The dove of peace holds the keys to freedom from Long Kesh.
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01362
Beechmount POWs
POWs
Saoırse
1997 version of a 1995 mural: Long Kesh through the keyhole.
Donore Court, north Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01354
Free The POWs
A collage of image from the previous 30 years, including banging bin-lids on the ground, Maıréad Farrell in Armagh prison, men on the blanket, the cages of Long Kesh, marches in support of the hunger strikers, and reproductions of various posters, against Margaret Thatcher, plastic bullets, internment, and censorship. There’s a quote from Bob Dylan in the middle, “How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see – the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.”
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01351
Saoırse
A Christmas reminder about republicans in jail: “Saoırse – Release the POWs”. For the same candle in barbed wire and chained-up forearms, see Sınn Féın Action Monitor.
Market Street, Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01343
Release All POWs Now
Both male and female prisoners of war are represented in this mural: by the male and female faces — the male above the silhouette of Long Kesh, the female behind bars (presumably of Armagh prison) – and by the (formerly astrological) symbols for male (Mars) and female (Venus). “Saoırse” (“freedom”). The mural is signed (top left): “G[erard Mo Chara] Kelly 95 [© SF??]”.
Kinallen Court, Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01340
Don’t Let Roısín McAliskey Die In Jail
“No peace without justice”. Róısín McAliskey (daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey) was arrested in 1996 in connection with a mortar attack on a British Army base in Germany and held in Holloway prison (London) until March 1998.
Ormeau Road, south Belfast
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01337
Free Our Prisoners
“In memory of our freedom fighters who fought and died for Ulster. It was not for glory they fought nor honour or riches but freedom alone which no good man should lose but with his life.” A three-panel UFF mural in Linfield Road. A scroll with four emblems (UDA, UYM, UFF and Ulster banner); flags of the UDA and Scotland with manacled red fists and an outline of Northern Ireland superimposed with the Ulster banner, between emblems of the LPA and another prisoners’ organisation; a kneeling volunteer from A battalion, south Belfast’s Sandy Row.
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01329 M01331
Long Kesh LPOW
Chained-together padlocks represent Long Kesh and UDA/UFF prisoners of war (LPOW). For the four-quadrant shield, see Sans Peur.
Ebrington Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01323 M01324 [M01325] [M02608]
The Place That Time Forgot
Harryville is an area of Ballymena with a small Catholic population which needed police protection to attend mass. The Independent called it “the town where hatred burns stronger than hope“. With “No RUC”, “No watch towers”, “Free Róisín McAliskey“, and a green ribbon for the campaign to free POWs.
Park Ave, Derry
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Copyright © 1997 Peter Moloney
M01321
Bloody Sunday 97/Róısín McAliskey
Stencils in Lecky Road, Derry. Above, a giant eye for the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Below, “Free Róısín McAliskey”. McAliskey (daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey) was arrested in 1996 in connection with an attack on a British Army base in Germany and held until March 1998. The “No RUC” features a skeleton and appears to be hand-drawn.
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M01315 M01314 [M01373 is another ‘Bloody Sunday 97’ in William st]
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