“RUC out” and “Demilitarise now” stencils next to graffiti in Welsh Street, the Markets, south Belfast.
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PIRA 96 Undefeated!
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Keep The Orange Order Out
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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All Party Talks/The Boys Are Back
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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POWs Out Now
Sandy Row 2nd Batt
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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Disband The RUC
“Disband the RUC” – but the figure is a combination of policeman, Orangeman, and paramilitary.
Windmill Terrace, Brandywell, Derry
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Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann
1994 image of an Óglaıgh Na hÉıreann mural in Ballycolman, Strabane, with crossed rifles between Tricolour and Sunburst flags. Seen previously in 1989.
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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We Will Meet Force With Force
1994 images of five (of six) adjacent panels in Ballycolman, Strabane. From left to right: We will meet force with force (1989 | 1990), Che Guevara – They may kill the revolutionary but never the revolution (1989 | 1990), Wear an Easter lily (1989 | 1990), James Connolly – Easter/Cáısc 1916 (1989), Óglaıgh na hÉıreann (1989), [out of shot: Stop Strip Searches (1989 | 1990)]. The set of six in 1990.
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End British Collusion
A pair of hands with shirt-cuffs of the Union flag and Ulster Banner jointly point a pistol at a republican mother carrying a cross through a graveyard and field of bullets. A line of documents show the forces of the state (B-Specials, UDR, RUC) colluding with loyalist paramilitaries. Oakman Street, Belfast.
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Copyright © 1994 Peter Moloney
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Graveside Volley
Mirror-image volunteers fire over a Celtic cross with wreath and republican flags. This mural was perhaps left incomplete, and perhaps because of the ceasefire.
Drumleck Drive, Derry
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