POWs

Some Gave All, All Gave Some

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“Free our prisoners.” “LPA” is the “Loyalist Prisoners Association”. Its symbol (in the second image) is a red hand in barbed wire. In the main mural, a pair of red hands are in shackles and the fences of the Maze are superimposed on an outline of Northern Ireland filled in with the walls of the Maze/Long Kesh.

Lord Street, east Belfast

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Tommy Crossan For Political Status

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The word “candidate” has been blanked out from this Tommy Crossan board in Divis Street, west Belfast, perhaps because he urged voters to spoil their votes rather than actually voting for him or anyone else in 2001, or perhaps because although he was not standing in 2004 (for the European Parliament), he was still in need of support in Maghaberry, where he was serving time for conspiracy to murder.

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Political Status Now

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Hand-painted IRPWA board (possibly dating to 2002) on Divis street at the far right hand side of the International Wall announcing a march for political status of republican prisoner. For the Éire Nua board to the left see, Join Now and for the ETA mural below see Bietan Jarrai.

Divis Street, Belfast

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