“Support Dessie Ellis” and “Ask about Dessie Ellis – No extradition” graffiti in Westland Street, Derry, at the centre of the stencils seen in Dionysia.
For basic info on Ellis, see Don’t Hand Him Over.
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This 1990 image of the Vol. Joe Doherty mural on the New Lodge Road (by Mo Chara and “New Lodge Republican Youth”), Belfast includes the message on the side-wall comparing the revolution in Ireland to the revolution in the United States: “Would the US Att. General Edwin Meese have deported George Washington? Don’t handover Joe Doherty to British warlords!”
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1990 image of Stop Extradition. “No justice for Irish people in British courts – stop extradition.” Ballycolman, Strabane
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Nancy Spero’s Notes In Time Part II comprises stencils of women from the troubles alongside poems such as Linda Anderson’s Gang-Bang, Ulster Style (about the murder of Ann Ogilby in 1974), and Roisin Cowman’s Dionysia. For history and discussion of the piece, see McGee (1993), Impact And The Visual Arts – Derry 1992 at NCAD.
For a wide shot, see Support Dessie Ellis.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry.
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Remember The Prisoners modified in 1990 to read “At Christmas remember the prisoners.” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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The Union Flag forms a noose around the neck of Dessie Ellis, shown here as being on “hunger-strike day 13” (he would eventually go 35 days before being extradited from the Republic to Britain). See also Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Graffiti in Guildhall Street, Derry, protesting the extradition of Dessie Ellis. See also Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
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“Free Dessie Ellis. Stop extradition.” For more on the Ellis extradition, see Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
Racecourse Road, Derry.
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A row of six panels from Ballycolman estate, Strabane, with individual shots of four of them: (1) We will meet force with force – Irish Republican Army (also seen in 1989); (2) You may kill the revolutionary but never the revolution – Che Guevara 1928-1967 (a completed version of what was visible in 1989); (3) Honour Ireland’s patriot dead – wear an Easter lily (also seen in 1989); (4) James Connolly (for a solo shot, see the 1989 image); (5) Óglaıgh na hÉıreann (for a solo shot, see the 1989 image); (6) Stop Strip Searches (seen previously in 1989)
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“Stop extradition – support Dessie Ellis – don’t let him die on hungerstrike”. Mural by Marty Morris on the Whiterock Road, Belfast, showing a male Justice and a prisoner both in celtic style. For some background, see Don’t Hand Him Over.
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