The “old model” RUC is a combination of policeman, Orangeman, and (loyalist) paramilitary, affiliations the “new model” lacks.
Divis Street, Belfast
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
M01500
RUC Must Go
RUC/PSNI
RUC Killers Out
“Brits beware – danger zone”, “RUC killers out”, and “RUC not welcome”. Beechmount Pass, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
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Disband The RUC
“Disband the RUC”, “RUC Out” and “Up the IRA” graffiti in Beechmount Pass, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
M02066
Forced Upon Us
Forced Upon Us is a play about the history of the RUC, paralleling the foundation of the state in 1922 to the situation in the 1990s. It was put on at Theatre On The Rock (St Thomas’s school on the Whiterock Road) by DubbelJoint and JustUs, written by Brenda Murphy and Christine Poland, and directed by Pam Brighton (IrishPlayography).
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
M02063
SS RUC
“SS RUC” and “RUC bigots”.
unknown street, (Foylehill/Kildrum?), Derry
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
M02054
RUC Out
An early appearance of “RUC out”, in Fountain Street, Londonderry. (Previously in Belfast.) With “UDA”, “UVF” and “LVF”.
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Copyright © 1998 Peter Moloney
M01402
The Wolf In Sheeps Clothing
A wolf in an “SS RUC” cap: “The wolf in sheep[‘]s clothing – coming soon to RUCtv.” It’s not clear what the reference to UTv is. Get in touch if you know.
Two previous uses of “SS RUC” from the top of the Whiterock: Victory To The IRA | Working With You.
Falls Road (at Dunlewey Street), west Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01365
Bua Nó Bás
Three boards on the Falls Road, Belfast. The first pays homage to Óglaigh na hÉireann (IRA) by mixing ornate knotwork and Celtic imagery of a dolmen and warrior with sword with a volley of pistol and rifle; the second is a list of “local republican POWs”, almost identical to the list in Beechmount POWs (for a list of names see, 1995 Disband RUC); the third links the revolutionaries of 1916 with the armed struggle “1916-1997”.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01363
No Plastic Bullets
1997 image of ‘No Plastic Bullets‘ (1995) on the Whiterock Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01360
PIRA 96 Undefeated!
“RUC out” and “Demilitarise now” stencils next to graffiti in Welsh Street, the Markets, south Belfast.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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