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IRA

1989-03-102025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
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Hooded IRA volunteer aims an RPG launcher over the letters “IRA” on a semi-circle.

Ballycolman, Strabane

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00656

CNR, hood/mask/balaclava, IRA, painted wall, physical force, RPG, Strabane, Tricolour

We Will Meet Force With Force

1989-03-042025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
m00646

IRA mural in Ballycolman, Strabane showing a volunteer with raised fist against Starry Plough, Tricolour, and a rising sun.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00646

CNR, IRA, painted wall, physical force, Starry Plough, Strabane, Sunburst, Tricolour, tricoloured red-white-blue

Join The Irish Republican Army

1989-02-252025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
m00647

Looking down the barrel of an IRA gun.

Ballycolman, Strabane.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00647

CNR, IRA, painted wall, physical force, Strabane

A Message To Our Enemies

1989-02-242025-02-06Extramural Activity2 Comments
m00643

“And finally a message to our enemies: it is not just an army you face but the might of a people sworn and determined to be free.” IRA volunteers in camouflage and balaclavas scout a target.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00643

assault rifle, CNR, hood/mask/balaclava, IRA, painted wall, physical force, Tricolour

Provisionals

1989-02-232025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
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Fourth of four in a row in Ballycolman, Strabane (just out of shot is an “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” panel). It shows a silhouette of a cluster of four IRA men bearing rifles and machine-guns.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00657

CNR, IRA, painted wall, physical force, Strabane, Tricolour

Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann

1989-02-162025-11-25Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
m00650

An kneeling IRA volunteer in balaclava and fatigues aims an RPG. 

Between Stop Strip Searches and James Connolly in the Ballycolman estate, Strabane

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00650

CNR, hood/mask/balaclava, IRA, painted wall, physical force, RPG, Tricolour

We Will Meet Force With Force

1989-02-122025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
m00653

Hooded IRA volunteers stand with armalite and drogue bomb. This is the first (left-most) mural in a series of six on a wall in Ballycolman estate, Strabane.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00653

assault rifle, CNR, hood/mask/balaclava, IRA, painted wall, physical force, Strabane

Out Of The Ashes Arose The Provisionals

1989-02-042025-02-06Extramural Activity1 Comment
m00664

A phoenix in the colours of the Irish tricolour.

Ballycolman estate, Strabane

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00664

CNR, IRA, painted wall, phoenix, physical force, Strabane

Onwards To Victory

1989-02-022025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
m00642

A volunteer with a suface-to-air missile (see SAM 7 Avenue, which is just out of shot to the right) with a quote from Sınn Féın and Cumann Na mBan leader Máıre Drumm: “We must take no steps backwards. All our steps must be onwards to victory!” Ballycolman, Strabane.

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00642

CNR, IRA, painted wall, physical force, RPG, Strabane, Sunburst

Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann

1989-01-302025-02-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment
m00658

Crossed armalites beneath a celtic circle-and-triangle. Ballycolman, Strabane

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Copyright © 1989 Peter Moloney
M00658

assault rifle, CNR, IRA, knot-work, painted wall, physical force, Strabane, Sunburst, Tricolour
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