Five panels in a row in Innisfree Gardens, Strabane: (1) the shield of the four provinces, (2) a phoenix with “Out of the ashes rose the provisionals” (3) Ireland unfree shall never be at peace (seen in 1989), (4) “Honour Ireland’s dead” with a Celtic cross and Easter lily, (5) “Armed struggle” and “Resistance 1916-1989” and three armed volunteers.
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1990 image of Provisionals, with most of the adjacent mural visible – Pearse’s proclamation at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa: Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.
Ballycolman, Strabane
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The words “Irish republican army” become the barrel of an assault rifle, with “IRA” as the magazine. Previously in the shape of a rifle: Tıocfaıdh Ár lá
Springhill Park, Strabane
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“Victory to the hunger strikers”. A fist smashes through an “H”. St John’s Place, Strabane.
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“… but never the revolution”. An early poster is recreated in an IRA mural in Innisfree Gardens, Strabane: a volunteer in fatigues wields an assault rifle. (Seen previously in 1981 in Rockdale St, Belfast and in Derry in 1981.)
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This is an entirely repainted and expanded mural listing the West Tyrone Roll Of Honour. The portrait of Bobby Sands that was originally included in Everyone, Republican Or Otherwise is gone, leaving only the quote from Sands (as shown in the second image). In his place on the right is a volunteer in a hat with a tricoloured band; on the left, the firing party of the previous mural is replaced by a volunteer with AK-47. The names in the roll of honour remain the same though they have been rewritten in a greater space.
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1990 image of The Foreign Oppressive British Presence (which is next to the Lark Of War).
Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Joe Coyle, Tommy McCool (and two of his children) and Tommy Carlin died as a result of a premature explosion in the McCool family kitchen. Coyle and McCool died on June 27th; Carlin succumbed to his injuries on July 8th, 1970.
The board shown, announcing a march on Sunday 24th (June) 1990, is on the rear of Free Derry Corner, (Visual History), Lecky Road, Derry.
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Manacles “Made in Britain” constrain the republican desire for a united Ireland, contrary to the burning GPO and rising phoenix.
The close-up image shows the plaque to local (A Company 2nd Battalion) IRA volunteers: Stan Carberry, Frankie Dodds, Paul Fox, Sean Bailey, Paul Marlowe, Tony Campbell. Painted by Mo Chara Kelly in Beechmount Avenue.
“Fuaır sıad bás ar son na hÉıreann”, “Ireland unfree will never be at peace”.
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During the 1980s, the hole in the ozone layer was a big concern. Production of CFCs ceased in 1994. Also visible: “Up the bongo babes” and “PIRA”.
Falls Road (where, exactly?), west Belfast
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