Darkly humorous mural in Bligh’s Gardens, Derry, parodying the ‘Discover Ireland’ tourism advertisements: “Discover Ireland: sectarian RUC, loyalist UDR, the H Blocks, plastic bullets, murdering UDA, British thugs, Armagh hell-hole, special courts … but I bet you haven’t seen the half of it.”
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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Four pieces of graffiti from Unity Flats. “1971 No Trials, 1984 Show Trials” (referring to the Supergrass system) along with “IRSP” (Irish Republican Socialist Party) and “FSLN” (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional), a red star and a sickle; “If you want the RUC in Newry, ring 999 and ask for 9” (referring to a February 1985 mortar attack that killed 9 officers); “Kirkpatrick Paid Informer” (referring to the INLA’s Harry Kirkpatrick (WP); and “INLA-Freedom”.
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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These two murals — one about censorship (“Many have eyes but cannot see?”) and one about the death by platic bullet of Sean Downes (“Sean Downes RIP — Who Next” see this NYTimes article for a description) — are adjacent to one another in Blucher Street, Derry. “Many Have Eyes” is based on a poster from the May 1968 Paris Uprising, “Information Libre” (below).
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Copyright © 1985 Peter Moloney
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“God save Ulster, because the UVF couldn’t”. Also “RUC thugs”.
Graffiti in Abercorn Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1984 Peter Moloney
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Here are four panels on Beechmount Avenue (Belfast) in 1981 depicting (from left to right) Ireland in the grip of a fist with a Union Flag cufflink, a prison guard whose mouth holds prison bars, a naked figure in a tricoloured scarf crucified on a Union Flag, and Ireland carrying a cross “Made in Britain”.
At least three of the original images are by Jack Clafferty, a founder member of the Troops Out Movement, and can be found on-line.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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“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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“Keep RUC out”, “INLA”, “IRSP”, “IRA”, “UTP”. somewhere in Turf Lodge, Belfast
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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“Brit’s beware” “of the M.60”, “the Provos”, “Provos rule”, “RUC cunts”, “evil”, “devil”.
Corporation Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1980 Peter Moloney
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“RUC bastards keep out”, “Fuck the RUC”, (and an establishment called “Fawlty Towers”!) Bishop Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1980 Peter Moloney
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“Fuck the RUC”, “Provie’s Rule” – graffiti in Bishop Street, Derry
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Copyright © 1980 Peter Moloney
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