Above: “Cáısc [Easter] 1916”, dating back to at least 1990. Below: “Santa is a British agent” (perhaps because of spying concerns or perhaps because of the blizzard that dropped 15 cm of snow in early January, 2008 – get in touch if you know what prompted this graffiti) with “Join Sınn Féın” stencils underneath.
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“I ndıl chuımhne – In proud and loving memory of Volunteers Dan McCann, Mairead Farrell, Sean Savage, Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann who were executed by British Crown forces in Gibraltar 6th March, 1988.” The three were killed in Gibraltar by the SAS in what was known as “Operation Flavius”. The European Court Of Human Rights found that the use of force was unlawful. (WP)
“Oh! Cold March winds that pierce the dark/You cry in aged tones/For souls of folk you’ve brought to God/But still you bear the moans./Oh! Weeping wind this lonely night/My mother’s heart is sore,/Oh! Lord of all breathe freedom’s breath/That she may weep no more. – Bobby Sands”.
Hawthorn Street, Belfast
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Emblems of the Royal Irish Regiment, Ulster Defence Regiment, Royal Irish Rangers, and the Royal Irish Fusiliers, on the side of the (empty) pub at the junction of Malvern Street and Shankill Road.
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These images concern the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre and the 1972 Springhill/Westrock Massacre. The demands for inquiries into the British Army killings were among the causes included in the March For Truth. The two painted boards on the lorry are by Mo Chara Kelly.
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A plaque “dedicated to the memory of Patrick Shiels Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann 1878-1957. Erected by the republican movement 11th April 2007 to mark his 50th anniversary. I measc laochra na nGael go raıbh sé” is added to the Operation Motorman mural in Rossville Street, Derry. Paddy Shiels took part in the Easter Rising and was later Derry OC. See BMH testimony #676 by Liam Brady.
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“BRY [Bogside Republican Youth”, “Brits/PSNI scum out now”,
Barrack Street, Derry.
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“In loving memory of Anthony John Hughes shot dead at this spot by British troops 9th April 1973, aged 19 years. RIP.” Sutton states that Hughes was shot while “moving arms from car outside house”. Behind Culdee Terrace, Armagh.
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‘The Runner’ is the final mural painted by the Bogside Artists in the series that would in 2007 be collectively given the name The People’s Gallery (the John Hume mural was added in 2008). The mural shows youths running from CS gas in Creggan. There are portraits of Manus Deery (see his Bogside plaques) and Charles Love in the bottom left; the plaque to Love in the centre is retained.
Fahan Street, Bogside, Derry
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“Collusion – a web of double agents, death squads and deceit.” The legs of the spider are marked “PSNI/RUC”, “Special Branch”, “RHC”, “UFF”, “MI5/MI6”, “LVF”, “UDR/UDA”, “UVF”. The web is emanating from the door to 10 Downing Street in the top left.
Andersonstown Road, west Belfast
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“This marks the spot where Eamonn McDevitt, deaf mute aged 28 years, was murdered by Royal Marine Commandos 18th August 1971. May he rest in peace.” McDevitt was killed in Fountain Street, Strabane, after an anti-internment march. The Army claimed he was waving a gun; his family deny this and have been lobbying for an inquiry and apology since then (Derry Journal | BBC-NI).
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