Republican graffiti in New Lodge flats: “INLA” and James Connolly’s quote “The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise.” “Provos” has been whited out, below.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Two INLA murals on a wall in Ballycolman, Strabane. One has the red star and a raised fist, the other the Tricolour (and perhaps an unfinished Starry Plough) alongside a coat of arms with an AK-47.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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“RUC beware: INLA has had their Weetabix!” Republican parody of a famous 1980s advertising campaign. Ballycolman, Strabane. This is a repurposed wall – see Your Smile Disfigures Us. To the left of shot is (the colour version of) Victory To The INLA.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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“Victory to the INLA”, “Join the INLA”, and “Socialism” (mis-spelled), with the red star of socialism.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
The 1989 image of this Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth mural was black and white, suggesting that it was not then finished. By 1990, a Tricolour had been painted in the background but the paint had deteriorated in many places.
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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A pair of images from Gartan Drive, Strabane. “Warning to hoods: shotguns can seriously damage your health!” (See peviously: IRA Health Warning). Below that, silhouettes of marching volunteers with a long banner (compare to Armed Struggle in Belfast).
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The Communist hammer and sickle appear in this IRSP/INLA mural in Ballycolman, Strabane
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Copyright © 1990 Peter Moloney
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Three in a row in Mount Sion, Strabane. On the left, a single volunteer fires a funeral shot over a very faded saying of Pearse’s: “Life springs from death and from the graves of patriotic men and women spring living nations.” In the centre, another funeral volley over an INLA Roll Of Honour bearing the names Neil McMonagle, Colm McNutt, Pierce Moore, Patsy O’Hara, Kevin Lynch, Micky Devine, James McPhilemy. On the right, a masked INLA volunteer with Thompson sub-machine gun.
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Mural on Whiterock Road, possibly a combination of photographs of the hand-over of INLA man Dominic McGlinchey, who was extradited from the Republic in 1984.
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A mural by “Ballycolman Republican Socialist Youth” in the estate in Strabane showing three volunteers on maneouvres.
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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
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