“They may kill the revolutionary, but never the revolution.” The phrase is attributed to Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Republican volunteer with AK in front of a Tricolour. Rockmore Road, Belfast. Seen previously in 1999.
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Copyright © 2001 Peter Moloney
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Six INLA volunteers are remembered on a memorial stone in the City Cemetery, Derry. The other memorial is to the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers (“They were ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances whose steadfast resolve, discipline, and unity of purpose prevailed”) and five local “comrades and friends”.
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Copyright © 2000 Peter Moloney
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“They may kill the revolutionary, but never the revolution.” Volunteer with an assault rifle in front of a Tricolour.
Rockmore Road, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1999 Peter Moloney
M02064
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
A mural of traditional republican symbols – armed and masked volunteers with celtic cross, phoenix, pikes, Tricolour and Sunburst flags – but unusual for 1997. Perhaps it dates to the period before the second/renewed ceasefire, on July 19th. Stanfield Place, Belfast. M01346
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01346
“RUC out” and “Demilitarise now” stencils next to graffiti in Welsh Street, the Markets, south Belfast.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01344
Two boards in Welsh Street, south Belfast: “Vote Sınn Féın’s [Seán] Hayes. Keep the Orange Order out. May 21st No. 1” and “93% Protestant, 100% Unionist – Disband the RUC.” The figure on the left is a three-in-one RUC officer, Orange Order member, and loyalist paramilitary. Hayes was elected fourth from the Laganbank district, taking a seat from the SDLP.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
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Contrasting messages from Anne Street, Derry: on one hand, a demand for “all party talks”; on the other, a celebrating volunteer says “the boys are back”. The first ceasefire ended in February 1996, the second commenced in July 1997.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01312 M01313
Masked volunteers brandishing Uzis stand on either side of the UVF emblem (“For God and Ulster”) and Ulster banner and UVF 1912 flags. “Sandy Row 2nd Batt, UVF, YCV, PAF.”
Albion Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1995 Peter Moloney
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