after the ceasefire and peace process.
Iveagh Parade, west Belfast
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