“1981 – hungerstrikers gain political status; 1998 – Good Friday Agreement signs it away; 2006 – political prisoners are again denied political status. Re-instate political status now!” “The hunger strikers died for political status”. “They weren’t criminals then! They still aren’t now!”. Boards on the railings outside the IRSP offices on the Falls Road.
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“Support republican prisoners. Political status now!” A phoenix rises over the watchtowers of Long Kesh.
Lineside, Coalisland
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Here are two ‘ribbons’ from Coalisland (Lineside, Dungannon Rd), one green, for the release of political prisoners, the other black, for the deceased.
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“Republican prisoners are not criminals – bring back political status now. 1981-2006”. The illustration on the right of a prisoner behind bars dates back to the 1908s – see Remember The Prisoners. Killylea Road, Armagh. (A black-and-white version existed in Keady – see J2959.)
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2006 image of the RHC stencil in Hunt Street, Belfast, seen previously in 2005.
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The name of Michael O’Neill – one of the still-imprisoned Castlrea Five – is changed to “Michael Wings”. The reference is unknown; it is probably a local youth making his mark. Previously seen in 2003
Andersonstown Road, Belfast
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Sean Garland, long-time OIRA member and president of the Workers’ Party, was arrested in Belfast in October 2005 in connection with a USA extradition request on charges of trafficking in counterfeit dollars.
Grosvenor Road, Belfast
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Real IRA volunteer John Brady was arrested in 2003 and charged with possession and returned to prison in 2004 and in September 2005 – the time-period of the flag above – charged with the attempted murder of an RIR officer in 2002 (IndyMedia). (The case, based on DNA evidence would collapse.)
Bridge Street, Strabane
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2005 image of the 1997 UFF POW mural, with Ulster nationalist flag on the left.
Ebrington Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry
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Obins Street, Portadown, was the site of clashes over Orange parading in the mid-1980s, a decade before Drumcree/Garvaghy Road. In this graffiti, residents offer support to Ardoyne (possibly Holy Cross). Also “Free Seán Kelly“.
Obins Drive, Portadown
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