Portrait of Thomas McIlwee [McElwee] “IRA Vol. POW 1958-1981” and a tricoloured wall on Strabane Old Road, Derry
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Copyright © 1981 Peter Moloney
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1958-1981
IRA
The Last Post
A bugler plays The Last Post over a grave of hunger-strikers from the early part of the 20th century: Thomas Ashe May 25, 1917; Michael Fitzgerald October 17, 1920; Joseph Murphy October 25, 1920; Terence M[a]cSwiney October 25, 1920; Joseph Whittey [Whitty, Witty] September 9 [or 2nd], 1923; Denis Barry November 20, 1922 [1923]. Not included is Andrew Sullivan, who died two days after Barry. Dan Downey died in June 1923 having earlier been on hunger strike.
Beechmount Drive, Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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Think Again
“Soldier, did you think that you have got away with the murder’s of our political prisoners and innocent children on the street’s? Well, think again for your name is engraved on the freedom-fighter’s bullet!” with a drawing of an IRA volunteer with gun. Also, “Welcome to Provo Land”. Lenadoon Avenue, Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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Incident At Narrow Water — Completed
Here are four images of the completed ‘Incident At Narrow Water’ mural shown in-progress in a separate post.
For interpretation of the piece, see Visual History 4 – Paramilitary Murals (1981-1982).
Rockville Street, west Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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Victory IRA
“Victory [to the] IRA”. Volunteers with RPGs and armalites on Shaws Road, Belfast, kneeling over an outline of Ireland in green, white, and gold. The original (unattributed) photograph is below.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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Unite To Fight Hunger Torture Death
In addition to the board at the top of the stairs there is a tricolour with “IRA” on it (to the left) and (on the right) the names, in Irish, of the first four hunger-strikers on either side of a celtic cross: Roıbeard Ó Seachnasagh, Eamonn Mac Craoıs, Pronsıas Ó hAodha, and Pádraıg Ó hEadhra.
For the twin end-wall, see Their Hunger, Their Pain, Our Struggle.
Shaws Road, west Belfast.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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RUC Keep Out
“RUC keep out”, “Patsy O’Hara”, “IRA”, “Political status must stay” on flats in Glenfada Park, opposite the Rossville flats in Derry’s Bogside. Here is a guide to the row of murals along the bottom of Rossville flats. A close-up of the left-hand side of the image above is included below.
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Copyright © 1981 Peter Moloney
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Copyright © 1981 Peter Moloney
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Circus
“Provos” and “victory to the hunger strikers” next to a circus mural at the rear of Rossville flats, with clowns, a monkey riding a bike, a strong man, people riding horses, a lion-tamer, and a juggler. It was painted by Joe Coyle, Noel Millar, Margo Harkin, and Tim Webster, with financial support from the Department Of Manpower Services (Watson in Circa 8.3, 1983). An anonymous painter is quoted of p.8 of Woods’s Seeing Is Believing? as saying: “The people felt absolutely no connection with it – it has to involve you or it just doesn’t mean anything.”
Chamberlain Street, Derry
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For The Men And The Women
“Political status for the men in H.Block and the women in Armagh”, “Victory to the Provos” – graffiti in Beechwood Avenue, Derry.
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Copyright © 1981 Peter Moloney
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Keep Brits Out Of Turf Lodge
“Keep RUC out”, “INLA”, “IRSP”, “IRA”, “UTP”. somewhere in Turf Lodge, Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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Peter Moloney Collection 
