“Cogús” (with a fada) means “conscience” in English. Cogús is the prisoners’ welfare unit of the RNU (Fb).
Northumberland Street, Belfast
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Support The POWs
POWs
Interned By Britain
The campaign to free Marian Price continues and the public displays have progressed from graffiti to printed placards – compare with Free Marian Price from June of 2011.
William Street, Southway, Linsfort Drive, Lone Moor Rd
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RNU Supports The POWs
“RNU supports the POWs in Maghaberry and Portlaoise gaol.” Taylor, E. McLoone, M. McLoone, Nash, Doyle, Cassidy, Kerr, McFadden, Derry, O’Donnell. “T. Taylor” is presumably Tony Taylor, released under the conditions of the Good Friday agreement but jailed for three years in 2011 for possession of a rifle (BBC).
Rossville Street, Derry
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Maghaberry Concentration Camp
“End forced strip searches, end internment [at] Maghaberry concentration camp”. Republican prisoners are held in the Roe House at Maghaberry. Several republican prisoners (as many as five) are conducting a “dirty protest” in response to conditions and treatment, including integration with loyalist prisoners (Irish Echo | BBC). The green ribbon as an emblem goes back to the campaign after the ceasefire to release POWs – here is a mural from 1995.
Divis Street, on the “International” wall.
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1981-2011
“Smash Maghaberry 81-2011” Éırígí stencils in Rockdale St.
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St James’s Support The Hunger Strikers
This is a late-life shot of the mural at the corner of Hugo Street. There are now two windows in the mural, graffiti has been blacked out across the lower third, and the mural on the side wall (to the left of image) has gone completely.
You can track its history to this point by comparing this image with those from 2006 | 2002 | 2001.
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Support The POWs
This is the ‘Nebula’ version of Free Derry Corner taken over by a republican protest to “Support the POWs”.
“Thatcher 81 – Ford 2011” refers to Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister at the time of the second hunger strike and David Ford, NI Justice Minister at the time of the campaigns to free Marian Price and Brendan Lillis (BBC).
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Save Brendan Lillis
Two Brendan Lillis boards at the former site of the Andersonstown RUC barracks. The first is below No Bail For Murderers; the second is on top of On The One Road.
The accusation of “medical neglect” an appeal for compassionate release due to Lillis’s suffering from the arthritic condition, ankylosing spondylitis. For political background, see Release Brendan Lillis.
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Release Brendan Lillis
“Release Brendan Lillis – don’t let him die” on the walls of Derry and Free Derry Corner. Originally convicted in 1977 on explosives charges, Lillis’s license was revoked in 2009 on charges of plotting a kidnapping and bank heist (BBC). He would be released in August on compassionate grounds (BBC | BelTel).
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Stand As One
“Make a difference – Join RNU – Be committed – Stand as one – Implement 12th August Agreement! – End strip searches – End controlled movement.” Cogús is the POW department of the RNU, no longer on-line at http://www.republicannetwork.ie. The board is on the rear of Free Derry Corner, which has its own Visual History page.
Lecky Road, Derry
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