
Small board with a red hand between barbs of wire, with union jack, Ulster banner, and symbols of UDA and UVF in the corners. “LPOW — Inprisoned for loyalty”. Hawkin Street, London-/Derry
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Copyright © 1988 Peter Moloney
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A naked republican prisoner lies in the arms of his parents – invoking Michelangelo’s pietà – with the towers of Long Kesh (a.k.a. HMP Maze) in the background.
Painted by Con at the top of Donegall Road, Belfast.
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“Of course we can be murdered, but while we remain alive, we remain what we are, political prisoners of war – B. Sands”. A lark in barbed wire on an Irish tricolour, with the names of the ten hunger-strikers who died: B. Sands, F. Hughes, P. O’Hara, K. Lynch, M. Devine, R. McCreesh, J. McDonnell, M. Hurson, K. Doherty, T, McIlwee [McElwee].
Whiterock Road, Belfast.
The latter images show an earlier version of the mural, with six names, and the wall in preparation.
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Copyright © 1981 LC
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