“IRA” in the green, white, and orange of the Irish tricolour. The kerb stones, elctrical box, and lamp post are also tricoloured.
Clonard Rise, Belfast
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Copyright © 1987 Peter Moloney
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Victory To The IRA
Republican graffiti in Odessa Street, Belfast.
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Bishop Street
These 1986 images of Bishop Street, Derry, show various murals falling into disrepair, though the Weapons Of The Armed Struggle panel has been cleaned up. Here is the complete wall in 1982.
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Paras Rule
Another (see “Paras 13 Bogside 0“) graffiti celebrating the deaths on Bloody Sunday in Wapping Lane, Derry.
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Copyright © 1986 Peter Moloney
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Three Songs To The One Burden
The ten deceased hunger strikers are named, called “H-Block Martyrs”, and their entry into heaven requested: “St. Peter let these men into heaven, for they have served their time in hell” (for info, see I Refuse To Change) alongside a christian cross.
The lower part of the gate is the last stanza of a Yeats poem, Three Songs To The One Burden: “Some had no thought of vi[c]tory but had gone out to die, that Ireland mind be greater, her heart mount up on high; and yet who knows what[‘]s to come[?]”
This is a repainted and greatly changed version of Remember The Hunger Strikers in Westland Street, Derry.
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I nDıl Cuımhne
An Easter lily representing republican dead, “I ndíl cuımhne” [I ndıl chuımhne] or “in fond memory”, (somewhere on the) Andersonstown Road
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Copyright © 1986 Peter Moloney
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IRA Health Warning
“IRA health warning” in the style of a cigarette packet: “Touting can seriously damage your health”. With Workers Party and hunger-strike commemoration posters.
Oakman Street, Beechmount, west Belfast
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Beechmount Provoland
“Beechmount Provoland” and “Victory to the PIRA” graffiti in Beechmount Avenue, Belfast.
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Tell The World, Freedom Is At Hand
The death by hanging of African National Congress supporter Benjamin Moloise on 18 October, 1985, for the alleged murder of a South African policeman, drew international condemnation and led to widespread rioting in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. (ExecutedToday | Jet) His words, “tell the world, freedom is at hand”, are paired with a phrase from Bobby Sands, “we aim to be free”, in this ANC-IRA mural featuring an armalite and a zulu shield and spear. In the second and third images the boards (above the mural) declaring west Belfast an “apartheid free zone”/”ceantar saor ó apartheıd” can be seen.
“Beır bua” [seize victory]; “erected by Sınn Féın April 1986”
Ascaıll Ard Na bhFeá/Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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Say Yes
Two similar graffiti from Central Drive, Creggan, Derry: “Ulster says No but … the man from Del Monte says Yes/the queen says Yes.” Also, “The last supper Newry”?
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