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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Bring Back Political Status 1981-2006
“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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Free All LPOW
2006 image of the RHC stencil in Hunt Street, Belfast, seen previously in 2005.
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Free The Castlerea Five!
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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Stop The Extradition Of Sean Garland
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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Free John Brady
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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Long Kesh LPOW
2005 image of the 1997 UFF POW mural, with Ulster nationalist flag on the left.
Ebrington Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry
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Obins St Supports Ardoyne Residents
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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Hain Is Insane
Seán Kelly, one of the bombers of Frizzell’s fish shop in 1993, was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement but returned to jail in June 2005 by NI Secretary Peter Hain. He would be released a month later.
Falls Road, west Belfast
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Free Seán Kelly
Another Seán Kelly board, this one in Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast, with Continuity IRA graffiti below.
There is a Visual History page of this wall, as it is the most frequently muraled wall in Belfast.
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